Arian Attar
The Internet’s “Virtuous Circle of Innovation” Is Starting to Look Like a Spiral of Rate Increases
When the Federal Communications Commission overturned the network neutrality rules in December 2017, it gave the green light to cable and other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to make the internet start looking more like cable TV.
Fewer Voices In Our Communities: The FCC Supports More Media Ownership Consolidation
The current media ownership rules limit any one entity from owning too many of the newspaper, radio, and/or television entities within a local market, in order to ensure viewpoint diversity. These rules are under attack. Broadcasters are spectrum licensees, and without some strong public interest requirements on spectrum licensees, we are at risk of losing local, community-centric information.