NDIA Submits Comments to FCC on ‘Digital Discrimination’ Definition and Rules

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the implementation of the digital discrimination section in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. NDIA submitted comments urging the FCC to:

• Recognize that digital discrimination can occur regardless of whether discriminatory intent is involved. Digital discrimination is not a problem of intent. It is a problem of drastically unequal digital opportunities and outcomes.
• Understand that digital discrimination involves more than just discriminatory broadband deployment but also discrimination in broadband adoption, broadband affordability, and the actual use of broadband.
• Elevate the transparency of existing data and collect additional data that can be used to identify and measure digital discrimination.
• Establish a dedicated and transparent complaint process through which the public can lodge complaints related to digital discrimination and unequal access to broadband— where the responses from internet service providers are made publicly available.