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FCC taking a stand against spam texting

Phone companies must block text messages coming from shady sources, new regulation demands.

TechRadar

Sony WF-1000XM5: release date rumours, potential price, features and spec leaks

Sony's next true wireless earbuds could launch in the next couple of months. Here's what to expect.

What Hi-Fi?

Fitbit Charge 6: Everything we know and what to expect

Fitbit Charge 6 looks like it's on the way. Here's everything we know, and what we think the device will look like.

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Standard General Makes Formal Appeal to FCC on Tegna Deal

Claims Media Bureau’s hearing order will torpedo largest minority-owned, female-led TV company

Multichannel News

Garmin's next watch might be a king-sized Instinct 2 – and that would be awesome

A testing report filed with the FCC suggests a new rugged watch is on the way

Advnture

The FCC is cracking down on scammy robotexts. What that means for you

How many text messages have you received lately about a missed delivery of a package you didn't order? Or a prize you've earned for being a loyal customer of a company you don't use? Or a nonexistent withdrawal just made on your account?

Los Angeles Times

FCC Proposes Audio Descriptions for All TV Stations

Chair Jessica Rosenworcel worked on mandate while on Capitol Hill

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Why has the UK government banned TikTok?

The UK government has officially banned the TikTok app from devices across government due to national security concerns. Oliver Dowden, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, confirmed the decision during an address in House of Commons on Thursday. Dowden's speech followed days of speculation that the UK would follow the…

IT Pro

The truth is there's little the government can do about lies on cable

Tucker Carlson trying to rewrite history on the Jan. 6 riots is exposing the government's limited ability to regulate distortions on cable news.

WEKU

Commentary: Due process denied: FCC Media Bureau kills diverse media ownership

I believe in the power of local news. Strengthening American democracy depends on more engaged and informed citizens at the local level. But in today’s fractured media environment, there are fewer credible options for consumers to turn to for their news. Local broadcast news can help fill this void.

Chicago Tribune

FCC spectrum auction authority lapses amid questions on military need - Roll Call

Two senators' effort to buy time to study the military need for radio spectrum resulted in the FCC losing authority to conduct auctions.

Roll Call

Gigi Sohn Withdraws FCC Nomination Due to Politics, Policy, and Police Pressure

While Sohn’s record raises ethics and judgment questions, some attacks against her lacked merit.

Reason

Dark money wins: Biden FCC nominee bails

Public should be "outraged," say activists, claiming Biden's FCC remains "utterly impotent" against Big Telecom

Salon

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Orlando Free Fall ride to be removed nearly year after teen's death

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Sohn withdraws after Manchin opposes her FCC confirmation

Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission after Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday said he would oppose her confirmation.

Roll Call

Sohn withdraws after Manchin opposes her FCC confirmation - Roll Call

She had only the narrowest of paths to get through the Senate on Biden's third attempt to get her confirmed to the commission.

Tribune News Service

FCC’s spectrum auction authority nears March expiration

WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are working to avert a lapse next month in the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum as Congress seeks a more lasting plan that could pay for a number of telecommunications priorities.

Roll Call

FCC's spectrum auction authority nears March expiration - Roll Call

FCC's authority to auction spectrum expires in March and the House is poised to vote this week on a bill extending it through May 19.

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Reuters

US, Ukraine to cooperate on telecommunications issues

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Ukraine's telecom regulator on Monday said they have signed a new memorandum of understanding to cooperate on telecommunications infrastructure resilience, 5G and other related security issues.

Salon

Trump WH tried to censor Kimmel: report

Trump was “so upset by Kimmel’s comedic jabs" he had aides "demand action," Rolling Stone reports

Reason

How Today's Skeptical Supreme Court Could Block Net Neutrality Rules

Attempts to reclassify ISPs as common carriers are unsupported by law.

Los Angeles Times

Rihanna making the FCC work, work, work, after Super Bowl viewers file 103 complaints

U.S. regulators received 103 formal complaints about Fox's Super Bowl LVII broadcast, the majority of which were pegged to Rihanna's bombshell halftime-show performance.

Daily Mirror

Rihanna's racy half time Super Bowl hit with complaints as show branded 'too sexualised'

Rihanna's much-anticipated performance saw her burst back into the limelight - but some fans have criticised her content by claiming it wasn't family friendly

Reason

Biden Renominates Gigi Sohn, Net Neutrality Advocate, to the FCC

Net neutrality is an unnecessary and failed policy.

Tribune News Service

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight

WASHINGTON — In parts of Oklahoma’s 3rd District, more than half of the state’s rural residents don’t have access to a broadband connection, House Science Chairman Frank D. Lucas, who represents the district in Congress, said in a recent interview.

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