For anyone interested, my oral statement from last Thursday's House hearing on GPS and PNT. TL;DR -- do not privatize GPS! publicknowledge.org/policy/harol...

📍 This Thursday, @publicknowledge.bsky.social Senior Vice President @haroldfeld.bsky.social will testify at the @housecommerce.bsky.social Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing “Where Are We?: Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilities (PNT) in the United States.”

We're proud to announce the release of our latest paper, "The Blueprint for Equitable Digital Participation," by @publicknowledge.bsky.social Broadband Policy Director @alisavalentin.bsky.social & @weareunidosus.bsky.socialSenior Civil Rights Policy Advisor Claudia Ruiz, in collaboration with NDIA!

🎉 Today, @lujan.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov introduced the “Digital Opportunity Foundation Act” to establish a nonprofit foundation to help close the #digitaldivide by leveraging public and private investments. @dorismatsui.bsky.social introduced a companion bill in the U.S. House.

Read our statement from Broadband Policy Director @alisavalentin.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...

The FCC collects this broadband data to support its National Broadband Map – a tool designed to help close the #digitaldivide by identifying communities lacking high-speed internet access. “Streamlining” the data collection may undermine the map’s effectiveness.

“If you fail to properly diagnose the problem, you will fail in your abilities to solve the problem.” Today, the FCC voted to “streamline” the agency’s broadband data collection by reducing the number of ways consumers can challenge providers on coverage claims.

High-profile cases of teen suicides following long-term AI chatbot usage have spurred several bills from Congress to protect youth online. But not all solutions are created equal, Policy Analyst @mwils.bsky.social warns in her latest blog post: publicknowledge.org/congress-sho...

Not that I am cynical, but are they pinky swearing not to do anti competitive things as well?

🎉 This month, @washingtonian.com published its annual special issue highlighting the 500 most influential people shaping policy in 2026, recognizing Public Knowledge President & CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social. Congratulations, Chris! publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...

Today, we're happy to announce our newest white paper, “Getting Age Assurance Right: A Risk-Based Framework for High-Risk Online Features,” by @publicknowledge.bsky.social Government Affairs Director Sara Collins. publicknowledge.org/new-public-k...

New from @publicknowledge.bsky.social How to do age verification without killing privacy. publicknowledge.org/from-should-... aka actually address real risks and stop being lazy/nefarious about demanding government ID. Three tier approach described that respects privacy and kid safety.

I have been hearing predictions about Meta's decline for a decade.

I explore John Roberts oft-repeated claims that the public just doesn't understand how non-partisan the Supreme Court is. Why, oh why, do they continue to believe that... other than, you know, all the evidence...

Last week's PocketOS disaster shows that while worrying about existential stuff is fun, the more immediate problem may just be good old product liability and product safety. publicknowledge.org/product-liab...

When thinking about the worst possible outcomes of using AI, many may envision apocalyptic scenarios of robot uprisings. But as the PocketOS incident shows, the real threat may come from the downright unexpected. Read the latest from @haroldfeld.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/product-liab...

It’s World Press Freedom Day, and it’s important to make this point: the freedom of journalists isn’t only the freedom to write. This is the first WPFD in 30 years that the news at major media outlets isn’t being preserved. savethearchive.com/newsleaders

Statement of @publicknowledge.bsky.social Legal Director John Bergmayer on FCC's retaliatory action against ABC. publicknowledge.org/fcc-targets-...

And here it is! The official FCC order for Disney to file for early license renewal by May 28! www.fcc.gov/document/wal...

Data centers do not need to be a net negative for a locality. As @natpurser.bsky.social explains, there are real opportunities here as well as risks.

Turns out when you look at empirical evidence, the world looks different. Old joke: chemist, physicist and economist stranded on island with canned goods+ no can opener. Chemist: try to make acid, Physicist: heat to increase pressure, Economist: Assume a can opener.

Advertisers avoiding placing ads next to harmful or misleading content isn’t “censorship” – it's capitalism at work. So why is the FTC treating it like a conspiracy? Read the latest from Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/the-ftcs-new...

Internet in Australia is rapidly becoming unusable without a VPN due to age verification. You need to verify your age to use some weather and calculator apps now. Scam apps and phishing sites are starting to realise they can just ask for your ID straight up and people will give it up. Insane shit.

And I write for enjoyment. Because I like writing (which as those who followed my blog career can tell you, was not fiction or poetry (although I like writing those too) but analysis and advocacy.

