The Trump administration imposes tariffs of up to 100% on foreign drones, including 100% on models over 55lbs or with thermal imaging, in a bid to thwart China
In addition, the F.C.C. is weighing stiff restrictions on common drone technology such as thermal imaging and aerosol spraying.
Donald Trump's next term may widen the longstanding speech divide between the US and Europe, putting social media companies in the middle of a global tug-of-war
President-elect Donald J. Trump's picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. X: @florian4gamers X: Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : In the EU some engage in self-delusi...
As Amazon joins SpaceX and OneWeb in launching satellite constellations, astronomers worry about the effects on astronomical observations and image quality
The F.C.C. approved the company's 3,236-satellite constellation, which aims to provide high-speed internet service around the world. Tweets: @fyiscipolicy , @nytscience , @nytscience , @mamabearkingdo...
Source: NY AG subpoenas 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations over its investigation into fake net neutrality comments on FCC website
an astonishing example of advocacy fraud. Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore : NEW: @NewYorkStateAG has subpoenaed 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations as part of her investigation i...
Verizon is primed to become ad-tracking giant and take full advantage of an impotent FCC, using consumer data without permission, as it's done with supercookies
it's going to be a nightmare ad-tracking machine - The Verge DSLreports : FCC, FTC Heads Pen Comical Op-Ed Downplaying Privacy Sell Out Cecilia Kang / New York Times : At F.C.C., Obama-Era Rules on Ch...
In Net Neutrality Push, F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating Internet Service as a Utility
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this week is widely expected to propose regulating Internet service like a public utility, a move certain to unleash another round …
FCC will propose raising annual cap on spending for school Internet needs by $1.5B to $3.9B
F.C.C. Chief Aims to Bolster Internet for Schools — WASHINGTON — With a goal of fiber-optic lines reaching to every school and a Wi-Fi connection in every classroom, Tom Wheeler …
F.C.C. Chairman Calls for Transforming the Technology Used by Phone Systems
WASHINGTON — Americans could soon be one step closer to getting that videophone they were promised in the 1960s. — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that the agen...
F.C.C. Chairman Announces Resignation
Julius Genachowski, the Federal Communications Commission chairman since June 2009, who set out ambitious plans to expand broadband Internet service throughout the country and to free up additional ai...
F.C.C. Weighs Treating Video Sites Like Cable Companies
BOSTON — Most consumers have no idea what an M.V.P.D. is, but they mail a check to one every month. What they call Comcast or Time Warner Cable or DirecTV, the government calls a “multichannel video ...