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#NetNeutrality: The FCC Has Reportedly Officially Put the Senate on Notice
The Federal Communications Commission has reportedly officially notified the U.S. Senate of its plans for repealing the net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration in 2015. Two congressional sources confirmed to The Hill that this first step in the process has been completed. The next steps include notifying the House and publishing…
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#NetNeutrality: Senate Democrats Need 1 More Member to Vote to Overturn FCC Decision
Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that they have 50 of the 100 members of the Senate prepared to vote in favor of their Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality. According to CNBC, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said in a statement that all 49 Democrats were in favor…
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#NetNeutrality: The Fight for an Open and Free Internet Continues Across the Country
Nearly a month after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the rules of net neutrality, lawmakers across the country are doing what they can to keep the internet open and free. In California, this comes in the form of Senate Bill 460. NBC Bay Area reports that the California Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality…
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#NetNeutrality: FCC Reveals Details of ‘Restoring Internet Freedom’ Order
Just three weeks after it voted to repeal the rules of net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission finally released the details of its “Restoring Internet Freedom” order Thursday. As expected, the 539-page order removes a lot of protections that President Barack Obama’s administration put in place—the biggest being the end of public utility regulation of…
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#NetNeutrality: United Nations Expert Concerned About US Repeal of Open-Internet Rules
On the heels of the Federal Communications Commission voting to repeal the net neutrality rules that keep the internet free and open for everyone, the United Nations’ expert on freedom of speech expressed concern Wednesday that the ramifications of that decision could lead to small and independent voices being silenced on the web. David Kaye,…
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FCC’s Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality Will Silence Black Voices
From #BlackGirlsCode and #BlackMenSmile to #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackTwitter, the black internet is part of the 21st-century movement for dignity, rights and freedom—and it’s under attack. Since the Trump administration seems hell-bent on silencing black voices in the United States, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman and former Verizon…
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FCC Vote Advances Big Media. Will It Harm Diversity?
Clyburn Dissent Says Order Harms Diversity Kaepernick Wanted Designers of Color for GQ Shoot George Takei Losing Publishers After Groping Claims Fox Anchor Who Sees Racism Could Sway U.K. Deal Black Woman Is Top Editor at Alternative Weekly In Trump’s First Year, Much to Worry About Veteran Native Journalist Won’t Romanticize Banks ‘20 Latino and…
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The End of the Internet as We Know It: FCC Votes to Dismantle Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to dismantle Obama-era regulations on internet service providers, otherwise known as net neutrality rules, which have kept cable and telecom companies under strict FCC oversight since 2015. The vote was 2-1 along party lines, with FCC Republicans looking to loosen the regulations on the industry, NPR reports. Dozens of…
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Sale of 1st and Only Black-Owned Public TV Station a Wake-Up Call on Media Diversity
The possible loss of Howard University’s PBS affiliate could be a tipping point toward the extinction of black-owned broadcast media, but the Federal Communications Commission has no sense of urgency to fix the problem. That’s not hyperbole. For years, the FCC has watched female and minority ownership of broadcast stations dwindle without much concern for…