The Price of Progress, or Just Profiteering? California, a beacon of technological progress, is still wrestling with the profoundly analog question of basic phone service. Last week, a federal judge in the Southern District of Read More
The Era of Obfuscation, Now Federally Endorsed The Federal Communications Commission is poised to formalize a lie. This isn’t about data caps or network neutrality in the abstract; it’s about the bill hitting Read More
The Blurring Lines of Government Communication In an era where every major corporation and government agency champions digital transformation, the very tools meant to enhance efficiency are increasingly blurring the lines of public accountability. The Read More
The Global Disconnect on Digital Learning The FCC’s recent proposal to curtail or eliminate the E-Rate program, a crucial $2 billion-a-year initiative subsidizing internet access for schools and libraries, is not, as Chairman Brendan Carr Read More
The Unraveling of Universal Service Obligations The immediate accusation from California’s regulators – that AT&T fabricated claims to the Federal Communications Commission – is a headline grabber, but it obscures the far more significant Read More
The Peril of Perfect Legal Purity The bipartisan JAWBONE Act, introduced by Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden, presents itself as a bulwark against federal overreach in content moderation. Yet, beneath its well-intentioned ambition to Read More
The Illusion of Digital Sovereignty The cable industry’s urgent plea to the Federal Communications Commission is not just a lobbying effort for supply chain flexibility; it is a stark admission that America’s broadband Read More
The Quiet Erosion of Broadcast Independence The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled a deeply unsettling tactic, compelling ABC to submit early license renewal applications for its eight owned television stations, ostensibly over alleged violations Read More
The Federal Communications Commission, a body theoretically insulated from political whims, is openly leveraging its regulatory power to investigate ABC’s talk show The View, framing the inquiry around whether it constitutes a “bona fide Read More
The Illusion of Regulatory Efficiency The Federal Communications Commission’s recent blessing of EchoStar’s massive $40 billion spectrum sales to AT&T and SpaceX, presented as a triumph for spectrum utilization, is in fact Read More