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Public Knowledge Files Comments on FCC Chairman Pai’s Plan to Further Downgrade Rural America (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/18/2018 - 15:35Public Knowledge Welcomes New Policy Counsel Allie Bohm to Bolster Advocacy Efforts (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 14:40Public Knowledge Files Protective Petition in DC Circuit Regarding Net Neutrality Rollback
Public Knowledge filed a protective petition in the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to urge the court to review the Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of net neutrality rules.
The following statement can be attributed to John Bergmayer, Senior Counsel at Public Knowledge:
Public Knowledge Rejects Charter’s Claim of First Amendment Protection from Discrimination Lawsuits (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 12:37Public Knowledge Asks DOJ to Review Comcast/NBCU Consent Decree (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 12:36Holiday Handouts: How the FCC Gave Gifts to Sinclair and Lumps of Coal for Consumers
At the end of the day, each action the Federal Communications Commission took described below has furthered Sinclair’s efforts to merge with Tribune at the expense of consumers.
Gift 1: Creating the Landscape for Sinclair to Merge by Reinstating the UHF Discount
Gift 2: Feeding Into Sinclair’s Business Model by Eliminating the Main Studio Rule
Gift 3: Sweeping Away Legal Problems With the Merger by Relaxing Media Ownership Rules
Gift 4: Giving Sinclair Benefits in the ATSC 3.0 Transition
Gift 5: Proposing to Eliminate the National Ownership Cap
On Ajit Pai, Fair Use, and “Harlem Shake” (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 15:44Public Knowledge: Blackburn’s Bill Fails to Restore Net Neutrality, Guts FCC Protections for Broadband (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 12/19/2017 - 16:46What to Do Now: How We Save Net Neutrality
[Commentary] We may have lost the vote at the FCC, but the fight isn’t over yet. Now it moves to two new venues, both of which will require public support. Chairman Pai may have ignored millions of Americans, but he can’t ignore Congress. Members of Congress have the ability and the authority to quickly reverse Chairman Pai’s unprecedented rulemaking through a law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA).