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The FCC's mission, specified in Section One of the Communications Act of 1934 and amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (amendment to 47 U.S.C. §151), is to "make available so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, rapid, efficient, nationwide, and world-wide wire and radio ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, is a longtime opponent of Big Tech. Carr wants to do away with many of the protections afforded ...
“Today, I have directed the FCC to take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment. We draw a bright line at a moment when clarity about government interference with the free press is needed more ...
Patrick Webre, the FCC's acting bureau chief for enforcement, wrote in a Wednesday order that Rosenworcel's dismissals of the ABC, CBS and NBC cases were "issued prematurely based on an ...
There is a naturally limited quantity of usable spectrum that exists, therefore the market demand is immense, especially as use of mobile technology, which uses the electromagnetic spectrum, expands. One of the goals of the FCC is to best utilize this limited resource in such a way will bring about the "highest and best use". [4]
The FCC logo. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent government agency responsible for regulating the radio, television and phone industries. The FCC regulates all interstate communications, such as wire, satellite and cable, and international communications originating or terminating in the United States.
A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules that prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking some content or charging ...
Lessons from FCC Regulation of Radio Broadcasting" the Deregulation of Radio consisted of: Non entertainment program regulation. The FCC eliminated "guidelines" indicating how much informational programming each station should carry to have its license renewed, replacing it with "a generalized obligation for commercial radio stations to offer ...