Podcast: Former FCC Commissioner Calls for a Presidential Commission on the Future of the Internet (with Michael Copps)

Former-Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps has called on the new Biden administration to establish a Presidential Commission on the Future of the Internet. He contrasts the regulation of the broadcast industry in the public interest with the relatively hands-off treatment of internet commerce and cites privacy, disinformation, and antitrust concerns, as well as the impact of social media giants on local news outlets, as reasons why a comprehensive policy review is in order. At the same time, Copps says that the new Congress need not wait for the proposed commission report to start to deal with issues that can be addressed. Copps called for the commission in a November 2020 article published by the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.


Podcast: Former FCC Commissioner Calls for a Presidential Commission on the Future of the Internet (with Michael Copps)