Speaking on Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai rebuffed President Donald Trump’s threat to revoke NBC’s licenses and affirmed that his commission is not able to do that based off their content. “The FCC under my leadership will stand for the First Amendment, and under the law the FCC does not […]
On May 1, Late Show host Stephen Colbert included a joke about President Donald Trump being a “c**k holster” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The comment led to a flurry of viewer indecency complaints and then online hysteria of potential censorship as the FCC announced an investigation. That, however, is […]
A day after AT&T announced its intention to purchase Time Warner in a deal valued at more than $100 billion, politicians on both sides of the aisle expressed skepticism at the deal. The regulatory approval process for the deal will stretch into 2017, meaning it will be handled by the new […]
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to reclassify broadband service as a utility, granting net neutrality advocates a victory after months and years of fighting for the policy. The proposal by Chair Tom Wheeler was approved on a party-line vote, 3-2. Under net neutrality, Internet providers must enable access to all content […]
