now, chairman pai claims that the federal trade commission, not the federal communications commission, the commission of expertise over telecommunications but the federal trade commission, somehow provides a sufficient backstop to bad behavior by the isps. but that is simply not true. under the federal trade commission the big broadband barons would establish their own net neutrality policies. that is like letting the bullies develop their own playground rules. and if the isp wants to block websites, slown down competitors websites, charge innovators and entrepreneurs to reach their customers, they will be free to do so. and that's because the federal trade commission can only step in if a broadband provider violates its own net neutrality policy, that is the policy created by the broadband company itself f a service provider has a written policy that charges websites for internet fast lanes there is nothing the federal trade commission can do about it. that is ridiculous and it is wrong.lo allowing the broadband industry to set their own net neutrality protections is like letting the

under the trump administration's federal communications commission commission. for internet providers they can discriminate against specific content on the internet and be free to do so in the name of competition. for consumers, it means less service, higher costs, and for entrepreneurs and small businesses there's also a risk. i had a meeting this morning with the realtors of illinois. there were about 20 of them. there was a committee meeting. they said the first item on the agenda is net neutrality. i said realtors, net neutrality. i said, explain. well, people now are looking at homes on the internet. perspective homes do video tours of these homes. we want our customers to have access to the internet so they can go shopping for their next home. we think it's good for american business. so do i, but not the federal communications commission. the internet has given the businesses not only abscess to customers but a global reach and ability to compete with companies large and small. success isn't determined on how rich your business is. it's how good your pro

markey: our bill returns america to the same rules which barack obama's federal communications commission put on the books in 2016 and donald trump's federal communications commission took off the books in december of 2017. we go back to the obama era. we go back to nondiscrimination. you can't just take people upside down. you can't create fast lanes and slow lanes, make people pay extra, all of that was protected against during the obama era and all my bill does is return us to that era and i'm doing it with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and mike doyle and many other great people. i think we have a great chance to build momentum this year featuring those protections. host: it probably has a better chance in the house and the senate, correct? sen. markey: i think there is a high probability it will move through the house, but last year, i brought a congressional review act to overturn that which the trump federal communications commission had done, which is take the obama rules off the books and i won 52-47 on the senate floor with republicans voting with me. i am not ruling out once th

rise today in support of the resolution and want to address an issue created by the federal communications commission's misguided privacy rule in a recent ninth circuit case. for decades, the federal trade commission has been the privacy cop on the beat for most industries, including the technology sector, protecting consumers from unfair or deceptive acts or practices. the federal trade commission brought over 500 privacy and data security cases to protect consumers. these include cases against internet service providers in some -- and some of the largest providers. the federal communications commission is a regulatory body regulating communication by radio, television, satellite and cable. the federal trade commission has been long been held up as a model by both parties praising the agency for strong enforcement without overly burdensome regulations. during negotiations with the european union to finalize the u.s.-european privacy shield, the obama administration held up the federal trade commission as the premiere privacy enforcement agency. unfortunately, in a midnight action, the federal communic

rise today in support of the resolution and want to address an issue created by the federal communications commission's misguided privacy rule in a recent ninth circuit case. for decades, the federal trade commission has been the privacy cop on the beat for most industries, including the technology sector, protecting consumers from unfair or deceptive acts or practices. the federal trade commission brought over 500 privacy and data security cases to protect consumers. these include cases against internet service providers in some -- and some of the largest providers. the federal communications commission is a regulatory body regulating communication by radio, television, satellite and cable. the federal trade commission has been long been held up as a model by both parties praising the agency for strong enforcement without overly burdensome regulations. during negotiations with the european union to finalize the u.s.-european privacy shield, the obama administration held up the federal trade commission as the premiere privacy enforcement agency. unfortunately, in a midnight action, the federal communic

have been tested and certified by the federal communications commission before been deployed. there are equipment on the operates on the spectrum allocated by the federal communications commission for commercial use. this means it can not access any spectrum allocated to the u. s. defense department, or the investigation in the hallway equipment near u. s. military infrastructure was launched as far back as the obama administration . back in 2028. congress approved almost $2000000000.00 to try to force war way off the u. s. markets. but none of its equipment has been removed so far. we discussed the article with our guests. i've read the cnn report, and once again, it's remiss in providing any details. it does not provide any firm data on espionage or even sabotage. and that has been the main concern for years in the defense department toward way equipment. if you're not going to be sho specificity or give details. and you're only quoting so called reliable sources which can, in that case, to be from intelligence that automatically is regarded as a reliable source of the journa

