Federal Communications Commission

White House Announces New Efforts To Fight Botnets

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Cybersecurity, Cybercriminal, Malware, Botnets, Industry Botnet Group, Cyberattack, Federal Communications Commission, Technology News

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced new efforts to disrupt networks of infected computers that help cyber criminals send spam messages, co...

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When The FCC Chairman Comforted Cable

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Comcast, Julius Genachowski, AT&T, Federal Communications Commission, Data Caps, Technology News

There probably was no great need for Comcast to raise the usage caps on its broadband service, as it did last week from 250 GB to 300 GB per month. If the company thought for an instant that the modest increase bought it any good will from its theoretical regulators, it needn't have bothered.

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The Real Meaning of the GSA Scandal

J.H. Snider | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Spectrum, Fcc, Inspector General, General Services Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Martha Johnson, Federal Communications Commission, Government Corruption, Gsa, Office of Inspector General, Public Airwaves, Ntia, Politics News

What accounts for the different treatment? Why is a million dollars of waste at the GSA a scandal but not tens of billions of dollars at the FCC-NTIA? I believe public ignorance and apathy are the immediate cause of blame.

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Sex Is Bad

Evan Shapiro | Posted 05.01.2012

Welcome to TV in America, where violence, no matter how malicious or senseless, is just fine but sex is decried, maligned and verboten in all but the most secure corners of the schedule. TV's ban on sexuality not only covers scenes of nudity or sexual acts, but our very language itself.

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Bold FCC Move Makes 2012 Election Ads More Transparent

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Transparency, Video, 2012 Elections, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Advertising, 2012 Election, Federal Communications Commission, Campaign Ads, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Mignon Clyburn, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The home stretch of the 2012 general election is set to be one of the most transparent in terms of public knowledge about political adve...

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FCC Pushes Through New Rules Over Fierce Corporate Objections

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Federal Communications Commission, Fcc Ad Rules, Fcc Political Ad Rules, Media Election 2012, Fcc, Ap, Fcc Political Ads Disclosure, Media News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has voted to require TV stations to post online the advertising rates they charge political ...

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Broadcast Transparency: A No Brainer for the FCC

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, News Corp, Political Ads, Fcc, Citizens United, Fox News Channel, Broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, Technology News

By requiring full disclosure, the FCC could go a long way toward shedding light on political influence peddling in 2012, and exposing the media's role -- both constructive and otherwise -- in our democracy.

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On Tribal Lands, Digital Divide Brings New Form Of Isolation

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Internet Access, Navajo Nation, Native American, Native Americans, Tribal Land, The Navajo Nation, Breakdown, Internet, Navajo, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Broadband Access, Wireless, Navajo Indians Internet Access, Technology News

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Like many college students, Wilhelmina Tsosie must go online to complete her assignments. But unlike the vast majority of Americ...

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FCC Chair Blasts Broadcasters For Opposing 'Technology.. Transparency.. Journalism'

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Video, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, 2012 Election, Super PACs, Federal Communications Commission, Fcc Political Ads Disclosure, Elections 2012, Political Ads, Chairman Julius Genachowski, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, staked out strong ground Monday in support of a plan to make info...

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Carriers Join Forces To Fight Cellphone Theft

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Cellphone Theft, Stolen Cellphone Database, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, AT&T, Federal Communications Commission, Deutsche Telekom AG, Mobile Phones, T-Mobile USA, Cellphones, Verizon Communications, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Sprint Nextel Corp., Technology News

WASHINGTON — Cellphone companies and the government are trying to make it as difficult to use a stolen cellphone as it is to sell a stolen car. ...

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Internet Providers Agree to Fight 'Zombie' Computer Networks

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Internet, Cyber Threat, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Cybersecurity, Botnet, Botnets, Computer Hackers, Cyberattack, Internet Providers, Hackers, Technology News

Every month, about four million computers turn into zombies, according to researchers. Unbeknownst to their owners, who have accidentally clicked ...

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Do the Murdochs Have the Requisite "Character" to Maintain Their FCC Licenses?

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Corruption, News Corp, United Kingdom, Federal Communications Commission, Phone-Hacking, Murdochs, Cable Licenses, Character, Rebekah Brooks, Media News

The continuing and escalating scandals in the United Kingdom relating to Murdoch-owned and -operated news gathering organizations raise serious questions about whether they are fit to run a company that owns and operates cable stations under US law.

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Secrecy and Corruption at the NTIA

J.H. Snider | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Corruption, Special Interest Politics, Spectrum, Fcc, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless, Political Corruption, Wireless Internet, Wireless Spectrum, Ntia, Lawrence Strickling, Nextwave, Technology News

Anything short of this type of personal liability is unlikely to provide agency heads with an adequate incentive to comply with FOIA under circumstances when they believe that compliance could damage their careers.

