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FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Bows Out

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 3-7-23 Democratic FCC nominee Gigi Sohn has asked President Joe Biden to withdraw her nomination after battling for most of two years against a concerted effort to block her from joining the agency, saying that battle and what she saw as ad hominem attacks, had taken too heavy a [...]

By |2023-03-08T14:25:02-04:00March 7th, 2023|Issue Watch|0 Comments

Supreme Court Appears Troubled by Argument Challenging Section 230

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-21-23 The Supreme Court has officially waded into the white-hot debate over how much Section 230 liability protection the law provides Big Tech for its online content organization and moderation efforts.  And – if the justices’ questions are any gauge – that challenge as presented has a high hill [...]

By |2023-02-22T18:46:20-04:00February 21st, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Supreme Court Appears Troubled by Argument Challenging Section 230

Lone GOP FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson To Resign

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-14-23 The Federal Trade Commission's only Republican commissioner, Christine Wilson, is resigning “soon,” but has said it is not over policy differences with chair Lina Khan, but instead over what she said was Khan’s “disregard for the rule of law” and the staff Wilson said are enablers of that [...]

By |2023-02-20T20:47:31-04:00February 14th, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Lone GOP FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson To Resign

Democrats Seek To Reregulate Cable Franchise Fees – Again

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-9-23 Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) have reintroduced a bill that would reregulate cable franchise fees. The Protecting Community Television Act would “clarify” that the 5% cap on a cable franchise fee applies only to monetary “assessments” and not in-kind contributions. “In 2019, the FCC allowed [...]

By |2023-02-20T20:42:49-04:00February 9th, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Democrats Seek To Reregulate Cable Franchise Fees – Again

Biden Hammers Big Tech, Tweaks Cable in State of the Union

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-7-23 President Joe Biden took Big Tech to task, and got in a shot at cable fees, in his State of the Union speech Feb. 7, with Big Tech getting the brunt of the criticism. He said that hidden surcharges or “junk fees” add up to hundreds of dollars [...]

By |2023-02-20T20:41:37-04:00February 7th, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Biden Hammers Big Tech, Tweaks Cable in State of the Union

Intervention by Media Outlets To Challenge Access Restrictions Is Essential

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in U.S. v. Team Finance.  The brief supports researcher Loren Adler, whose motion to intervene in a medical billing fraud case for the limited purpose of unsealing judicial documents was denied [...]

By |2023-02-20T20:04:56-04:00February 2nd, 2023|Law & Policy|Comments Off on Intervention by Media Outlets To Challenge Access Restrictions Is Essential

Rep. Chris Stewart Proposes Social Media Ban

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-1-23 Social media, including short-form video site TikTok, continues to be in the hot seat in the new Congress, particularly as it relates to children’s health. Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), who last Congress introduced the Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act (it has Democratic support), which would make it [...]

By |2023-02-20T20:26:55-04:00February 1st, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Rep. Chris Stewart Proposes Social Media Ban

Libraries Prep Paper on FCC Broadband Map Deficits

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 1-31-23 Groups representing the nation’s libraries and other anchor institutions say that the FCC’s new draft broadband map misrepresents public libraries. The Federal Communications Commission says the map represents the parameters set up by Congress. The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, the American Library Association and the [...]

By |2023-03-06T12:24:10-04:00January 31st, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Libraries Prep Paper on FCC Broadband Map Deficits

Justice Dept.’s Google Suit Could Aid Broadcasters in Big Tech Battle

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 1-24-23 The Justice Department is apparently giving broadcasters some help with one of their top Washington priorities – Big Tech’s dominance as an ad platform. As expected, the DOJ on Jan. 24 said it was filing an antitrust suit against one of the biggest of Big Tech – Google [...]

By |2023-02-20T14:21:14-04:00January 24th, 2023|Issue Watch|Comments Off on Justice Dept.’s Google Suit Could Aid Broadcasters in Big Tech Battle

Physician’s Public-Official Status Is Key Under California Anti-SLAPP Law

Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Amin v. Winslow.  The appeal arises from the denial of author Don Winslow’s special motion to strike under California’s anti-SLAPP law.  Winslow was sued for defamation by Dr. Mahendra Amin, a [...]

By |2023-02-20T20:07:26-04:00January 20th, 2023|Law & Policy|Comments Off on Physician’s Public-Official Status Is Key Under California Anti-SLAPP Law
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