Mignon Clyburn

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 Chairman Won't Stand up to Comcast, Proposes Garbage "Net Neutrality"

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Copps, Fcc, Comcast, Julius Genachowski, President Obama, Netflix, Corporate Greed, Mignon Clyburn, Net Neutrality, Politics News

In one swoop, Genachowski is poised to break Obama's promise and give the Internet away to big corporations like Comcast, to block and discriminate and extort as they see fit.

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The Uncommon Courage of the FCC

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Michael Copps, Broadband, Julius Genachowski, Fcc, Mignon Clyburn, Technology News

To hear the industry and their lackeys, one would think the government not only is regulating the Internet, but also taking it over. The fact is, both before the FCC acts and after, private industry will still own what it owns.

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Million-Dollar Ad Blitz to Kill Net Neutrality

Megan Tady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Reclassification, Dorgan, Government Takeover of Internet, Americans for Prosperity, Grover Norquist, Net Neutrality, Mignon Clyburn, Digital Divide, Technology News

We warned that the coming months would bring a tidal wave of opposition from phone and cable company lobbyists -- the likes of which we have never seen before -- and indeed, it is already happening.

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The Strongest Open Internet Protections Possible: Yes, We Can.

Malkia A. Cyril | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malkia-Cyril, Media Justice, Robert-Steele, Media, Race, Mignon Clyburn, Net Neutrality, Civil Rights, Internet, Broadband, Digital-Inclusion, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Center for Media Justice, Technology, Digital Divide, Technology News

The fight for an open Internet requires all members of the civil rights community to have the foresight and clarity to respond effectively to a new generation of media problems and opportunities.

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A New Civil Rights Mandate: Champion Open Networks To Close the Digital Divide

Malkia A. Cyril | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AT&T, Poverty, Grassroots, Malkia Cyril, Federal Communications Commission, Verizon, Media Action Grassroots Network, Center for Media Justice, Digital Inclusion, Comcast, Mignon Clyburn, Network Neutrality, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Media News

Why are Telecom companies asking poor communities and communities of color to choose between fair representation and access to high speed Internet networks? Why can't we have both?

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New FCC Commissioner Clyburn -- The Next Net Neutrality Hero?

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Fcc, Mignon Clyburn, Net Neutrality, Mignon Clyburn Net Neutrality, Media News

Mignon Clyburn has signaled her support for an open Internet with a couple of strong statements. But after a speech she gave on January 22, Clyburn could well vault quickly from supporter to Neutrality Hero.

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CES 2010: FCC Commissioners Talk Spectrum, Wireless Competition and Becoming a 21st Century Agency

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadband, National Broadband, Julius Genachowski, Government 2.0, Robert McDowell, Federal Communications Commission, Verizon Wireless, Meredith Atwell Baker, Mignon Clyburn, Network Neutrality, Technology News

FCC commissioners discussed the policy agenda for the FCC in this coming year, addressing concerns over the delayed national broadband plan as well as the fate of the agency's jurisdiction when it comes to network neutrality.

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It's Day One For the Open Internet -- The Games Have Begun

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Internet, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, AT&T, Net Neutrality, Michael Coops, Comcast, Barack Obama, Service Providers, Nancy Pelosi, Bellsouth, Henry Waxman, Mignon Clyburn, Technology News

Net Neutrality is a complicated-sounding term for something very simple. Companies that carry your Internet traffic shouldn't be allowed to play favorites.

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The Other Obama Nominee

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Copps, Fcc, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Julius Genachowski, Mignon Clyburn, Media News

As the first African-American woman commissioner, she represents progressive change that is deeply in sync with the transformation of D.C. politics that Obama is trying to realize.

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New FCC Appointee Could Face Choice Between Obama's Agenda and AT&T's

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Clyburn, Fcc, AT&T, South Carolina, Mignon Clyburn, Media News

House Majority Whip James Clyburn may not have done his daughter, Mignon, any favors by getting her appointed to the Federal Communications Commission.

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