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Sarah O'Leary | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Rush Limbaugh Slut, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Rush Limbaugh Fcc, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Birth Control, Media News

Editor's Note: This post contained inaccuracies and has been removed from The Huffington Post....

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The Misinformation Machine

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Federal Communications Commission, Mitt Romney, Political Ads, Restore Our Future, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Media News

It is accepted wisdom among the campaigns and Super PACs that a political lie hammered repeatedly into the collective consciousness of the electorate will embed itself in the minds of many as truth -- especially at a time when the press, by and large, doesn't question them.

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Newspaper Trade Group Asks FCC To Eliminate Ownership Rule On TV Stations

Bloomberg | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Newspapers Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Newspapers, Fcc, Newspaper Association of America, Media News

The Federal Communications Commission should repeal a rule that bars common ownership of a television station and daily newspaper in the same market, ...

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The Digital Divide and the Racial Wealth Gap: Why Supporting Minority Business Enterprise is an Answer for Both

David Honig | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Fcc, Digital Equality, Spectrum Shortage, Distress Sale Policy, Connect to Compete, Business Incubator, Wealth Gap, Racialwealth Gap, Spectrum, Spectrum Crisis, Media Incubator Proposal, Minority Business Enterprises, Mbe, Tax Certificate Policy, Incubator, Federal Communications Commission, Digital Age, Broadband Adoption, Mmtc, Telecom Development Fund, Digital Divide, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, Spectrum Crunch, Technology News

We are currently facing the greatest threat to first class citizenship, competitiveness, economic growth, and moral fiber as a nation since segregation. A deep digital divide exists at a critical point in our nation's history where we are transitioning from an industrial to a digital society.

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Without Internet, Urban Poor Fear Being Left Behind In Digital Age

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Internet Access, Library Computers, Bronx Library Center, New York Public Library, Digital Divide Partnership, Breakdown, Internet, Video, Broadband, Fcc, Bv-Politics, Federal Communications Commission, Urban Communications Transport, Online Access, South Bronx, Digital Divide, Technology News

Jillian Maldonado is a 29-year-old student at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center and an Avon sales representative who earns $300 a week. On most ...

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No Letup on Big Telecom and Big Media Companies Behaving Badly

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Universal Music Group, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Comcast NBC, Antitrust Law, Verizon Spectrum, Cartels, Antitrust, Collusion, Umg, Universal Music Group Consolidation, Verizon Spectrum Purchase, Technology News

The idea of big companies continuing to control their markets, and control the behavior of consumers, continues to march on. Even now, two major deals are proceeding apace, one in telecom and one in the entertainment world.

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On Behalf of the 1%, the Best Bargain Since Manhattan

J.H. Snider | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Corporate Welfare, Fcc, Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Crony Capitalism, Payroll Tax Cut, Spectrum Auctions, Media Ethics, Ntia, Broadcast TV, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Business News

Unmentioned is that the payroll-tax cut bill, by bipartisan agreement, sets in motion a much larger transfer of public assets to the top 1%.

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FCC Sends Wireless Broadband Firm LightSquared Back to Square One

Corbin Hiar | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Fcc, Charles Grassley, Federal Communications Commission, Philip Falcone, Gps, Harbinger Capital Partners, Lightsquared, Fcc Lightsquared, Technology News

Wireless broadband company LightSquared's fast-tracked approval process came to a screeching halt late Tuesday when the FCC decided to "indefinitely suspend" its conditional waiver to operate.

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Fort Meyers Man Fights FCC For His Pirate Radio Station

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Community Radio, Fort Meyers, Albert Knighten, Florida News, Pirate Radio, Radio, Dunbar, Federal Communications Commission, Fcc, Al Knighten Fcc, Miami News

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mild-mannered community activist Albert Knighten found himself in handcuffs last month when police and federal agents raided ...

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Supreme Court Debates FCC Indecency Case

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Supreme Court Fcc, Supreme Court, Fcc Indecency, Federal Communications Commission, Fcc, Supreme Court Fcc Hearing, Supreme Court Fcc Case, Media News

WASHINGTON — In colorful give and take, the Supreme Court debated whether policing curse words and nudity on broadcast television makes sense in...

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F.C.C. Chair Announces New Plan To Bridge Digital Divide

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, Dial-Up, Broadband, Julius Genachowski, Fcc Lifeline Program, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Fcc Lifeline, FCC Broadband, National Broadband Plan, Lifeline Program, Digital Divide, Technology News

The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday announced a new plan to expand broadband Internet access by modernizing a program that pro...

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More Wireless Broadband Is What Consumers Want, U.S. Needs to Close the Digital Divide

David Honig | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Susan Crawford, Usf, National Broadband Plan, Digital Divide, Fcc, Universal Service Fund, Federal Communications Commission, Technology News

For the United States to be competitive with other nations, and to end the digital divide, the Treasury should invest what's necessary to build out and sustain fast national wireline and wireless services.

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