federal communications commission
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This 4-Year-Old Boy Called Police on Mom for Eating His Ice Cream. Here’s What Happened Next
This Wisconsin boy set out to make sure his mom did hard time for the crime.
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A 911 Dispatcher Answers a Call for Help. It was Her Daughter.
One thing about Black mothers…they truly save the day.
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911 Dispatcher who Hung Up on Buffalo Shooting Call Is in Big Trouble
An Erie County spokesperson said the dispatcher’s termination is being sought.
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#NetNeutrality: Turns Out 99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Wanted to Keep the Internet Open
As the Federal Communications Commission prepared to repeal the laws of net neutrality last year, 22 million comments were left on its website expressing arguments either for or against keeping the open internet protected and in place. A new report says that 99.7 percent of the unique comments left on the agency’s site were pro-net…
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#NetNeutrality: Will FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Face the Music at a Congressional Hearing This Week?
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai is going to have some explaining to do when he appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Thursday morning at a hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the committee, said, “From efforts to better utilize…
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#NetNeutrality: Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Side With the FCC in Killing the Open Internet
It has been nearly eight months since the Federal Communications Commission repealed the net neutrality that keep the internet open and free for everyone, and the repeal officially went into effect on June 11. As lawmakers in individual states do their part to try and ensure net neutrality is still a reality for their constituents,…
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Red Alert: The Fight for #NetNeutrality Continues
You may have noticed some of your favorite websites sporting a different look Wednesday. In collaboration with Demand Progress, many sites went on “Red Alert” to draw attention to the continuing fight to protect net neutrality, otherwise known as the open internet. The Red Alert for Net Neutrality is part of a continuing effort to…
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#NetNeutrality: The Open Internet Isn’t Dead Just Yet
Although you may have seen news reports to the contrary, the rules of open internet are still in place as of Monday, April 23. Yes, the Federal Communications Commission published its “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” in the Federal Register 60 days ago, signifying its intent to repeal the Obama-era protections that kept net neutrality in…
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#NetNeutrality: Mignon Clyburn, Biggest Defender of Open Internet, Stepping Down From FCC
Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission who was one of only two people to vote in favor of keeping the rules of net neutrality in place, announced Tuesday that she would be stepping down from her position. Clyburn made her announcement at an FCC meeting, Politico reports, and she will leave her…
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#NetNeutrality: Doomsday Is Here—It’s the End of the Internet as We Know It
We knew it was coming, and the day is finally here. The Federal Communications Commission published its ironically named new rules, the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, in the Federal Register on Thursday. It’s the end of the Internet as we know it. OK, maybe not right this minute. The effective date for most of the…