Will we ever have another independent FTC? Director of Government Affairs Sara Collins breaks down takeaways from the @commerce.senate.gov FTC Oversight Hearing.

Capture in real time — @cbsnews.com new boss hosting Trump's WH, correspondents in tow Competition is essential for democracy — consolidation in the hands of Trump's allies is a threat to it & why 2,000+ already signed our letter supporting AGs block it blockthemerger.com/openletter

People kept assuming that since states and private plaintifs lost TMO/Sprint, they could not win against fed support for merger. But cases were radically different. I also think the general loss of presumption of regularity is hurting even antitrust.

Lesson from today's LiveNation verdict and the NXSTR/TGNA TRO -- states have teeth. Getting DoJ (and FCC) clearance isn't enough. Also a fine demo of why state right of action and private right of action are not "redundant."

A really important piece... open protocols + agentic coding tools really opens up a ton of power for people to build social tools in their own interests...

Local news is a public good, but the market isn't producing enough of it. @haroldfeld.bsky.social has thoughts on what policymakers keep getting wrong – and what a real fix looks like. publicknowledge.org/america-need... #LocalNewsDay

Read the latest from @publicknowledge.bsky.social intern Lydia Giannini on what this could mean for competition in the tech market: publicknowledge.org/the-google-s...

As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.

Informed by those discussions, today we are publishing a research agenda that outlines questions we believe still deserve additional research attention. Read at: iddp.gwu.edu/designing-new-digital-regulator-0

I actually think giving prisons the authority to track down and shoot drones entering prison facility airspace is a better idea than jamming cellphones. For one thing, drones smuggle in a lot more than cell phones. (BTW, this is not the FCC Carr. Its the GA AG Carr.) law.georgia.gov/press-releas...

Here's @freepress.bsky.social statement on this important rebuke of Brendan Carr's attacks on free speech and freedom of the press, w/ @techfreedom.org, @publicknowledge.bsky.social, @eff.org, @penamerica.bsky.social, @knightcolumbia.org, @aclu.org & dozens more. www.freepress.net/news/leading...

“Today’s Order puts people at risk." Read more in our statement from @haroldfeld.bsky.social:

The FCC's call center item is some serious weird sh*t.

I have discovered a new level of scared in that I cannot tell if DJT is deliberately lying or if he actually thinks he is negotiating with Iran.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr is weaponizing the “public interest” standard against viewpoints he dislikes. Such jawboning violates the First Amendment, due process, and the rule of law. 75+ civil society groups & free speech experts joined us in this coalition letter 🧵 techfreedom.org/fcc-threats-...

Okay but what if Trump was personally criticizing you as an official act in his capacity as president?

this is basically a big chunk of the work I've been doing in reporting form across years and wow, i've never seen anything more perfect from *that* very specific perspective: frame it, put it in a museum.

I've had this.

Google requested that the court pause most of the remedies while it appeals the ruling — and last week, we filed an amicus brief urging the court to deny their motion. @bergmayer.net explains why in his latest:

Late last week, FCC Chair Brendan Carr issued what some are describing as a new veiled threat to the nation's broadcasters. @haroldfeld.bsky.social joined @thebradblog.bsky.social for a breakdown of what this could lead to: bradblog.com?p=15648

Remember when Fox News and other conservative outlets went on the attack by accusing AOC of wanting to get rid of hamburgers?

I’m pretty sure I saw this movie. Also see Harlan Ellison “I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream.”

I can hardly wait to see how the NYT sanewashes this tomorrow!

FCC's New 'Threat' to Broadcasters; NPR Confirms DOJ's 'Missing' Trump 'Rape' Docs: Today's #BradCast Guest: @haroldfeld.bsky.social of @publicknowledge.bsky.social; Also: Dem calls missing docs on 'rape' of 13-year old, 'largest cover-up in U.S. history' FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15648

We invite you to join us for our upcoming webinar, "More than a Seat: Who Gets to Shape Tech Policy," as we reflect on the findings and examine where gaps and opportunities remain in the technology policy field. RSVP today at the link below! publicknowledge.org/diversityint...

@publicknowledge.bsky.social is proud to announce the release of our new report, “Diversity in Early-Career Tech Policy Roles: Surveying Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Field,” from Tinuola Adebukola, Public Knowledge Fellow and Research Lead. publicknowledge.org/policy/diver...