robots this is the future will be made better cell phone coverage but to set it up the federal communications commission wants to auction off the bandwidth used by meteorologists to predict the weather and that nasa warns could knock forecasting accuracy all the way back to nine hundred seventy the current federal communications commission proposal would have a significant negative impact on the transmission of critical science data the problem has to do with a special radio frequency sensors that detect weather patterns operate on the same wavelength that five g. is set to use now these sensors are vital for quickly informing the public of natural disasters without them it would have been impossible to predict hurricane sandy's trajectory in two thousand and twelve and meteorologists are worried because a new five g. network could drown out that information and this is a very difficult thing because a lot of the radio frequencies that are used to sense the atmosphere do get out of survey sions about the weather are very close to areas where five g. rollout. will occur and in fact we do know that many o

there are two agencies, the federal communications commission and the federal trade commission. however, it is only the f.c.c., the federal communications commission that can actually protect consumers by enforcing the protection. the f.t.c. does not have that authority. and so what happens today if these privacy protections are ripped away from the american people? well, all the information that you give to your internet rvice provider, whether it's comcast, cable providers, charter, at&t, the one that you pay a pretty big bill to, they can take all of the information that they have, my account, your account, your account, your account, and use that information to sell it to the highest bidder to make money off of it. now there's an additional charge in this thing, alleged charge, and that is, well, what about google and netflix and facebook, what about them? why aren't they subject to what the f.c.c. did? well, they are edge providers. they are edge providers. you don't have to go to google. you don't have to go to facebook. you don't have to go to netflix in order to get your

point of view and the propaganda that they wanted people to digest absorb and so the federal communications commission back in one nine hundred forty nine incorporated something called the fairness doctrine the fairness doctrine require radio and t.v. stations to provide coverage to fight only important controversy zero issues and provide a reasonable opportunity for the presentation of contrast and in points you were asked to bring them on you have to give people the opportunity to express an alternative point of view now it was a code that served us well good evening to the administrations of truman eisenhower kennedy johnson nixon ford and carter more generally like. robert reich. and then a real needy america came into power with but i will faithfully execute the ronald reagan was the scene of deregulation of his f.c.c. deregulated t.v. and radio of the one person could own dozens of broadcast ations nationwide and send the free market would provide fairness and broadcasting so they got rid of the fair and stop. anyway back then republicans and democrats passed a bill to reinstate the fairness doc

has been tested and certified by the federal communications commission. before being deployed, there are equipment on the operates on the spectrum allocated by the federal communications commission for commercial use. this means it cannot access any spectrum allocated to the u. s. defense department investigation into the hallway equipment near u. s. military infrastructure was launched as far back as the bomber administration . back in 2020 congress approved almost $2000000000.00 to charge a force. while way off the u. s. market was none of it's equipment has been moved so far. that goes live now to michael mallow, a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense. michael, welcome to the international. thank you. now, 1st of all, what are your impressions of the report? what do you make of these allegations? are they surprising to you? no, not at all. they've been around for years. they were around when i was at the defense department in the early 2, thousands. so this is not not new. and secondly, it's not just walk away.

have been tested and certified by the federal communications commission before being deployed there. now equipment only operates on the spectrum allocated by the federal communications commission for commercial use. this means it cannot access any spectrum allocated to the u. s. defense department. or the investigation into hallway equipment near us minute infrastructure was launched as far back as the obama administration. back in 2020 congress approved almost $2000000000.00 to try to force fall way off the us market boats. none of the equipments has been moved so far. let's go live now to andrew learned independent china specialist. andrew, thanks for joining us today here on oxy. now, what do you make of this report or any of these allegations surprising to you? well, hello supplies at all, because this was the 1st time why has been identified as the arch any b o u. s. technology way back, as you mentioned, the obama administration, while way already. in fact, why has been cut all over and finally the high and michael chips result he almost collapsed. so bob. ready industry, but th

sure the media protects the public i'm simply ways are considered public property the federal communications commission is charged with the responsibility of protecting the people before the f.c.c. decided broadcasters needed to be licensed to licenses were free of charge but there was a catch t.v. and radio owners had to serve the public if they did not people could challenge their licenses and the f.c.c. could take them away. and the f.c.c. understood that radio and t.v. should be owned locally so they passed strict rules limiting the number of stations any one person could l.a. independent needed to stay cool be told me six hours operated by n.b.c. . then came the war. and radio became a lifeline. the president of. the information we were getting was vital we all knew that it's a date which will live. in infamy important to our national security important to our democracy our margaret this is edward morrow speaking from iraq and we learned this new medium could be used against us each and every night at least they are often a video proof of her yankee perth or during their rescue or are not. sure fo

