On April 2, 2019, Reps Peter Welch (D-VT) and David Loebsack (D-IA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai asking the FCC to take a more practical approach to implementing new performance testing mechanisms in connection with Connect America Fund (CAF) support. "We have heard..that the process of implementing network performance testing has grown complicated," they wrote, and that there were concerns, particularly among smaller CAF recipients, about the ability to implement such testing. On May 13, Chairman Pai responded by saying that the FCC "established a uniform framework for measuring the speed and latency performance for recipients of Connect America Fund support last July." The framework requires providers to submit testing results to promote accountability, while attempting to avoid unnecessary burdens on smaller carriers. He added that for the framework to function, "providers will need a meaningful opportunity to implement and test solutions" and that the FCC is completing its review of several pending petitions for reconsideration, with a decision expected in the coming weeks. 

On May 23, Republican members of the House Commerce Committee published a letter led by Reps Josh Gottheimer (D–NJ) and Scott Peters (D–CA) proposing a so-called net neutrality working group to reconsider the Save the Internet Act, which passed the House in April with 232 votes. The letter mirrors a bid by Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D–AZ) and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R–MS) to undermine the legislation before it receives a vote in the upper chamber. In response to the House letter, 32 public-interest organizations sent a letter to House Democratic leadership opposing the proposal from Reps Gottheimer and Peters.

"It has come to our attention that a letter is circulating signed by representatives that calls for a working group on net neutrality...that would abandon the Save the Internet Act. This is extremely troubling, and an affront to the millions of Americans from across the political spectrum who rely on an open internet and have called on Congress to support strong net neutrality. The Wicker-Sinema group—which the letter inaccurately holds up as a model for developing consensus on this issue—is led by two Senators who have declined to support the commonsense protections contained in the Save the Internet Act. In fact, Senator Sinema is the lone Democrat in Congress who has failed to endorse the Save the Internet Act...The Wicker-Sinema group and similar efforts are not a path to viable legislation, but rather a means to undermine the bill the House just passed, and the strong but flexible net neutrality framework it restores."
 

SpaceX has launched 60 little satellites, the first of thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage. Musk said that all 60 flat-panel satellites were deployed and were online a few hundred miles above Earth. Musk says 12 launches of 60 satellites each will provide high-speed internet coverage throughout the US. Twenty-four launches will serve most of the populated world, and 30 launches the entire world. That will be 1,800 satellites in total, with more planned after that.

On March 28, 2019, Reps Yvette Clark (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), GK Butterfield (D-NC), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Jerry McNerney (D-CA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai raising concerns as to the rollout of the Lifeline National Eligibility Verifier. On May 13, Chairman Pai responded, saying that the FCC and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) have "made significant progress in rolling out the National Verifier and are working diligently to meet the December 2019 deployment timeframe." Chairman Pai also outlined how the National Verifier is connecting with different databases, such as Federal Public Housing Assistance database, and how USAC and the FCC are in the process of establishing an automated connection with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

Following Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s statement indicating he will recommend approval of the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Sens Tom Udall (D-NM), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) called on the FCC and the Department of Justice to reject the merger and to open a 30-day public comment period on the proposal.

“We are concerned that this four-to-three merger does not serve the public interest and would result in substantial anticompetitive effects, harming consumers, workers, and innovation,” wrote the Sens in a letter to Chairman Pai and Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim. “Among other issues, the behavioral conditions and voluntary commitments offered are filled with loopholes, lack meaningful enforcement mechanisms, and do not come close to ameliorating the negative effects that a reduction in wireless competition would cause for consumers across the country, including the wholesale and prepaid markets." "We request that the FCC let in light on T-Mobile’s substantially revised merger plans and allow for a 30-day comment period so that interested parties may evaluate T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposals."

Facebook says it will continue to host a video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that has been edited to give the impression that the she is drunk or unwell, in the latest incident highlighting its struggle to deal with disinformation. The video has been slowed down to give the impression she is slurring her words. President Trump's personal lawyer, the former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, was among the Trump supporters who promoted the story. He tweeted – then deleted – a link to a copy of the video on Facebook with the caption: “What is wrong with Nancy Pelosi? Her speech pattern is bizarre.” Despite the apparently malicious intent of the video’s creator, Facebook has said it will only downgrade its visibility in users’ newsfeeds and attach a link to a third-party fact-checking site pointing out that the clip is misleading. As a result, although it is less likely to be seen by accident, the doctored video will continue to rack up views.