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FCC’s Threats Against Election Reporting Exceed Its Authority, Violate the First Amendment
Today, TechFreedom led a coalition letter warning Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr that his threats against broadcasters reporting on election-related polling are baseless, and that the First Amendment prohibits the FCC from acting as a Ministry of…
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Former FCC Officials Criticize Brendan Carr’s Threat Against Broadcasters Reporting on Political Polls: “A direct attack on free and fair elections”
Today, a bipartisan group of former high-ranking Federal Communications Commission officials released a statement denouncing FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threat to wield the “News Distortion” and “Broadcast Hoax” rules against broadcasters who report on the results of political…
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Expanding FCC’s Political Ad Rule Violates the First Amendment & Administrative Law
Yesterday, TechFreedom filed comments urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to rescind “guidance” issued in March expanding who qualifies for the “lowest unit charge” (LUC) discount from broadcasters for political candidate ads. Previously, only political candidates…
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FTC Should Let Evidence Guide Its Approach to Personalized Pricing
Last week, TechFreedom filed comments on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed enforcement policy statement regarding personalized pricing. While we agree that Section 5 applies to false or misleading representations about personalized pricing and to practices satisfying…
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FCC Threatens Free Speech, Bipartisan Coalition of FCC Veterans Tells D.C. District Court
Today, on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of eighteen former Chairs, Commissioners and other top Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials, TechFreedom and Protect Democracy filed an amicus brief supporting ABC’s request for emergency relief from the U.S. District Court…
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Social Media Panic Unsupported by Evidence, Researchers Tell Ninth Circuit
Yesterday, TechFreedom was joined by twenty-one scholars of youth mental health and technology in an amici brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse the district court’s ruling and hold that California’s SB 976, the […]
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Department of Commerce Should Drop Brass Instruments from New Duty List
Today, TechFreedom filed comments with the Department of Commerce on proposed duties on additional aluminum, steel, and copper derivative articles. TechFreedom focuses on the proposed 25% duty on “brass-wind musical instruments and their parts and accessories,” and strongly…
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FCC’s Jawboning Campaign Against ABC Violates the First Amendment
Today, ABC sued the Federal Communications Commission, asking a federal court to halt retaliation against ABC’s speech in general and, in particular, to enjoin as unlawful the process by which the FCC has forced ABC to apply years early for […]
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KOSA Still Violates the First Amendment, Undermines the Well-Being of Minors
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will consider several online-safety proposals during an executive session, including the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). As we’ve explained many times before, KOSA would impose a de facto age-verification…
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Section 230 Protects Platforms from Liability for Recommendation Algorithms, We Tell New York High Court
Last week, TechFreedom filed an amicus brief urging the New York State’s highest court to affirm an appellate court’s ruling that online service providers do not lose First Amendment and Section 230 protections by using algorithms to implement editorial judgments […]