freedom of speech they were joined by new york's attorney general who valid to sue the federal communications commission over the move this is more than an attack on the future of our internet as we know it it's a travesty for anyone who cares about the integrity of their voice in government so we are going to fight back net neutrality rules introduced by the obama administration ensure that all online resources are treated equally by u.s. internet providers many argue that counseling them will change the way the public surfs the web hundreds have been protesting for two days the federal commission building in washington d.c. . but despite the outcry over changes to the internet the federal communications committee has made it clear it will not be backing done a member of the committee released a video saying the changes will make almost no difference to the average american who consume grammar. you can still stay part of your favorites and. you can still show off all your personal presence online. it's really frankly insulting to the millions of people who are very passionate energized about net neutra

that is what the job of chair of the federal communications commission is all about.it's standing up for all of those core principles that our country believes in. she has made it very clear that she does believe that title 2 of the communications act is something that can be and must be used in order to ensure that we give full protections to broadband users in our -- in our country now more than ever we need strong leadership at the federal communications commission. as senator cantwell was just speaking, we have 12 million to 17 million children in the united states who did not have the internet during the first year of the covid crisis and we were able to build in huge funding that has reduced dramatically the number of children who have, who do not have the internet at home but more work must be done. and the best way to do it is to add even more money into the build back better bill. and if we do that, we will see that we are dealing with the fact that especially black and brown and immigrant children in our country have access to the tools which they are going

has been tested and certified by the federal communications commission. before being deployed there are equipment on the operates on the spectrum allocated by the federal communications commission for commercial use. this means it cannot accept any spectrum allocated to the u. s. defense department investigation into the hallway equipment near u. s. ministry infrastructure was launched as far back as the bomber administration . back in 2020 congress approved almost $2000000000.00 to try to force way off the u. s. markets. both, none of its equipments has been removed so far. earlier we spoke with michael muller, a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense. and he thinks that the lack of evidence undermines the claims made in the article. i've read the cnn report, and once again, it's remiss in providing any details. it does not provide any firm data on espionage or even sabotage. and that has been the main concern for years in the defense department toward the hallway, equipment. if you're not going to be show specific

. >> the chair of the federal communications commission spoke about the importance of u.s. leadership in 5g technology and infrastructure. she argued u.s. leadership in this arena is critical for national and economic security. the center for strategic and international studies is the host of this event. face double the risk of dying by >> good afternoon. it is good to see familiar faces. i want to welcome you to this event, both those of you here in person and the large audience online. this event is streaming and also being covered by c-span. we are going to have a big audience. i want to start by thanking the audience and also my long-time former colleague and friend, jessica. colleague jessica rosenworcel who was -- is the first permanent chairman -- chairwoman of the fcc. thank you for being here and i think this is the third time you have appeared here at csis and i want to keep that pattern going and before i turn it over to her, we will release a paper and the title is "-- it's out of this event. the strategic imperative of u.s. leadership in next-generation network

. >> reporter: on thursday the federal communications commission voted to cap prison phone companies1 a minute. >> that's a vast step forward compared to the ruthless gouging family members have been subjected to. >> reporter: the phone industry has increasingly come under scrutiny in recent years. >> you have a couple of hedge fund monopoly telephone companies that have gotten these contracts by offering the biggest kickback to the government. >> reporter: those kickbacks are payments the biggest service providers are contractually obligated to pay to sheriff's and state correctional departments. 60 to 80% of the cost goes back to the agencies operating the jails. global tell link ceo brian oliver says by just focusing on lower per minute rates, quote: any national sheriff's association, said the fcc vote disregards the realities of maintaining the safety and security of jail. >>> the democratic commissioner on the federal communications commission, one of the main advocates for these changes, and she joins us from washington, d.c. this morning. $3 a minute that would be exorbitant

robert mcdonald is former commissioner of the federal communication's commission.he was appointed by president's bush in 2006 and obama in 2009. unanimously confirmed both times. during his tenure at the fcc, commissioner mcdowell worked continuously to forge bipartisan concensus in adopting policies to promote commission expansion, and consumer choice. the washington post called him an independent force at the fcc while broadcasting and cable magazine described his tenure as states man like. prior to joining the fcc, commissioner mcdowel worked in a senior position in the mill aacommunications industry for 16 years. he graduated from duke university and received his law degree from the college of william mary school of law. professor bruce owens is a morris m. doil centennial professor at stanford university and a senior fellow for economic research. professor owens was the chief economist in the office of telecommunications policy at the white house under press nixon as well as the chief economist in the antitrust division under president carter. following his pu

