Tag: Federal Communications Commission

Federal regulation of Internet coming, warn FCC, FEC commissioners

Federal regulation of Internet coming, warn FCC, FEC commissioners

Paul Bedard · June 30, 2016 3:59 pm

The "End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act" won a majority of votes in the House. (iStock photo)

House effort to kill ‘Obamaphone’ program fails

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 11:35 pm

—œIt has become increasingly clear that, for third-party box providers, the real value is not in producing or selling the box but in the data that the box will collect,—£ Harry Reid wrote. (AP Photo)

Reid criticizes FCC plan to let tech companies in on cable box market

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 5:55 pm

Many in the telecom sector and Republicans on Capitol Hill believe the FCC has reversed course with the privacy proposal, which is related to its highly controversial order on "open access" to the Internet. (AP Photo)

Critics decry FCC overreach on Internet service providers

Charlie Mitchell · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Washington Secrets

FEC Dem cheers court support for Obama internet regs

Paul Bedard · June 15, 2016 2:21 pm

The decision, made by the District Court for the District of Columbia, upholds the FCC's classification of broadband providers as public utilities. (Jonathan Drake/Bloomberg News, File)

Federal court upholds ‘net neutrality’ regulations

Rudy Takala · June 14, 2016 2:23 pm

President Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg take off their jackets before the start of their town hall meeting to discuss reducing the national debt, on April 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Feds and Silicon Valley: Is the honeymoon over?

Rudy Takala · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

According to lawmakers, the FCC is looking at new rules for cable box providers that could allow foreign governments to spy on consumers in their homes. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Lawmakers: FCC proposal could allow foreign spying on Americans through cable boxes

Rudy Takala · June 10, 2016 3:04 pm

Commissioner says fraud from Obamaphone program approaching $500 million

Commissioner says fraud from Obamaphone program approaching $500 million

Rudy Takala · June 8, 2016 8:48 pm

Fred Upton and other GOP critics of the proposed rule told the FCC that it should abandon the proposal and instead follow the Federal Trade Commission. (AP Photo)

GOP warns against proposed Internet privacy rules

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2016 8:55 pm

"If adopted as proposed, [the rules] would result in a detailed set of burdensome data-privacy rules with no precedent in the FTC or other U.S. privacy regimes … inconsistent with the privacy obligations applied to the rest of the economy," wrote Jon Leibowitz, who served as his agency's chairman from 2009-13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Obama regulatory chair advises FCC against new regulations

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 5:41 pm

"I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation," Chuck Grassley said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 10:27 pm