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Trump Administration Wants California to Trade $16 Billion in Broadband Benefits the State Has Now for $1.42 Billion It Will Disperse Later
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program has lived a highly dramatic life since Congress created it as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.The most recent high-stakes drama involves the state of California.
23rd Annual IP3 Awards
Public Knowledge announced the awardees for the 2026 IP3 Awards. They are:
Public Knowledge Welcomes New Member to Board of Directors
Public Knowledge is proud to announce a new member has joined its Board of Directors. Angie Kronenberg will join ten other board members to provide Public Knowledge with strategic counsel and leadership. Angie Kronenberg, President and CEO of Sligo Solutions LLC, is a recognized authority in shaping telecommunications, broadband, and technology law and policy.
Celebrating 25 Years of Fighting for a Creative and Connected Future
Friends of Public Knowledge: It’s time to pause to celebrate, reflect, and envision the future of technology as Public Knowledge turns 25 years old this fall! For a quarter century, Public Knowledge has served as one of the leading digital rights defenders in Washington (DC), working at the intersection of communications, media, and internet law to promote freedom of expression, an Open Internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works.
The Blueprint for Equitable Digital Participation
The Blueprint for Equitable Digital Participation was designed to center the lived experiences of those directly impacted by digital inequities. Participants provided recommendations that ultimately pass the ‘kitchen table’ test—policies needed to help people live with dignity, opportunity, and the ability to thrive—for how to solve the digital divide in low-to-moderate-income households across America. Key takeaways include:
Public Knowledge Warns FCC “Streamlining” Could Undermine Broadband Map Accuracy
If you fail to properly diagnose the problem, you will fail in your abilities to solve the problem. The same is true for the digital divide, which continues to impact millions of unserved and underserved communities across the nation. The Federal Communications Commission is once again invoking the term ‘streamlining’ as justification for creating a permission structure that allows providers to evade accountability while consumers experience the consequences of distorted broadband maps.
Public Knowledge President and CEO Recognized in Washingtonian 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy
I am very grateful to Washingtonian for including me in its policy influentials list for the fifth year in a row. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this honor comes as the Public Knowledge team, along with many civil society allies, has continued to lead and stand up for how the principles of open technology and accountable technology can work together. We influence, create, and win good policy together as a team—not as individuals.
Getting Age Assurance Right: A Risk-Based Framework for High-Risk Online Features
In “The Kids Aren’t Alright Online: How to Build a Safer, Better Internet for Everyone,” Public Knowledge argued that age assurance—the practice of verifying an online user’s age—should be a narrow tool, not a policy solution. The most important thing lawmakers can do for children online is require technology companies to design safer products—not deputize parents and children to police systems that were never built with kids’ wellbeing in mind in the first place. But that argument, intentionally, left a question open: when age assurance is appropriate, how should it work?
Inequity is Not Inevitable: Save the Digital Equity Act
Inequity is not inevitable. It surfaces through rhetoric from leaders, personnel that mirror the values (or lack thereof) of said leaders, funding structures, policy implementation, and court decisions. In other words, inequity does not appear out of thin air. Inequity begins with an idea from someone’s imagination. It is only through power, resource allocation, and replication that an idea can take shape, gain traction, and impact lives.