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Rick Perry Supports States Rights — Except to Legalize Internet Gambling
Rick Perry has always claimed to be a supporter of states’ rights, federalism, the Tenth Amendment, etc. Yet he wants the federal government to bar...
House Passes Lofgren-Massie Amendment to Help Rein in NSA
The NSA collects emails and browsing and chat histories of Americans and searches the information without a warrant under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments...
Democrats Tell FCC Not to Regulate Broadband as a Utility — back in 1998
Today, some Democrats are urging the FCC to regulate broadband as a public utility. But back in 1998, Democratic Senators John Kerry and Ron Wyden...
Privacy Advocates tell Congress: Fix Watered-down USA Freedom Act!
In its original version, the USA Freedom Act represented an important step toward ending the government’s bulk collection of data about individuals. Unfortunately, the Rules...
We tell LA Times and The Verge: FCC Lacks Authority to Ban Paid Prioritization
The movement to ban paid prioritization has a new approach: order the FCC to do things it lacks the authority to do. Senator Pat Leahy,...
80 Years After the 1934 Communications Act, Time for a CommActUpdate
Eighty years ago today, FDR signed the Communications Act of 1934. Congress has tinkered with the Act a few times, but the basic approach remains...