By Cristiano Lima and Cat Zakrzewski, washingtonpost.com, 10-30-23 President Biden signed a sweeping artificial intelligence executive order on Oct. 30, marking the U.S. government’s most ambitious attempt to spur innovation and address concerns the burgeoning technology could exacerbate bias, displace workers, and undermine national security. The sprawling order tackles a broad array of issues, [...]
High-Impact Project Will Examine Profound Shifts in Information Flow FOR RELEASE: October 25, 2023 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., October 25, 2023 – The Media Institute has announced a major new initiative that will explore the future of free speech, freedom of the press, and the First Amendment in American [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 10-19-23 The Federal Communications Commission has voted 3-2 to begin the process of giving utility-style authority to regulate broadband access by reclassifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service subject to some common-carrier regulations and then restoring bright-line rules against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization…. Broadband access is currently [...]
Event Coincides With Nationwide Celebration of Free Speech Week Oct. 16-22 FOR RELEASE: October 18, 2023 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., October 18, 2023 – The Media Institute will bestow awards on best-selling author Bob Woodward, associate editor of The Washington Post, and former FCC chairman Michael Powell, president and [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 10-13-23 The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case early next year that could impact how much regulatory discretion the FCC has over the communications industry. The court agreed Friday to hear Relentless Inc., et al. v. Dept. of Commerce, et al., a case about federal fishing rules…. The [...]
Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, Michael Powell of NCTA To Be Honored; NAB President & CEO Curtis LeGeyt To Be Featured Speaker FOR RELEASE: September 27, 2023 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., September 27, 2023 – The long-time publisher of The Washington Post and a veteran Washington advocate [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-20-23 Two former Obama-era solicitors general are arguing the FCC should not restore network neutrality rules eliminated under Republican Chair Ajit Pai. In a new paper co-written by Donald B. Verrilli Jr. and Ian Heath Gershengorn, the veteran legal minds advise that the Federal Communications Commission does not have [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-18-23 House and Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that could take a bite out of Big Tech’s online advertising marketplace by banning so-called surveillance advertising. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, made it clear that the bill was clearly aimed at hitting Big Tech in [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-15-23 Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee have released a report they said shows that the Biden Administration’s $42-billion-plus Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program is duplicative of other subsidy programs and ripe for waste, fraud, and abuse, like doling out money to serve unserved locations at the [...]
By Cat Zakrzewski, Cristiano Lima, and David DiMolfetta, washingtonpost.com, 9-14-23 Some of the most powerful tech leaders in the world – including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg – traveled to Capitol Hill for a meeting on artificial intelligence, where they expressed unanimous agreement that the government needs to intervene to [...]