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  • Tribal communities face challenges accessing the internet

    Tribal communities face challenges accessing the internet

    Mar 07, 2024 11:25 PM EST

    For many tribal communities in America, internet access isn't always as easy as logging on to a computer. The FCC reports almost 28 percent of tribal land residents lack high-speed broadband, compared to 1.5 percent of urban residents. But the Biden administration is offering funds to try ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the significance of the special election to replace Santos

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the significance of the special election to replace Santos

    Feb 12, 2024 11:30 PM EST

    ... on forever and ever and ever, veer off in all kinds of wild directions, include things that you can't put on television because the FCC would come after you. And people aren't seeing it. Former President Trump is putting out massive amounts of content that no one is ...

  • News Wrap: Israel steps up strikes in Gaza as White House warns against invasion of Rafah

    News Wrap: Israel steps up strikes in Gaza as White House warns against invasion of Rafah

    Feb 08, 2024 11:45 PM EST

    ... have erupted across the country this week. Gang violence, poverty and a refusal to hold general elections spurred the protests. Back in this country, the FCC has ordered an immediate end to using voices generated by artificial intelligence in automated phone calls. Today's unanimous ruling cited fears that the ...

  • Authorities target two firms in probe of AI robocalls impersonating Biden before New Hampshire's primary

    Authorities target two firms in probe of AI robocalls impersonating Biden before New Hampshire's primary

    Feb 06, 2024 07:55 PM EST

    ... taking the matter seriously and moving swiftly as a powerful example against further efforts to disrupt democratic elections,” campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez said. The FCC’s cease-and-desist letter to Lingo Telecom said the investigation involved working with the Industry Traceback Group, a consortium of telecom and broadband ...

  • AP source: Former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison

    AP source: Former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison

    Nov 25, 2023 02:18 AM EST

    ... of the attack and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incarcerated person was assaulted at FCI Tucson at around 12:30 p.m. local time Friday. In a statement, the agency said responding employees contained the incident and performed “life ...

  • Is broadband an essential utility, like water or electricity? New net neutrality effort makes the case

    Is broadband an essential utility, like water or electricity? New net neutrality effort makes the case

    Sep 27, 2023 12:25 AM EST

    ... took majority control of the five-member FCC on Monday for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 when new FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was sworn in. Rosenworcel said the FCC will vote in October to take public comment on the proposed rules. What is ...

  • White House holds first-ever summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation's public schools

    White House holds first-ever summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation's public schools

    Aug 08, 2023 09:33 PM EST

    ... schools and libraries. “That's a drop in the bucket,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of the nonprofit Consortium for School Networking. School districts wrote the FCC last fall asking that it commit much more — Krueger said some $1 billion could be made available annually from its E-Rate program, which ...

  • After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids' private files online

    After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids' private files online

    Jul 05, 2023 03:21 PM EST

    ... 100 wrote the Federal Communications Commission after the Los Angeles Unified breach asking that E-Rate be modified to free up funds for cybersecurity. The FCC is still considering the request.It’s already too late for the mother of one of the Minneapolis students whose confidential sexual assault complaint ...

  • WATCH: Biden announces $42.5 billion plan to expand high-speed internet to communities with no or slow service

    WATCH: Biden announces $42.5 billion plan to expand high-speed internet to communities with no or slow service

    Jun 26, 2023 02:57 PM EST

    ... those without access to internet speeds of 100 Mbps/20 Mbps—and in schools, libraries or other community institutions. Hinging such a large investment on FCC data has been somewhat controversial. Members of Congress pressed FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel about inaccuracies they said would negatively impact rural states’ allotments in ...

  • AP sources: 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center

    AP sources: 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center

    Jun 11, 2023 10:43 PM EST

    ... prestigious mathematics journals. His explosives were carefully tested and came in meticulously handcrafted wooden boxes sanded to remove possible fingerprints. Later bombs bore the signature “FC” for “Freedom Club.” The FBI called him the “Unabomber” because his early targets seemed to be universities and airlines. An altitude-triggered bomb he ...

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