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Legislation that would give telecom companies tax breaks for expanding high-speed internet access doesn’t include proper oversight controls to ensure firms invest in areas where it’s most needed, public interest groups say.
Partisan-tinged debates over net neutrality rules and issues with broader consensus like rural broadband deployment dominated a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday to consider nominations for three positions on the Federal Communications Commission.
Public interest groups have been among the fiercest critics of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai over his efforts to roll back net neutrality rules and other issues.
Net neutrality supporters preparing for Wednesday’s online protests to defend the set of rules enacted two years ago by the Federal Communications Commission are using the freedom of speech to bolster their case.
With a full set of commissioners and a chief economist named, the Federal Communications Commission is set to undo net neutrality rules put in place during the Obama administration, but thorny issues around industry consolidation remain.
The premier funding mechanism for expanding broadband internet service is again drawing scrutiny, and a bill aimed at reducing the amount of paperwork associated with the program on Thursday easily cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
The delicate balance between national security and individual privacy came into stark relief Tuesday as senators debated whether to extend a soon-to-expire intelligence-gathering tool for foreign suspects, which critics say has massive potential for abuse.
Expanding high-speed internet access to rural areas has been one of the few issues that’s drawn bipartisan support in a sharply divided Congress. And while nothing’s assured, backing by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai may help push those congressional efforts across the finish line.
With the Federal Communications Commission moving toward repealing Obama-era net neutrality rules, a new poll shows strong, bipartisan backing to keep them in place.
Mounting security concerns surrounding the proliferation of wireless devices is renewing a long-running internet privacy debate.
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