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... to CNN and even more fake NBC, which is a total joke." Meanwhile, Sinclair's bid to buy Tribune, and thus expand its reach dramatically in local news, is awaiting approval from the Justice Department and the FCC. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm William Brangham in Washington, D.C.
... And the rule was called net neutrality. And it affects -- ultimately could affect how quickly you can get access to various Internet sites. And the FCC revoked -- has revoked that rule, although there is already movement in Congress now to try to overturn that action by the Federal Communications Commission ...
... continental shelf to energy exploration is being met with bipartisan disapproval in Congress. -- Los Angeles Times, 1/11 The Senate’s push to overrule the FCC on net neutrality now has 50 votes, Democrats sayDemocrats are one Republican vote shy from overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to end ...
... for missing children. The state of Hawaii "did not have reasonable safeguards or process controls in place to prevent the transmission of a false alert," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement, calling the mistake "absolutely unacceptable." "False alerts undermine public confidence in the alerting system and thus reduce ...
... that there is a nuclear threat coming from North Korea," she said. Ajit Pai, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said on Twitter that the FCC "is launching a full investigation" into the incident, while U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said on Twitter that the alert was "a ...
... playing along means participating in sexist and racist jokes, that expectation has to change. Hari Sreenivasan: The year ended with a divisive decision by the FCC that many fear will lead to the end of net neutrality, the idea of treating all content on the Web equally without charging more ...
... party lines. The decision grants more power to Internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T, allowing them to prioritize certain Websites over others. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the move will also increase competition. Ajit Pai: By removing heavy-handed regulations that stand in the way of deploying ...
... the Disney roof. And that may signal a coming break with Netflix, Amazon and others. This all is happening on the same day that the FCC voted three to two along party lines to end so-called net neutrality. Many experts say companies will now be able to create a ...
As the federal government prepares to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet, advocates of the regulations are bracing for a long fight.
The Trump administration could potentially change how consumers access video, music, web stories and other online content by rolling back many of the net neutrality rules passed by the Obama administration. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the government should stop "micromanaging" the web. What does that mean for consumers? Jeffrey Brown takes a closer look...
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