Fight Over Big Tech Gets Personal Among Conservatives

Debate likely to continue under Biden

Kevin Daley
December 29, 2020 4:59 AM

A new lawsuit is inflaming tensions on the right between the powerful, business-friendly Koch political network and a rising coalition of populist conservatives pushing for a crackdown on Silicon Valley.

FCC Issues Final Orders Declaring Huawei, ZTE National Security Threats

Reuters
June 30, 2020 1:41 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday formally designated China’s Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp as posing threats to U.S. national security, a declaration that bars U.S. firms from tapping an $8.3 billion government fund to purchase equipment from the companies.

Trump Admin Prepares Revamp of Suicide Crisis Hotline

FCC hopes new three-digit number will curb suicide crisis

Chairman of Federal Communications Commission Ajit Pai

Charles Fain Lehman
June 26, 2020 3:10 PM

Administration leaders are moving to curb the nation's exploding suicide crisis through a new, three-digit number to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Trump Admin Shuts Down Radio Station Run by Chinese Propaganda Outlet

FCC denies Phoenix TV license after Sen. Cruz exposed station’s China ties

Adam Kredo
June 22, 2020 2:35 PM

A radio station controlled by the Chinese Communist Party propaganda outlet Phoenix TV has been ordered by the Trump administration to cease its broadcasts within 48 hours.

FCC Weighing Model Legislation for State Internet Tax

Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee backing expansion of internet taxes and regulations

Haris Alic
December 17, 2018 11:05 AM

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing model state legislation to tax broadband service providers.

Internet Endures One Year After Net Neutrality Repeal Was ‘End of the Internet as We Know It’

Proponents of net neutrality protest against Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai

David Rutz
December 14, 2018 3:02 PM

The net neutrality debate is a complicated one, so naturally many of the loudest voices against its repeal last year resorted to doomsday rhetoric.

California GOP Pushes Back on Plan to Tax Texts

FCC deals blow to tax plan but backers undeterred

Google Holds Press Event Announcing New Products

Susan Crabtree
December 14, 2018 5:00 AM

California Republicans, still smarting from their big midterm losses at the polls, are ridiculing a plan by Democratic-dominated state regulators to tax text messaging on all mobile phones—a proposal drawing fire from Silicon Valley’s wireless industry and business groups.

Feds Arrest Man Who Threatened FCC Chairman Pai’s Children

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai speaks as commission members listen during a commission meeting

Paul Crookston
June 30, 2018 10:00 AM

Federal authorities have arrested a man in Los Angeles for threatening Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Ajit Pai’s family.

Democrat FCC Commissioner Joins Soros Open Society Foundations

Mignon Clyburn to work on advancing 'social justice'

Elizabeth Harrington
June 13, 2018 5:00 AM

A former Democratic commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission is joining George Soros's Open Society Foundations, the group announced.

Media Matters Claims Ajit Pai ‘Retreats to Fox’ to ‘Avoid Criticism’ on Net Neutrality, Omits He Appeared on CBS, CNBC, NPR

David Rutz
June 11, 2018 5:25 PM

Left-wing media watchdog Media Matters for America accused Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai on Monday of retreating to Fox News to "avoid criticism" over the repeal of net neutrality, neglecting to tell readers he also appeared on several other programs.