Tag: FCC’s

13 OCT

Trump administration defends FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules

(Reuters) — The Trump administration defended the Federal Communications Commission repeal of landmark open internet rules known as net neutrality, urging a federal appeals court to reject a challenge. In a 167-page court filing late on Thursday, the Justice Department and FCC urged the court to reject the suit filed by 22 states, the Distric…Read […]

10 MAR

Comcast gets FCC’s help in $3.5 million battle against small cable company

(credit: https://arstechnica.com/author/aurich-lawson/) The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed a complaint against Comcast filed by a rival that said it was forced “to pay a punitive ransom” of $ 3.5 million in order to keep airing Comcast-owned TV programming. Wave Broadband filed what it called a petition for declaratory ruling, claiming that Comcast engaged in unfair […]

08 JAN

The effort to block the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality just hit an important milestone (GOOGL, FB, NFLX)

AP Photo/Michael Dwyer A 30th senator — Missouri’s Claire McCaskill — signed on to sponsor a resolution that would nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s vote to repeal its net neutrality rules. That number is important, because 30 senators are needed to force a floor vote on the resolution. The resolution doesn’t have any Republican sponsors, […]

17 DEC

YouTube took down FCC’s ‘Harlem Shake’ video for 7 hours

Remember when “Harlem Shake” musician Baauer said he’d take down FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s video marking (and really, trivializing) the death of net neutrality? He meant it… although his effort didn’t last long. The Verge notes that Baauer’s label Mad Decent successfully removed the video from Daily Caller‘s YouTube channel with a copyright notice for […]

16 DEC

Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in Congress over the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer said Friday he would force a vote on the Federal Communications Commission’s move to repeal its net neutrality rules. Schumer plans to use the same process Republicans have used to repeal pro-environment and other regulations put in place under former President Obama. But Schumer and Democrats face an […]