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FCC Has Huge New Powers Under Section 706, Berin Szoka Tells Quartz

February 19, 2014

FCC Chairman Wheeler has announced a new Net neutrality plan to replace its regulations thrown out by the D.C. Circuit Court last month. TF’s Berin...


FCC Study Will Impact Editorial Judgment, We Tell Comm Daily

February 14, 2014

This week, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed criticizing the agency’s Critical Information Needs (CIN) study, which will ask media outlets a...


Comcast-TWC Deal Won’t Reduce Competition: Geoff Manne in the Global Post

February 14, 2014

With Comcast seeking to buy Time Warner Cable, making it the biggest provider of television and Internet connections in the country, some have expressed concerns...


Comcast / Time Warner Merger Won’t Reduce Competition, Actually Expands Net Neutrality

February 13, 2014

Today, Comcast announced an agreement to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion, which would make Comcast the largest provider of television and Internet connections...


Comcast / Time Warner Deal Will Expand Net Neutrality, We Tell Mashable

February 13, 2014

With Comcast hoping to buy Time Warner, many are raising specters of a cable monopoly that will harm consumers and restrict competition. However, this is...


PROTECT Act Would Transfer Regulation of Low-Risk, Non-Diagnostic Health IT from FDA

February 10, 2014

The FDA’s crackdown on 23andMe has called attention to the agency’s ability to apply the most stringent form of regulation to emerging technologies that promise...