media protects the public and simply airwaves records of the public property of the federal communications commission charged with the responsibility of protecting the people before the f.c.c. decided broadcasters needed to be licensed to licenses for free of charge but there was a catch the t.v. and radio owners had to serve the public if they did not people could challenge their licenses and the f.c.c. could take them away. and the f.c.c. understood that radio and t.v. should be owned hopefully so they passed strict rules limiting the number of stations any one person could ellerey independent leader to say cuckold a six hour operation by n.b.c. . then came your. and radio became a lifeline. they couldn't get the information we were getting was vital only that it's a date which will live. in infamy important or national security important to our democracy our good at work moral authority from iraq and we learned this new media could be used against us in general i doubt if they are afghans they ever get through to her yankee perth or during their her. or for her for what they did of course of those

two days ago the federal communications commission voted to take a new look at media ownership rules raising the possibility that an existing regulation which prevents the merger of any of these so-called big four broadcasters could be overturned opening the door for c.b.s. n.b.c. a.b.c. and fox to merge with one another the f.c.c. will now look at comments on the role they plan to look at others as well including one that limits the number of t.v. and radio stations that one company can own in a single market this news comes as nielsen the company that monitors the viewing and listening habits of millions of americans is out with their latest survey on how we use media breaking it all down by platform demographic and time spent in gauged in media outlets here discusses margot professorial lecture at american university and conservative commentator steve malzberg thank you both for being here i'm so excited to talk about this margot how significant would it be if the f.c.c. doesn't fact overturn the big for allowing c.b.s. n.b.c. a.b.c. and fox to merge with each other listen ask any

the federal communications commission the nine sing the decision. we are all here. tonight heat up on the up there you go clear. it up again and let me say something like twitter and instagram and carving up the internet. and people with more me. more space in every place want to get away. as long as we have neutral your stance is an obstacle to whatever propaganda these corporations or the government wants. so we don't need to have an open. one in which the. cocktail. hold my interest which we are not going to be. well his net neutrality actually works we do access the web through internet service providers and at the moment companies have to treat equally all online traffic but the us federal communications commission does say that is preventing websites from investing millions of dollars in their services and with the regulations gone internet providers will be free to charge a premium to prioritise certain apps and services so america as mine. well the f.c.c. is latest decision will repeal obama's regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected th

providers up until now companies had to treat equally all online traffic but the us federal communications commission says that's preventing websites from investing trillions of dollars in this services so now than with this regulation gone as of yesterday internet providers will be free to charge a premium to prioritize certain apps and services so when it comes go more well the f.c.c. is latest decision will repeal obama's regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected the vote was three to two along party lines with republicans voting in favor of the deregulation order and democrats voting against it but one democratic commissioner who voted against the order made her feelings known and had some very fierce for marks for the committee to say the very least i dissent from this rash decision to roll back net neutrality rules i dissent from the corrupt process that has brought us to this point as a result of today's misguided action our broadband providers will get extraordinary new powers. they will have the power to block websites the power to throttle services and the power to cens

arguments, the commissions decision violates federal laws barring agencies from crafting arbitrary and capricious regulations. read more@wired.com. john mckinnon writes the federal communicationscommission voted to go back far-reaching rules governing how internet service providers treat traffic on their networks. a move expected to empower cable and wireless providers and transform consumers online experience. you can watch our coverage of today's fcc hearing on c-span.org and on c-span. >> testifying on capitol hill today, for former us investors to middle east countries. talk about some of the challenges in the region. that hearing is next on c-span2. after that, us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, presents what she calls undeniable proof that iran is arming rebels in yemen. then, connecticut senators richard blumenthal and chris murphy, talk about the anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting. later, immersing the president on deregulation. >> jefferson probably knew more about more things than any single man in north america. and i include franklin in that. who would be his only rival. and everyone was impressed by jefferson, the extent of his knowledge good items w

