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Competition, Not Price Controls, Is the Key to Prison Payphone Justice
Today, the Federal Communications Commission is holding a workshop on prison payphone rates . In December, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking...
CDA Section 230 & Immunity for Online Intermediaries
Print Version Under current law, when an Internet user distributes unlawful content on a third-party website, that website is generally immune from liability for the...
TechMemo: Freeing Government Spectrum
Background Rising demand for data from users of mobile phones, tablets, PCs and other devices is leading to a spectrum crunch . Global mobile data...
TechBriefing: Unlocking Mobile Devices & the DMCA
Print Version What is unlocking? Most phones and tablets sold by U.S. wireless carriers come “locked,” meaning their software prevents the user from enabling the...
FTC Commissioner Wright Proposes Long Overdue Standards for Prosecuting Unfair Methods of Competition
Today, Federal Trade Commissioner Josh Wright released a draft Policy Statement on Unfair Methods of Competition in a speech to the New York State Bar...
Broadcast Censorship is Unconstitutional & Unnecessary, Diverse Coalition Tells FCC
A philosophically diverse coalition of technology policy organizations filed FCC comments (PDF) today urging the agency to stop censoring broadcast content for “indecency.” The...