Hacker News with Generative AI: FCC

FCC chairman Brendan Carr starts granting telecom lobby's wish list (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission is making it easier for telcos to turn off old copper phone and DSL networks with four changes that relax requirements related to copper shutoffs.

Telecommunications, FCC, Regulation, Technology, Politics

11 points by PaulHoule 8 days ago | 0 comments

FCC chairman Brendan Carr starts granting telecom lobby's wish list (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission is making it easier for telcos to turn off old copper phone and DSL networks with four changes that relax requirements related to copper shutoffs.

Telecommunications, FCC, Regulation, Technology, Lobbying

11 points by LinuxBender 14 days ago | 0 comments

FCC to get Republican majority and plans to "delete" as many rules as possible (arstechnica.com)
Commissioner Geoffrey Starks will resign from the Federal Communications Commission this spring, he announced today.

Politics, FCC, Regulation, Government

18 points by FollowingTheDao 16 days ago | 2 comments

SpaceX Urges FCC to Block Globalstar's Cellular Satellite Plans (msn.com)
SpaceX is lobbying the FCC to block iPhone satellite provider Globalstar from launching a new constellation of 48 low-Earth orbiting satellites.

Space, Telecommunications, Satellite, Competition, FCC

15 points by smugma 25 days ago | 6 comments

IKEA registered a Matter-over-Thread temperature sensor with the FCC (theverge.com)
Ikea has registered its first Thread device, a new Matter-supporting temperature and humidity sensor called the “Timmerflotte,” with the FCC, reports HomeKit News.

Smart Home, Hardware, FCC, Ikea

12 points by thunderbong 33 days ago | 1 comments

FCC Investigates Radio Station over Coverage of Immigration Raid (cato.org)

FCC, Immigration, Media, Law Enforcement

10 points by mikepavone 50 days ago | 0 comments

FCC Seeks Comment on WCBS News Distortion Complaint (docs.fcc.gov)

News Media, Regulation, FCC

4 points by impish9208 56 days ago | 0 comments

FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias (arstechnica.com)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump.

Politics, Media, FCC, Journalism, Regulation

11 points by rbanffy 70 days ago | 2 comments

U.S. appeals court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules (tvtechnology.com)

Net Neutrality, Law, Technology, Government, FCC

419 points by pseudolus 91 days ago | 380 comments

New FCC chair wants to revoke broadcast licenses; First Amendment might stop him (arstechnica.com)
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants the FCC to crack down on news broadcasters that he perceives as being unfair to Trump or Republicans in general.

Politics, Journalism, First Amendment, FCC, Regulation

19 points by rntn 107 days ago | 15 comments

FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations (docs.fcc.gov)

FCC, Wi-Fi, Technology, Regulations, Spectrum

728 points by impish9208 113 days ago | 295 comments

FCC grants SpaceX right to some direct-to-cellular operations [pdf] (docs.fcc.gov)

SpaceX, Telecommunications, Regulation, Government, FCC

41 points by DocFeind 128 days ago | 8 comments

Bevy of smart doorbell bugs earn Ekon an FCC penalty for negligence (scworld.com)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a $734,872 penalty against a smart doorbell manufacturer that was anything but.

Security, IoT, Consumer Products, Regulation, FCC

5 points by LinuxBender 130 days ago | 0 comments

Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans (theregister.com)
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his choice for head of the United States Federal Communications Commission: a current commissioner, Brendan Carr, whom Trump appointed last time he was in there White House.

Politics, FCC, Telecommunications, United States

7 points by defrost 136 days ago | 0 comments

Trump Tags Brendan Carr to Dismantle What's Left of Consumer Protection at FCC (techdirt.com)
Surprising exactly nobody, Donald Trump has appointed Brendan Carr to lead the nation’s top telecom and media regulator.

Politics, Telecommunications, Media, FCC

17 points by leotravis10 136 days ago | 5 comments

Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can't punish us for selling user location data (arstechnica.com)
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are continuing their fight against fines for selling user location data, with two of the big three carriers submitting new court briefs arguing that the Federal Communications Commission can't punish them.

Privacy, Telecommunications, Law, FCC, User Data

47 points by mikece 146 days ago | 10 comments

Trump's likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he'd run the agency (arstechnica.com)
The Republican who is likely to lead the Federal Communications Commission under President-elect Donald Trump detailed how he would run the agency when he wrote a chapter for the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025.

Politics, Media, FCC, Government, Policy

120 points by Jtsummers 147 days ago | 149 comments

FCC fines be damned, ESPN misuses emergency alert tones yet again (theregister.com)
Sports broadcasting network ESPN faces a proposed fine for using emergency alert service (EAS) attention sounds without authorization - again, apparently.

Sports Broadcasting, Regulation, FCC, Misconduct, Technology

11 points by LinuxBender 166 days ago | 0 comments

FCC launches a formal inquiry into why broadband data caps are terrible (engadget.com)
The Federal Communications Commission announced that it will open a renewed investigation into broadband data caps and how they impact both consumer experience and company competition.

Broadband, FCC, Regulation, Consumer Rights, Internet

10 points by jayantbhawal 170 days ago | 0 comments

FCC unlocks spectrum to support advanced satellite services (fcc.gov)

FCC, Satellite Services, Telecommunications, Spectrum, Regulation

135 points by impish9208 189 days ago | 65 comments

T-Mobile cites SCOTUS Chevron ruling to argue FCC can't mandate phone unlocking (techdirt.com)
Last July the FCC announced it was moving forward with plans that should make unlocking your mobile phone easier than ever.

Telecommunications, Law, FCC, SCOTUS, Mobile Phones

25 points by speckx 191 days ago | 22 comments

Nintendo has filed a new 24GHz wireless device with the FCC (theverge.com)
Nintendo has submitted a mysterious new wireless device to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this weekend, and it isn’t the Switch 2 console we’re expecting to be revealed before next April.

Nintendo, Hardware, FCC, Wireless Devices

49 points by thunderbong 192 days ago | 15 comments

FCC Chair Encourages Satellite Internet Competition,Hints Starlink Is a Monopoly (pcmag.com)
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says it’s time for new players to step up and compete against SpaceX’s Starlink, alluding to the satellite internet system as an emerging monopoly.

Satellite Internet, Competition, Monopoly, FCC, SpaceX

5 points by ivewonyoung 203 days ago | 0 comments

Telecom that enabled Biden deepfake scam will pay FCC $1M (techcrunch.com)

Telecom, Scams, Deepfakes, FCC, Politics

8 points by ankitdce 225 days ago | 0 comments

AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to block Starlink cell plans (theregister.com)

Telecommunications, FCC, Competition, Satellite Internet

4 points by ianrahman 230 days ago | 0 comments

AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink's mobile plan (arstechnica.com)

Telecommunications, FCC, Satellite Internet, Competition

8 points by thunderbong 231 days ago | 0 comments

FCC seek comments on NextNav petition for rulemaking on lower 900MHz ISM band (docs.fcc.gov)