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Courts, not FCC, Should Protect Free Speech against Mobile Service Shut-offs
Today, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry, responding to an emergency petition filed last August regarding temporary shutdown of mobile services by officers of...
‘Next Digital Decade’ eBook a Must-Read for Digital Policy
TechFreedom launched just over a year ago with the publication of The Next Digital Decade , a free ebook that brought together 26 scholars of...
FCC Wants $25 Million for Cell Phone Subsidy Program ‘Fraught with Fraud’
TechFreedom’s Larry Downes was quoted in US News & World Report , explaining the problems with Lifeline and a proposed pilot program to extend access...
Complete Overhaul of FCC Lifeline Program Is Not Enough
TechFreedom’s Larry Downes explains the problems with the Lifeline program on WebProNews . Although good intentions pushed its genesis, since there was no cap and...
FCC Lifeline Reform a Good Start but Storm Clouds Loom
Today, the FCC began the long-overdue process of reforming the Lifeline and Link-Up America programs, which subsidize basic phone service for low-income Americans. The following...
Who Really Stopped SOPA, and Why?
I split my time these days between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill, and last week was a very good week to be in Washington. In...