By: Talya Torres In December of 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) sent letters to nine automakers inquiring as to applications built into vehicles that owners can use to track their cars. The letters were sent to General Motors, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Stellantis, Tesla and Toyotaand asked the companies about what policies they… Read More Your Car Could Let Your Abuser Track You
By: Natalie Kempton On September 27th, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a long overdue Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to combat the increased quantity of robotexts American citizens receive on their phone daily. Robotexts are texts sent to a mobile phone using an autodialer. This type of texting is a massive issue in the United… Read More The FCC Works to Halt Illegal Robotexting
A brief look at telecommunication regulation and the legality of unsolicited political campaign text messages. The recent influx of Peer-to-peer unsolicited messages exists in a legal gray area not yet clearly regulated. … Read More The Text is Coming from Inside the House: How Politicians Blow Up Our Phones
The blog will discuss how the FCC is trying to kill net neutrality. Action must be taken before it is too late.
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In response to widespread panic over the passage of SJR34, several crowdfunding projects have emerged. They are promising that if they raise enough money, they will be able to purchase the browsing histories of the congressmen who voted for the resolution, thus defaming them publicly. However, several legal and tech experts are stating that trying to buy and disseminate the information is both impossible and illegal.… Read More You Can’t Always Buy What You Want
POSTED BY Nico Pingaro President Obama made an effort to secure net neutrality calling on the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure and protect that neutrality. President Obama stated, “I believe the FCC should create a new set of rules protecting Net neutrality and ensuring that neither the cable company nor the phone… Read More Net Neutrality – President Obama’s Mission to Ban Internet Gatekeeping
By: Michael O’Brien At this moment, you are able to access the Internet via your phone, tablet, or computer and surf the web or watch videos at relatively the same speed as everyone else. But what if in the near future you were unable to stream videos from your best friend’s blog as fast… Read More The Fast Lane Should Only Apply to Highways, not the Internet
POSTED BY Edwin Batista Feeling the Pressure from politicians, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced that plans to reinstate Net Neutrality will be released shortly. Despite suffering a legal defeat in a federal appeals court, the FCC was encouraged by the court’s decision, which threw out the FCC’s open Internet rules on a legal technicality. … Read More FCC Proposes Changes to Reinstate Net Neutrality
POSTED BY Andrew Clark Airline passengers may soon be able to make phone calls and receive text messages in air if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopts a new proposal. The FCC is considering raising the ban on the use of cellular phones during flight. At the December 12, FCC meeting, they will address the… Read More Can You Hear Me Now? FCC Considers Allowing Use of Cell Phones in Flight