FCC Approves Rules Against Digital Discrimination, Telecoms Face Accountability for Unequal Service
The approved set of regulations marks a significant step in ensuring equal access to digital services for all communities.
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The approved set of regulations marks a significant step in ensuring equal access to digital services for all communities.
May 2023 in MENA: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Broadband internet access service providers, and possibly broadband communications services and applications providers, will likely soon face additional regulatory restrictions on their...
This December, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to take action to combat digital discrimination. Equitable access to broadband is an important objective, and the agency has long been charged with ensuring that telecommunications be made available “without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex.” But a key question is how one defines “discrimination.” The breadth of the agency’s proposed definition could have unintended consequences, for the telecommunications industry and for antidiscrimination law generally.
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