Tag: Net Neutrality

Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission have become similarly interested in regulating providers of digital content. Yet unlike their colleagues on the FEC, their efforts have not been stymied by statutorily-mandated division.

Feds still gunning for free-speech restrictions online

Rudy Takala · January 11, 2016 5:01 am

"I've been very concerned about net neutrality turning out to be the Fairness Doctrine of the Internet," says Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congressional Q&A: Feds finding ways to grab control of Internet

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 5:01 am

When asked about the memo,Â Republican FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly toldÂ the Committee that he spoke with members of the Federal Trade Commission about the memo.Â "They were notified of it last Thursday. I learned of it yesterday morning."Â (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lawmaker: FCC ‘plagued at times by process failures’

Rudy Takala · November 17, 2015 10:47 pm

Lawmaker warns that FCC rules could crush political websites

Rudy Takala · November 17, 2015 5:01 am

Second quarter filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that AT&T's capital expenditures were down 29 percent for the first half of 2015 compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

New government regs slowed telecom investment

Rudy Takala · September 28, 2015 8:52 pm

U.S., India meet to discuss cyberdefenses

Rudy Takala · August 18, 2015 7:49 pm

Drudge, Fox News could be censored under new federal rules, experts warn

Rudy Takala · August 13, 2015 7:09 pm

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The FCC flouts the rule of law

Randolph May · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai, right, and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler testify before the House Judiciary Committee about Internet regulation. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The courts and net neutrality

Jimmy Soni · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

The AT&T Corp. is displayed on a panel truck with the company's Golden Boy statue in background, outside company offices in Bedminster, N.J., Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

Obama has an offer that AT&T can’t refuse

Washington Examiner · June 8, 2015 4:01 am

Is the Obama legacy built on quicksand?

Brian Hughes · April 2, 2015 9:00 am

Donohue said the change in the joint employer standard was just the latest move by the administration "to overhaul labor law for their own purposes."Â (AP File Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chamber of Commerce: White House acted on net neutrality for political reasons

Sean Higgins · March 20, 2015 7:42 pm