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AT&T’s Move to Disconnect DSL Customers Shows Harm of Deregulatory Agenda
Public Knowledge, Communications Workers of America, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Next Century Cities, Common Cause, and Greenlining Institute filed an ex parte warning the Federal Communications Commission that its deregulatory agenda leaves consumers vulnerable to losing broadband service during the pandemic. AT&T recently told the FCC that it is discontinuing DSL broadband service.
FCC’s Approach to the DC Circuit’s Remand Fails to Promote the Public Interest (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 16:04Public Knowledge Files Brief Supporting Consumer Access to PEG Channels in Maine (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 14:10Public Knowledge Rejects DOJ Proposal to Amend Section 230 (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 14:10Another Massive Hurricane, Another Reason Why Congress Must Pass the RESILIENT Networks Act
If we want to make any progress on [connecting Americans] during hurricane season, then we need Congress to pass the “Reenforcing and Evaluating Service Integrity, Local Infrastructure, and Emergency Notification for Today’s Networks — or RESILIENT Networks — Act.” Congress should pass the RESILIENT Networks Act as quickly as possible. Neither the Federal Communications Commission nor state governments have taken the needed steps to update our regulations governing repair of physical networks to reflect modern network construction.
House Communications Subcommittee Should Not Support the Rep Walden Incubator Program (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 09/08/2020 - 18:24Public Knowledge Urges FCC to Open New Application Window to Connect Tribes (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/03/2020 - 18:27Public Knowledge Urges FCC to Reject Unlawful Trump Administration Request to Rewrite Section 230 (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 09/02/2020 - 16:30Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information From Digital Platforms
Vendors must expose proprietary information, such as sales data or logistic information, to digital platforms like Amazon or Facebook in order to reach customers on those platforms. This gives digital platforms the ability to use vendor proprietary information to create, price, and market rival products, enabling platforms to unfairly benefit from the work, business acumen, and risks taken by third-party vendors. Although accusations against Amazon have received the most press coverage, the problem goes well beyond Amazon and undermines competition broadly.