During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.” I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone. #FCCOversight

THREAD: Politico reporting on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr & the traditional, comedic speech he gave at the Federal Comms Bar Association Annual Dinner in DC noted the protest of left & right leaning orgs against the Chairman's threats to free speech & a free press (1/3)

When will Europe learn how harmful website blocking as a part of copyright enforcement can be? Will the US continue to stay away from this gateway to censorship? See this story on Cloudflare reporting on websites being wrongfully taken down torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-t...

“This is a level of censorship we haven’t seen in my lifetime.” @publicknowledge.bsky.social President and CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social weighs in with @nytimes.com on FCC Chair Carr's campaign against so-called "liberal bias" in media: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...

Real story: President Trump posted online that the Digital Equity Act is "racist" & he would simply ignore the law. Now, millions of dollars for broadband in rural communities have gone away because of it. It's illegal & Congress is silent. kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kffhealt...

President Trump prepares to create the power to tell you you have a job & are getting paid when you KNOW you are not. NY Times: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Tech policy & #AI followers are anticipating new executive orders on AI from the President tomorrow. Excellent post from PK's @nickgarcia.bsky.social on our hopes & fears for tomorrow's announcements publicknowledge.org/hopes-and-fe...

#FairUse of a copyrighted work! great example Congressman @hankjohnson.house.gov

Gotta add this to the @recreatecoalition.bsky.social "Fair use on the hill" infographic! www.recreatecoalition.org/infographic/...

Thanks to @markey.senate.gov‬, @cantwell.senate.gov, Marsha Blackburn, & Susan Collins for stripping the AI moratorium from Senate budget bill. This text would have hamstrung state efforts to protect consumers from things like deepfakes & robocalls for 5 years. This cut was the right thing to do.

Early Tuesday morning, the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass an amendment to the budget bill removing the proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws on artificial intelligence. www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-dr...

THREAD: Congress wants to keep you to pay to know what local laws are. #DontPaywallTheLaw

My #juneteenth post from 2021, detailing an idea I posted in June 2020 to build a path towards racial healing clewis.medium.com/freedom-fort...

This Memorial Day weekend we remember those who died for our freedoms, including the freedom of speech. This letter shows our country's free speech is at risk again, and it calls for all of us in the United States to sacrifice and stand up for our freedoms www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

🔈 Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET, President & CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social will testify in the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing “Strengthening America’s Leadership in Wireless Technology.” His testimony will urge Congress to make FCC spectrum auction authority permanent.

Summary of @jrosenworcel.bsky.social final speech as FCC Chair: We got stuff done that put consumers first. ...plus thanks all the wonderful people who made that happen. Here here! Thank you Chairwoman!

Now @jrosenworcel.bsky.social swan song. Starts with reminder that in 1st speech as (acting chair) focused on putting consumers, disabled and disenfranchised first. Based on today’s presentation, we did the work.

This is where prison phone stuff is covered. Serious work here thanks to Congress passing legislation in 2021. Also work on national suicide prevention hotline. Again, lots of technical stuff to help people connect and stay connected. Again, this is not stuff that just “happens” without #FCC regs

Great presentation at FCC Open meeting on the successful #ACP program. Congress should be embarrassed it didn't continue this important program to connect low income Americans. $23 million a day out of the pockets of Americans, for the last 229 days & counting! publicknowledge.org/a-sustainabl...

Congratulations to trailblazing Chair @jrosenworcel.bsky.social on her tenure! She's starting her last FCC meeting right now!

This is what freedom of the press looks like www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/commentary...

Thanks for sharing.this thread @nickgarcia.bsky.social. and thanks to @evangreer.bsky.social for your courage and for speaking up to the powerful

Finally a clear and smart take on the “podcast election” by @politico.com (which is not always smart, so this is welcome): www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Seriously??? My tax dollars are paying for libraries to buy & own books in my community. Now they can't lend them to me electronically without paying a subscription too? Even though the library owns it & the author got paid? Public Knowledge's statement: publicknowledge.org/second-circu...

The judicial stay prevents the FCC’s #netneutrality rules & other important consumer protections from going into effect while the Court decides the merits of Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC, a suit filed by internet service providers opposing the rules. Read our full statement from @punk.cool below:

We're excited to announce that #EmergingTech2024 is now underway! @publicknowledge.bsky.social President & CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social delivers opening remarks.

DAY 3 since the #ACP ran out of funding: Here's a good article about how Congress has failed low income broadband users. fastcompany.com/91115156/affor… Shout out to our bipartisan champions who Congressional leaders need to follow: Senators Welch & Vance, Reps. Yvette Clarke & Brian Fitzpatrick

Shout it out your windows people! #DontPaywallMyLaws

Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced its plan for implementing President Biden's National Spectrum Strategy to secure the future of U.S. wireless policy and innovation. Read our statement from @haroldfeld.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...

Great explanation of broadband "subscription vulnerability" by @johnbhorrigan.bsky.social and why #ACP closed the digital divide for those who had broadband, but couldn't afford it techpolicy.press/us-affordabl... WHEN will Congress renew #ACP funding? It runs out for over 20 million in April!

Thanks Pres. Biden & VP Harris on releasing an Executive Order on the development & use of AI. The next important step forward on AI safety, security & trust. Next we need Congress to act by passing a comprehensive #privacy law & stronger competition laws for digital platforms, including AI

Today, @jrosenworcel.bsky.social circulated two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on rebates for consumers experiencing cable blackouts, and requiring cable operators to notify the FCC of blackouts lasting over 24 hours. Read more from @punk.cool at the link below:

25 senators, led by Ed Markey and Ron Wyden call on the FCC to restore Title II and protect Net Neutrality now! www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Live at the @jrosenworcel.bsky.social announcement about restoring broadband authority at the FCC. "Broadband is essential infrastructure for modern life. It needs to be fast, open & fair" #TitleII

Today, the FTC filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon that focuses on how the company has illegally maintained its monopoly in the online superstore market. Read our statement from @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social at the link below:

Week 1 of the DOJ v. @ggl.bsky.social trial is now over, which has raised questions about the impact and true purpose of default search engine contracts — which Google pays billions for yearly. Read the recap from @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social as she dives into what this could mean for competition:

It's crazy that a committee purportedly investigating censorship is issuing demands for researchers' records. The demands undermine the freedoms the panel says it wants to protect. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/06/disinformation-researchers-congress-jim-jordan/

I'm on Blue sky now, thanks to @danny.spesh.com... and I'm at #RightsCon in Costa Rica. I guess I'll have to share some thoughts