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The Federal Trade Commission is asking a federal appellate court to reject advertising and business organizations' challenge to click-to-cancel rules that aim to let consumers easily terminate recurring subscriptions to newspapers, gyms, and other businesses. The agency's filing comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Michigan Press Association, NCTA -- The Internet & Television Association, Chamber of Commerce and other business groups that are seeking to invalidate the rules.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is asking Google to address allegations that YouTube TV “marginalizes” faith-based programming. “I am writing because concerns have been raised with the FCC that YouTube TV discriminates against faith-based programming,” Chairman Carr said in a letter sent to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan.

Verizon asked a federal appellate court to nix the $47 million fine imposed by the Federal Communications Commission for sharing customers' location data. “The agency ignored the limits of its authority in these multiple ways, in an effort to show force against a large company that did nothing wrong,” Verizon argues in a written brief filed with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Siding with the record industry, a federal appellate court has upheld a finding that Grande Communications contributed to copyright infringement by failing to disconnect internet subscribers who were accused of unlawfully sharing music.