Judge blocks Trump admin’s database of Americans’ Social Security numbers and citizenship status
District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said states have used inaccurate data to wrongly identify Americans as non-citizens and purged them from voter rolls
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NATOA Announces 2026 Community Broadband and Digital Equity Award Winners
Awards recognize innovative projects in government, business, and local communities nationwide
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Social media bans collide with free speech
Countries around the world have enacted kids social media bans for platforms like Facebook and YouTube
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Chairman Guthrie and Ranking Member Pallone Announce Agreement on Bipartisan Kids’ Safety Package
Committee leaders have reached an agreement on the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act
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GFiber gets into bulk-billing, managed Wi-Fi business for MDUs
The new offering brings fiber to every unit of a multi-dwelling property
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AI is blowing up 30 years of network traffic assumptions
Traffic used to peak and dip predictably by time of day, but AI has smoothed that curve into near-constant demand
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Senate Passes Sen Fischer Broadband Map Oversight Bill
Act will help to ensure agencies reliably report their funding data to the FCC in a complete and timely manner
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How President Trump Screwed Rural Americans to Help Musk Become a Trillionaire
Corruption of Biden administration's broadband program boosted SpaceX’s historic IPO
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The Myth of SpaceX
The company has mutated into something that defies both comparison and logic
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Celebrating 25 Years of Fighting for a Creative and Connected Future
Join Public Knowledge for a series of events celebrating the history, consumer benefit, and future of Public Knowledge's work
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ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Against FCC Investigations
Disney-owned network encourages viewers to tell FCC to drop probes into ‘The View’ and ABC broadcast licenses
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Walking Away from BEAD
Every default could become a windfall for satellite companies, while a lot of communities are losing the chance to get fiber
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Data centers become the face of AI backlash
Only a small fraction of data center opponents actually live near one
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We Liked Remote Work. Then We Looked at the Data.
Despite its advantages, remote work has significantly deepened Americans’ isolation and distress
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An AI proxy war could reshape Congress -- before Congress reshapes AI
"It's rewriting the playbook for how industries are trying to exert their influence in Washington and in states across the country."
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