federal communications commission voted to undo the obama era legislation being large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block competitors and he got to has more from washington d.c. . well this vote now essentially takes the power of the internet away from being a consumer oriented service and puts it firmly in the hands of the internet service providers it is a very controversial decision because net neutrality meant that the internet was a level playing field that everybody could have access everybody could have their say and in theory that has now changed dramatically by getting rid of net neutrality internet service providers can potentially charge more they could even ban certain websites and if you are under represented member of the community let's say your black lives matter and you want to organize and get information out to the people that you represent it may be much harder right now but this is been a deeply unpopular move eighty three percent of americans are against ending net neutrality something like twenty million too

federal communications commission f.c.c. has decided to do away with net neutrality rules the landmark decision was put in place and twenty fifteen under former president barack obama it barred providers from blocking or slowing access to content or charging consumers more now that's about to change the f.c.c. is moving as part of u.s. president dollar trumps push to scale back regulation in many economic sectors net neutrality rules banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites after the f.c.c. vote that seems to be a thing of the ponced. the ending of net neutrality has been met with fury by millions of internet uses both online through social media. and offline at this protest outside the f.c.c. headquarters they say consumers will be forced to stump up the costs of say paying for faster access to their favorite sites or even paying to access certain websites and all. web firms say it will saddle content platforms with costs that they will be forced to pass on to their consumers the chai

- probably tomorrow -- the future of the internet is going to be in the hands of the federal communications commission. so i just want to wrap up my remarks by talking about how important it is for the american people to go online to the federal communications commission website and file a comment, visit my website at wyden.senate.gov where you can get more information, and i'll close with this. i think my friends, senator markey and senator schatz may have spoken about this. i want to talk about internet piracy. nobody is in favor of that kind of thievery. but we didn't think it make sense to damage the architecture of the internet -- the domain name system and the fundamental principles by which the internet operates -- in the name of fighting piracy. so when there was a bill with a shortsighted view -- it was called sopa and pippa. scores and scores of senators supported it immediately, and i put a hold on this bill. i put a public hold on the bill. i chaired a little subcommittee in the senate finance committee, and there were close to a majority of senators already in support of this the flawed b

in december, the trump fcc federal communications commission eliminated net neutrality. this prevented your service provider from indiscriminately charging more for internet fast lanes, or slowing down or blocking certain websites entirely. the very rules that allow inventors, the lifeblood of the american economy to connect to the internet. the reason why is simple. the trump administration sides with the rich. and the powerful first. consistently puts everyday americans last. we have seen them wage an all-out assault on healthcare on climate change, and now on neutrality. today, the internet is fighting back. we have a powerful tool at our disposal that will allow the average consumer to have their voices heard here on the floor of the united states senate. today, i'm introducing a cr a. a congressional review act resolution though fully restored net neutrality. the entire senate democratic caucus now standing with the millions of americans who want to reverse the fcc's partisan action and restart net neutrality. but it is not and should not be a partisan issue. i thin

pai is the chair of the federal communications commission. he spoke thursday at a 30 minute news conference hosted by america's communications association. >> please give a warm welcome to aca president. [applause] ♪ >> good morning, everybody. welcome to day two of ou rsr summit. nice to have you back with us. hope you enjoyed our speakers yesterday and a great night out

of speech they would join to you by new york's attorney general who valued to see the federal communications commission over the move this is more than an attack on the future of our internet as we know it it's a travesty for anyone who cares about the integrity of their voice in government so we are going to fight back. so here's a quick net neutrality works we do access the web three we internet service providers and up until my companies to treat equally all online traffic but the us federal communications commission says that that is preventing websites from investing trillions of dollars in their services with those regulations go on internet providers will be free to charge a premium to prioritise maps and services so america reports well the f.c.c. is latest decision will repeal obama's regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected the vote was three to two along party lines with republicans voting in favor of the deregulation order and democrats voting against it but one democratic commissioner who voted against the order made her feelings known and had some very fierce for mar

freedom of speech and the roofs are joined by new york's attorney general to see the federal communications commission over the me. this is more than an attack on the future of our internet as we know it it's a travesty for anyone who cares about the integrity of their voice in government so we are going to fight back we discussed the decision and the potential drawbacks to you with a number of experts the idea here is that with the removal of net neutrality protections that were passed during the obama administration with those out of the way that big telecoms internet service providers would have the ability to throttle certain web traffic that's the big fear and i think it's a legitimate in the sense of activists and independent media being concerned that they might be pushed out for political reasons and that the i. can effect that now that could potentially in the future lead to the direct blocking of websites some worry that these vote is definitely a step in the wrong direction i think that we'll see is that internet service providers can charge more for some companies to get in front of consum