New FCC Nominee Has Already Been Helping Trump Try To Censor Social Media
Plus: America's global prestige continues to drop, marijuana law enforcement is still racist, Wisconsin and Minnesota voters prefer Biden, and more...
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D.C. Circuit Rejects FCC-Imposed Conditions on Charter-Time Warner Merger
The FCC did not even seek to defend its authority to impose the conditions.
How the Government Created RCA
A century before its threats against TikTok, Washington pried a different media company out of foreign hands.
'The President's Speech Police': Trump Pushes Forward With Regulating Bias Online
Plus: The EARN IT Act is "a wolf in sheep's clothing," Joe Biden's "Agenda for Women," and more...
Trump's Illegal, Impossible Plan to Teach Twitter a Lesson
Plus: unrest in Minneapolis, Twitter labels Trump tweet, and more...
Trump's Executive Order on Twitter Is a Total Mess
Plus: the weird new battle lines on warrantless surveillance, more CDC incompetence, Minneapolis on fire, and more…
Trump Campaign Sues TV Station for Running 'Defamatory' Coronavirus Attack Ad
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of frivolous suits the president's reelection campaign has filed against media outlets.
A Progressive Media Group Demanded Censorship of Trump's Coronavirus Press Briefings. The FCC Said No.
The group's petition "would dangerously curtail the freedom of the press embodied in the First Amendment."
Federal Court Upholds FCC Decision to Roll Back Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Deregulation didn't end the internet as we know it.
D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC Decision to Rescind "Net Neutrality" (But Rejects FCC Attempt to Preempt Conflicting State Law)
In a lengthy opinion, a divided three-judge panel turns away most of the legal challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's "Restoring Internet Freedom" Order
Should Amazon (and Google, and Facebook) Be Canceled by Antitrust Law?
Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, and "hipster antitrust" scholars and activists say big tech companies need to be broken up. Economist Tom Hazlett says they're wrong.
Trump's Social Media Executive Order Would Let Unelected Bureaucrats Police Online Speech
It would essentially be a Fairness Doctrine for the internet.
Jurassic Regulation
A new book reaches the right conclusions on telecom policy but suffers from anti-market myopia.
The Internet Doesn't Need Saving
But that might not stop House Democrats from Net Neutrality-related histrionics.
Trump Keeps Wondering Why People Are Allowed to Make Fun of Him on TV
The "equal time" rule does not mean what the president thinks it means.
More Americans Have High-Speed Internet Access Than Ever
Preliminary FCC report claims the number of Americans with high-speed connections grew by 20 percent in 2017.
In a State of Emergency, the President Can Control Your Phone, Your TV, and Even Your Light Switches
Under a little-known regulation that dates back to the 1930s, the president has legal power over electronic transmissions.
FCC Commissioner Wants to Ban E-Cigarette Ads, Because 'Public Interest'
Jessica Rosenworcel overlooks the statutory and constitutional obstacles to her plan.
Can You Curse On-Air During a Government Shutdown? Reason Investigates
There's one fool-proof way to find out.
Silicon Valley May Rue the Day it Called for Government Intervention Against Microsoft
Facebook, Google, Apple, and others are now facing the sort of regulatory and antitrust animus once leveled at Bill Gates' company.
One Year Ago Today, the FCC Killed the Internet
But if you're reading this, you know that's not true.
Nationwide 'Presidential Alert' Texts: Not the Best Idea
Most of us got a "presidential alert" text today. Is that something we really want?
FCC Chairman's 'Serious Concerns' Could Spell Doom for Sinclair/Tribune Merger
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says certain aspects of the deal could be in "in violation of the law."
California Democrats Want to Bring Back Net Neutrality
"Ultimately, all this bill will succeed in doing is opening our state to legal challenges and costly litigation."
Activists Attempt Last-Minute Effort to Save Net Neutrality
But their chances of getting the FCC repeal overturned remain slim.
Richard Nixon Probably Would Not Have Been Saved by Fox News
The 37th president used the then-stronger tools of media regulation to manipulate the far more centralized 1970s news industry in ways that Donald Trump can only fantasize about.
In Push to Legislate Net Neutrality, Chuck Schumer Invokes Bad Traffic Metaphor
"Let the free market prevail," says the Senate minority leader. "We don't do that for highways." Which explains traffic jams and failing infrastructure...
Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. That's a Victory for Free Speech.
The policy was "a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist."
Live Debate: Nick Gillespie Argues Net Neutrality at Intelligence Squared!
In Chicago, Reason editor at large squares off against former FCC head Tom Wheeler in Oxford-style debate.
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Want the FCC to Revoke Sinclair's Broadcast Licenses
They say it's to protect free speech.
Beware Censorship by Proxy
Prodding private companies into self-censorship is a dangerous government tradition.
Liberals Finally Find Some Media Bias They Dislike
The freakout over the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
5 Things Everyone's Getting Wrong About Sinclair Broadcast Group
The company that brought you that wince-inducing "fake news" promo is not a "monopoly," and cracking down on it will not defend the free press.
Washington Governor Signs Legally Dubious Net Neutrality Bill
The FCC's December order repealing net neutrality preempted sates from reimposing regulations.
FCC Chair Throws Water on Crazy Plan for Feds to Seize Control of Our 5G Networks
No, the government shouldn't nationalize our mobile infrastructure.
Democrats' Latest Plan to Save Net Neutrality Is All Bark, No Bite
There is roughly a zero percent chance Democrats will succeed in blocking net neutrality repeal through the Congressional Review Act.
The FCC Just Voted to Roll Back Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
New rules would require internet providers to be transparent about their services.
Ron Swanson Slams Fan Ajit Pai Over 'Duplicitous Handling of the Net Neutrality Issue'
But would TV's favorite libertarian really favor federal regulation of the Internet?
No, the FCC Isn't 'Overturning Net Neutrality'
Set aside the Chicken Little fears about the internet dying.
Nick Gillespie Debates Net Neutrality with Tom Wheeler on NPR
Reason.com's editor in chief hashes it out with the FCC Chairman who passed net neutrality.
Liberals Are Freaking Out About Net Neutrality Because They Don't Understand Capitalism: Podcast
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman and Matt Welch discuss sex scandals and net neutrality.
Pro–Net Neutrality Graphic Makes Argument Against Net Neutrality
Do net neutrality advocates fear consumer choice?
FCC Head Ajit Pai: Killing Net Neutrality Will Set the Internet Free
Promises that "we're going to see an explosion in the kinds of connectivity and the depth of that connectivity" like never before.
Ajit Pai: 'We Are Returning to the Original Classification of the Internet'
In a Fifth Column interview, FCC chair announces the beginning of the end of Title II regulatory classification of Internet companies, frets about the culture of free speech, and calls social-media regulation "a dangerous road to cross."
How Denmark Has Overtaken the U.S. as a Telecom Policy Leader
It's all about deregulation to foster innovation.
