In Senate Judiciary Committee testimony Wednesday, Comey pushed for reauthorization of a surveillance provision the intelligence community views as a vital counterterrorism tool — despite a recent signal from a key House member suggesting reform will be necessary before the provision is extended past its expiration date at the end of the year.
Debate over how to best protect the open internet has hit Congress, with Republicans pushing to undo the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules and Democrats fighting to preserve them.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte on Tuesday talked up efforts to overhaul a surveillance program that’s been an enduring source of controversy in the post-9/11 era.
A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request from an industry group representing telecommunications companies like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for a full court review of a June decision that upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 net neutrality rules.
Top GOP lawmakers involved in telecommunications policy are calling on congressional Democrats and Republicans to draft bipartisan legislation that would maintain the principles of an open internet following Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s announcement Wednesday that the agency will take steps to reverse its 2015 net neutrality rules.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday announced the start of a process to undo the agency’s 2015 net neutrality rules and to strip the FCC of its regulatory power over internet service providers.
A coalition of 38 technology, civil liberties and consumer rights groups is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to act on a petition that would end a rule requiring phone companies to retain call records for 18 months.
A major American tech industry group is endorsing French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron — though it doesn’t agree with him on every issue.
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday passed two measures aimed at easing regulations in the business data services and television broadcasting markets.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed rules to deregulate the business data services market are still scheduled for a vote at the agency’s open meeting on Thursday, despite calls for delay from the tech industry, Democrats in Congress and the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy.
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