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Public Knowledge Responds to FCC Vote to Lift Media Ownership Cap (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/14/2017 - 14:19Public Knowledge Calls for Thorough Antitrust Review of Disney-Fox Deal to Protect Consumers (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/14/2017 - 13:12Public Knowledge Calls FCC, FTC Net Neutrality Agreement ‘Honor System’ for Broadband (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 12/11/2017 - 15:47Principles for Privacy Legislation: Putting People Back in Control of Their Information
Four guiding principles for Congress to consider before crafting any online privacy legislation in order to create the strongest protections for consumers:
Amazon, Google Feud Jeopardizes Consumer Choice (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/06/2017 - 17:55Public Interest Groups Urge FCC Chairman to Delay Net Neutrality Vote to Dismantle Rules
The Benton Foundation joined Public Knowledge and 40 other consumer protection groups, digital divide advocates, and local government agencies -- including New York City -- in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to delay the vote on the “Restoring Internet Freedom” Draft Order, which would roll back the agency’s net neutrality rules if adopted. Specifically, the groups propose the FCC delay the vote until a pending court case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit -- the en banc review in Federal Trade Commission v.
Loading a Website Should Not Be a Copyright Violation (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 07:28Public Knowledge Responds to FCC Chairman Pai’s Proposal to Gut Net Neutrality Rules
Today's draft Order shows both an appalling disregard for the record and an astounding disregard for even the basics of administrative law. It would seem more likely, as some have suggested, that Chairman Pai and Congressional Republicans have released this Order to create a crisis atmosphere and push through legislation authored by the cable companies rather than in a serious attempt at policy.