Infrastructure
Senate Narrowly Rejects Resolution to Nullify Treasury’s Recovery Funds Rule
Officials warned the resolution would create confusion and uncertainty for local governments on infrastructure projects.
Infrastructure
Officials warned the resolution would create confusion and uncertainty for local governments on infrastructure projects.
Digital Inclusion
ECFiber, a small ISP in Vermont, has heeded the call of the lawmakers to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program out of their own pockets.
Digital Inclusion
A commitment to fully fund the month of May would give Congress time to provide new money for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
Net Neutrality
The agency is set to vote on the measure next week.
Section 230
A wide range of tech industry associations and civil liberties advocates applauded the decision to leave Section 230 untouched.
Expert Opinion
The Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act may harm the ability of broadband infrastructure to grow.
A bill would have the Commerce Secretary identify categories of personal data that could harm national security if exported.
Section 230
The debate on what government should — or shouldn’t — do with respect to liability protections for platforms continues.
A Senate Judiciary bill is facing industry criticism on its effectiveness.
FCC
The agency held an open meeting Thursday to hammer out votes on a range of issues.
Democrats intro device subsidy bill, OneWeb half way to launch goal, Trevor Jones is USTelecom VP of gov. affairs.
china
Experts discuss whether or not international trade agreements will harm or help regulate digital trade between nations
Section 230
June 25, 2020 — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and former Congressman Chris Cox, authors of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, joined technology policy journalist Ashley Gold to defend the importance of the law, 25 years after its original passage. “We thought people should be focused on ideas,
Net Neutrality
June 4, 2020 — Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., penned a letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, rebuking him for not counting HBO Max usage against users’ monthly data caps. AT&T owns HBO, a relationship the senators claimed violates the company’s stated
Section 230
June 3, 2020 — The actions that President Donald Trump has taken to punish tech companies for alleged anti-conservative discrimination are radical, said Section 230 co-author Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in an Aspen Institute webinar Tuesday. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects tech pl
Innovation
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2019 – During a period in which the global trading order for physical goods has been upended by protectionist moves from the Trump administration, one potential bright spot is the “unprecedented opportunity” to create a framework of rules around digital trade, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-