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Two Decades Later And The FCC Is Still Trying To Crack Down On Anti-Competitive Deals Between Landlords And Broadband Monopolies

2 years 1 month ago
For decades, U.S. broadband providers have struck cozy deals with landlords effectively elbowing out competitors and allowing them to create building-by-building broadband monopolies. That stifled competition results in higher costs, slow speeds, and worse overall service. And while the FCC passed rules in 2007 trying to ban the practice, they were so full of loopholes […]
Karl Bode

SCOTUS to hear case alleging federal government bullied social media into censoring content

2 years 1 month ago
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday morning in a potentially landmark case involving the federal government’s efforts to encourage social media companies to remove misinformation from their platforms. The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana. It alleges the federal government colluded with social media companies such as Twitter, now called X, and Facebook to suppress the freedom of speech. The government specifically targeted conservative speech,…
Jason Hancock