After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday.
Category: Federal Communications Commission
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Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead F.C.C.
Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.
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Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return?
The world’s richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment.
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Trump Ratchets Up Threats on the Media
Presidents are not all-powerful, but, if elected, Donald Trump would have some influence with the federal regulators who oversee major television networks.
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DirecTV Strikes Deal to Acquire Dish Network
The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, would create one of the largest pay-TV distributors in the U.S. The companies were blocked in an attempt to merge in 2002.
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Larry Ellison Will Control Paramount After Skydance Merger
An F.C.C. filing shows that companies affiliated with Mr. Ellison will own most of the voting interest currently held by Shari Redstone.
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F.C.C. Moves Toward Restoring Net Neutrality Rules, Igniting Regulatory Fight
The regulations, which would bar broadband providers from blocking or slowing down services like Google and Netflix, were repealed during the Trump administration.
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Dish Is First Company to Be Fined By F.C.C. Over Space Junk Rule
Dish, the television provider, failed to move its dead satellite into a higher orbit, where it would pose little threat to active satellites, the agency announced. The company agreed to pay a $150,000 fine.
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Biden Administration Plans to Bring Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said the government needed to protect open access to the “essential infrastructure of modern life.”
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Biden Administration Plans to Bring Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said the government needed to protect open access to the “essential infrastructure of modern life.”
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Billions to Connect Everyone to High-Speed Internet Could Still Fall Short
President Biden has promised to provide every American access to reliable high-speed internet. But some have raised concerns about whether the funds will achieve all of the administration’s goals.
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Biden Orders Ban on U.S. Investments in China’s Sensitive High-Tech Industries
The new limits, aimed at preventing American help to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalates a conflict pitting the world’s two largest economies against each other.