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By arbitrarily defining "public interest," the Media Bureau—an office within the FCC bureaucracy—has effectively made itself judge and jury.

Further enriching greedy investors is not more important than protecting America's local news.

Experts give Newsweek their opinion after a debate raged online over the appropriateness of sex scenes in movies and TV shows.

Legislation proposes changes based on age and First Amendment laws, including a new national definition of obscenity.

Is the FCC considering taking action to undermine conservative talk radio in a way that would make Facebook and Google's digital monopolies grow even bigger?

"The FCC has no authority to block Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, and to suggest otherwise is absurd," said FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.

The U.S. government has a dysfunction when it comes to 5G, but the issue is not with the private sector—it's with the U.S. government itself.

"The Joe Rogan Experience" attracts roughly 11 million listeners per episode on Spotify.

Among the airlines affected was Dubai's Emirates, which said it would suspend flights to nine U.S. destinations from January 19 until further notice.

Verizon and AT&T delayed their planned rollout of 5G service near airports after airlines warned about potential problems.

TV stations that air in and around Pennsylvania announced Wednesday they would stop airing Dr. Oz's show in an effort to avoid violating the campaign rule.

Starting in July 2022, people in the U.S. wanting to reach the suicide-prevention hotline will be able to text or call 988, the new 3-digit hotline.

"Contacted potential voters may listen to the voicemail as many times as they want, delete it, or ignore it, at no cost to them," David Perdue's campaign said.

Drones made by Chinese firm DJI could be gathering data "that could be exploited by Beijing," according to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.

A new report from the Office of the New York Attorney General found that the broadband industry funded a campaign that submitted 18 million fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules.

Brendan Carr is calling on acting FCC chair, Jessica Rosenworcel, to speak out on a pressure campaign from Democratic lawmakers against the sale of a Miami radio station because she denounced pressure from Donald Trump previously.

"This gets me so mad ya don't even know!" the popular rapper tweeted, criticizing congressman Glenn Grothman.

The warning followed reports that some people were using radio services as an alternative to social media sites in order to communicate and coordinate activities.

It's "illegal for broadcasters to intentionally distort the news, and the FCC may act on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from persons with direct personal knowledge," the FCC guide states.

A Republican FCC commissioner argues for a distinctly conservative approach to Big Tech in the 21st century.

The FCC voted to establish 988 as the National Suicide Lifeline's number in a vote on Thursday. Phone providers will need to route calls to the number to the Lifeline by July 2022.

The scam is also just one of many that have proliferated during the epidemic, preying on people's financial and health fears.

The Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Defense, among others, warned that authorizing China Telecom could give the Chinese government access to U.S. telecommunications networks.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai claimed the "Obama FCC" treated the internet like "a water company or Amtrak."

The Federal Communications Commission accused Sprint of fraudulently obtaining tens of millions of dollars in subsidies from the government's Lifeline program.

U.S. Southern Command has been testing as many as 25 balloons over the Midwest, which can float at 65,000 feet and capture video of whole cities.

President Donald Trump once again used his Sunday morning to rail against "no talent" Saturday Night Live, but this time called on the FCC to investigate the skit comedy program for "collusion" despite the episode being a re-run.

Oliver suggested that hating robocalls might be "the only thing that everyone in America agrees on now."

The ruling is meant to help cut down on spam and robotexts.

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