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White House Vows to Fight 'Un-American' Online Censorship
The White House said the National Telecommunications & Information Administration petition to the Federal Communications Commission on clarifying how Sec. 230 does and does not apply to third-party content online is an example of the President fighting back against "unfair, un-American, and politically biased censorship of Americans online." White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the petition was meant to "clarify' that "Section 230 does not permit social media companies that alter or editorialize users’ speech to escape civil liability."
Utilities Technology Councils joins broadcasters in suing FCC over decision to allow unlicensed use in the entire 6 GHz band (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/27/2020 - 16:47FCC's First Midband 5G auction of CBRS licenses top $450 million (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/27/2020 - 16:17FCC Commissioner Carr Backs 'Appropriately Scaled' Social Media Regulation (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/27/2020 - 11:31National Association of Broadcasters Sues to Block FCC's 6 GHz Order (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 07/24/2020 - 15:45Senate Commerce Committee Hearing Covers 'Spectrum' of Issues
The Senate Commerce Committee vetted the current state of spectrum policy and broadband availability at a July 23 hearing. There was general agreement that rural deployment was a problem and a priority, particularly during a pandemic; that the data on where broadband is and isn't — thus where the money needs to be put, or not — is flawed and needs fixing; and that sharing as well as clearing spectrum was important.