Tag: Federal Communications Commission

FCC wants power to regulate Internet price

FCC wants power to regulate Internet price

Joel Gehrke · March 22, 2016 8:18 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has insisted the president had no influence over the process. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House panel to grill FCC on White House role in agency’s power grab

Rudy Takala · March 22, 2016 4:01 am

"The plan could play a meaningful role in cementing monopoly market power for companies like Google, Facebook or Twitter in secret-selling by regulating potential competitors out of business altogether," said Fred Campbell, director of Tech Knowledge and a professor of telecommunications law.

FCC rules could boost tech giants’ control over personal data

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

Ajit Pai today is one of the fiercest defenders of liberty in Washington. His service comes at a critical point in history: The agency has assumed sweeping new regulatory authorities over the last several years. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

FCC commissioner: Something changing in America about the First Amendment

Rudy Takala · March 14, 2016 4:01 am

Under the rules, customers would be able to opt out of having their info collected for marketing purposes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

FCC plan to regulate online privacy exempts social media giants

Rudy Takala · March 10, 2016 7:56 pm

"We have had policies that are certainly questionable and I disagree with them, but China is in a whole different league in terms of its behavior and in terms of what it does in censoring its citizens, harming its citizens," FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly.

FCC commissioner: ‘We are moving in the wrong direction’ on free speech

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 2:35 pm

Left-leaning groups are demanding Fox News ask candidates how they will subsidize high-speed Internet access. (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)

Groups push Fox to question candidates on Internet subsidies

Rudy Takala · March 3, 2016 9:43 pm

The proposal's own Democratic author was skeptical, saying the proposal had become "too complicated." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC commissioner: Expect a broadband Internet tax

Rudy Takala · March 2, 2016 6:50 pm

Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai said, "The FCC should not impose a broadband tax in the stealthy darkness of the next Washington winter." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC commissioner: Internet tax to come after election

Rudy Takala · February 26, 2016 6:12 pm

"Instead of expanding the scope of an 80-year-old law beyond recognition, we should trust the good judgment and common sense of the American people to decide what works and what doesnt." (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bringing freedom back to the Internet

Mike Lee · February 25, 2016 5:03 am

In 1996 cable systems made it virtually impossible to enter, and in 2016 the outdated cable box model continues to exert massive control over what kind of video programming African Americans can watch on their televisions. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Unlocking the cable box will help minority programming to thrive

Stephen Davis · February 18, 2016 5:02 am

FCC commissioner: U.S. tradition of free expression slipping away

FCC commissioner: U.S. tradition of free expression slipping away

Rudy Takala · February 16, 2016 5:56 pm