Tag: FCC
Disney reverses course as Jimmy Kimmel returns after FCC threats spark...
Disney says comments were “ill-timed,” but reinstates Jimmy Kimmel following FCC threats, nationwide protests, and a celebrity-backed ACLU letter warning of government-driven censorship.
Free speech under siege as Trump FCC forces cancellation of Kimmel
ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s show after threats from Trump’s FCC, raising alarms about corporate capitulation, censorship, and the systematic erosion of First Amendment protections.
Trump threatens media licenses as experts warn corporate owners may capitulate
As President Donald Trump urges the FCC to revoke ABC and NBC licenses and to “pay up BIG,” media scholars and press-freedom advocates warn that corporate owners may cave to political pressure, with a recent $16 million settlement cited as a troubling precedent.
FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid...
Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.
‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund...
Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.
US Court of Appeals strikes down net neutrality
Appellate court strikes down net neutrality ending the push to regulate internet service providers like a public utility.
Americans report more spam calls in 2024 than 2023
So far there have been 34.3 billion robocalls year to date with an estimated 56 billion robocalls in total for 2024 based on year over year trajectory.
FCC restores Net Neutrality protections
The reinstated Net Neutrality protects will "reclassify high-speed-internet access services as telecom services subject to Title II of the Communications Act."
House of Representatives set to vote on net neutrality
"Any lawmaker who doesn't want to invoke the wrath of their constituents should vote for its clean passage on the House floor."
Pressure is on: Activists push Congress extra hard to support new...
"Now we need to push lawmakers extra hard to support the new legislation before the lobbyists get to them."
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$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
Trump delivers lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
Omar says ICE drawdown ‘not enough’ as thousands of agents remain deployed in Minnesota
After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.
The actual Gavin Newsom is much worse than you think
For anyone who wants a truly progressive Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom is bad news.
Senators probe Equifax over plans to profit from Medicaid and SNAP work requirements
Warren, Wyden, and Sanders are demanding disclosures from Equifax as new federal work requirements threaten to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions while expanding the company’s already dominant income verification business.