Public Knowledge Applauds Appointment of Rebecca Slaughter as Acting FTC Chair to Promote Competition
January 21, 2021 Antitrust , Big Tech , Consumer Privacy , FTC , Online Privacy , Platform Competition , PrivacyToday, President Joe Biden named Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission.
Read MoreSenior Advisor Gene Kimmelman Resigns from Public Knowledge to Join Justice Department
January 21, 2021 Public KnowledgeToday, Public Knowledge Senior Advisor Gene Kimmelman announced his resignation in order to serve as Senior Counselor for President Joe Biden’s Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice. This will be a limited duration position.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Welcomes FCC Action to Use 12 GHz Band to Close Digital Divide
January 13, 2021 12 GHz , Digital Divide , Rural Access , Wi-FiLast night, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that could potentially leverage spectrum sharing technology to help close the digital divide.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Welcomes New Policy Fellow
January 13, 2021 fellowship , Gene Kimmelman Fellowship Fund , Public KnowledgePublic Knowledge welcomes Montana Williams, Policy Fellow, to our team to focus on expanding broadband access, protecting free expression online, increasing platform competition, and creating fair intellectual property policy.
Read MoreFCC Chairman Pai Moves to Leverage 12 GHz Band to Close Digital Divide
December 29, 2020 12 GHz , 5G , Digital Divide , FCC , internet inequality , Spectrum , Spectrum Reform , Wireless , wireless broadbandLast week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that could potentially leverage spectrum sharing technology to help close the digital divide. Adding the 12 GHz band to the agency’s “5G FAST Plan” would make an additional 500 MHz of contiguous spectrum available for two-way fixed and mobile 5G wireless broadband services, while protecting incumbent satellite uses (including satellite broadband) from harmful interference.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Opposes FCC Media Ownership Repeal in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
December 23, 2020 amicus brief , FCC , Litigation , Media Consolidation , Media Diversity , Media Ownership , Prometheus Radio Project , SpectrumToday, Public Knowledge filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the Prometheus Radio Project and other opponents of the Federal Communication Commission’s 2017 Order eliminating most of the broadcast ownership rules.
Read MoreNew Bipartisan COVID Stimulus Package Includes Support for Local Journalism
December 22, 2020 Disinformation , Legislation , Local Journalism , misinformationThanks in part to the efforts of Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the coronavirus relief bill includes a provision that will make thousands of local journalism outlets newly eligible for emergency federal support under the Paycheck Protection Program.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Raises Significant Concerns with DMCA 2.0 Digital Copyright Act Discussion Draft
December 22, 2020 Copyright , Copyright Reform , DMCA , Notice and TakedownToday, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) released a discussion draft of a bill that would “update” the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Condemns Passage of CASE Act in Funding Bill
December 21, 2020 CASE Act , Congress , Copyright , Copyright Reform , Legislation , Small ClaimsToday Congress passed a $1.4 trillion government funding bill that included the CASE Act as a last-minute addition.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Applauds Congress for Championing Broadband Subsidies in Stimulus Package
December 21, 2020 Affordable Broadband , Broadband , broadband subsidy , coronavirus , Covid-19 , COVID19 , omnibus , Tribal BroadbandToday, a bipartisan, bicameral package for COVID-19 relief was introduced. Among other provisions, the relief bill helps Americans access broadband — or stay connected — during the pandemic.
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