According to legislators and others, a bill protecting e-mail privacy has enough votes to pass in the House if it is brought up for a vote. The Email Privacy Act has 218 o-sponsors, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include Microsoft, Google and eBay, as well as Dish, Aereo, Sprint and T-Mobile.
A Cable Merger Too Far
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There are good reasons the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission should block Comcast’s $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable.
FCC failing on its No. 1 priority
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For more than a decade, the Federal Communications Commission has been failing to protect the public interest and strengthen the nation's broadband infrastructure.
FTC Chair Edith Ramirez Fights for Data Security and Privacy Rights
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A Q&A with Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. She is putting the agency front and center as the nation’s leading enforcer on privacy and data security.
Chairman Walden Fears Rough Waters Ahead for FCC
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler agreed to be the lone witness at the House Communications Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing May 20, where he could hear it from both sides of the aisle on network neutrality, and Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) indicated May 19 that it was not going to be a triumphal return for Chairman Wheeler.
What to make of Obama’s tepid response on network neutrality
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Nearly a decade after he vociferously defended an Internet that didn't speed up Web traffic to Fox or slow traffic to BarackObama.com, President Barack Obama's stance on network neutrality has considerably softened.
Wake up, FCC: The Internet Protocol transition is now
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Some 45 years after design work started on the cellular network and the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an Internet Protocol (IP) Technology ransitions Order amounting to a reluctant invitation for trials on the decommissioning of the legacy telephone network.
FCC’s Wheeler is No Shrinking Violet
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler does not think small.
Chairman Wheeler Quibbles With Stations’ Share Tactics
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is on a mission to crack down on TV station sharing arrangements, particularly ones that look like efforts to skirt the rules.