US Senate
Senator Cantwell Pushes FTC for Information on July 2019 Facebook Settlement (US Senate)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 19:15In Response to Senate Intelligence Cmte Report Sen Klobuchar Urges Rules Chairman Blunt Immediate Markup for Honest Ads Act (US Senate)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 13:02Senator Markey Leads Bipartisan Warning to FTC Not to Weaken Children’s Online Privacy Rules (US Senate)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 10/04/2019 - 12:39Sens Rubio, Warner Send Letters to 11 Social Media Companies Expressing Concern Over Growing Threat Posed by Deepfakes (US Senate)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 11:53
Sen Durbin, Maloney Introduce Bicameral Bill To Increase Access To Broadband Service For Low-Income Americans
Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18) introduced a bicameral bill that would increase access to broadband service for low-income urban and rural Americans. The Promoting Access to Broadband Act would help states increase awareness of, and enrollment in, the Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline program, which aims to help low-income households pay for their telephone and broadband service charges by providing a monthly subsidy of $9.25. Enrollment in the Lifeline program remains extremely low nationwide. The Promoting Access to Broadband Act wo
Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Urging FCC to Reject Plans that Imperil the Universal Service Fund
Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) and 29 other senators wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission requesting that the agency discard any plans for setting an overall cap for the Universal Service Fund (USF) programs. "Such a proposal would harm broadband deployment, rural health care opportunities, classroom learning, and life-long learning through public libraries by forcing them to compete in order to receive necessary funds.