FCC Votes To Restore Net Neutrality: A Win For Consumers And Democracy
The FCC has voted to restore net neutrality—restoring the FCCs authority under Title II of the Communications Act to enforce open-Internet protections.
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No halt to Council election petitioning for now following suit over Queens district lines, judge rules
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled on Monday that petitioning for the upcoming City Council primaries, set to begin Tuesday, can move forward after a legal
Source: amny.com
City Council petitioning could face delays over suit alleging redistricting carved up Queens Asian communities
Petitioning for this year’s City Council elections, set to start next week, could now be delayed due to a lawsuit filed on Friday by a legal defense group on
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I On Politics - Queens Gazette
MAYOR ADDRESSES FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COM’S: New York City Mayor Eric Adams provided testimony on Feb. 15 to the New York State Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees, focusing on critical investments in jobs, safety, housing, and care as well as fiscal challenges facing the city. Adams told a joint legislative budget
Source: qgazette.com
With or Without Elon, Social Media Content Moderation Is Still Complicated
While Florida and Texas social-media laws undergo court challenges, app store and payment-processing gatekeepers pose their own risks to online discourse.
Source: pcmag.com
Groups Tell FCC Tegna-Standard General Merger Will 'Lead to Further Erosion of Local Media'
Common Cause, broadcast unions add that transaction will ‘jack up cable rates’
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Common Cause Files Petition to Deny Proposed Apollo Global Management-Standard General-Tegna Merger
On Wednesday, Common Cause, joined by UCC Media Justice, filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking the agency to deny the proposed $8.6 billion merger of Apollo Global Management, Standard General L.P., and Tegna Inc.
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Minority-Owned Media, Civil Rights & Public Interest Groups Propose New FCC Content Vendor Diversity Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 5, 2022—A group of minority-owned media, civil rights, and public interest groups today filed a petition for rulemaking at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling for new data collection and reporting on the diversity of content vendors used by FCC-licensed media and telecommunications companies.
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Justices uphold FCC's easing of local media ownership limits - Indianapolis Business Journal
March 31, 2021 The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld federal regulators’ decision to ease ownership limits on local media, rejecting a claim that the change would hurt minority and female ownership. The court said the Federal Communications Commission acted reasonably in 2017 when it modified rules that predated the internet. The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market. They also limited how many radio an...
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