Thank you to everyone who attended “Telecommunications Act of 1996 at 30: An Analysis of Policy, Power, and the Public Interest” at Howard University on Tuesday.
It was so great to hear from @mcclellan.house.gov and all of our amazing speakers.
It was also great to be back at my alma mater! H-U!
Join us today at 2pm ET!
We'll also be joined by @mcclellan.house.gov, policy advocates & academics as we examine how past frameworks influence the public interest issues of today. RSVP today to join us at the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library on Feb 24. at 3 p.m.
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Today, Feb. 24th at 3:00 p.m., join @publicknowledge.bsky.social and the Cathy Hughes School of Communications Department of Communications Studies at @howard.edu for a landmark discussion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996!
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On Tuesday Feb. 24 at 3:00 p.m., join @publicknowledge.bsky.social and the Cathy Hughes School of Communications Department of Communications Studies at @howard.edu for a landmark discussion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996!
"Too often, ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ rhetoric is used as a political shield to sidestep meaningful reform and instead revives debates about ‘deservingness’ to distract from what is truly at stake." Read our statement from Broadband Po.icy Director @alisavalentin.bsky.social:
Today, the FCC voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on Lifeline program reforms that risk making enrollment and participation more complicated, more surveilled, and more punitive in an already underutilized program.
According to my calculations, I can never have enough notebooks or witty advocacy stickers to cover up company logos on said notebooks.
Bad Bunny accepts the #GRAMMYs award for Album of the Year.
Liam and his father are back home in Minneapolis. And the images of @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social made me cry. That's how our electeds should act. Standing shoulder to shoulder with constituents, fighting to ensure human dignity and safety. #justice
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.
“Even as a young boy you have moved the world….Don’t let anyone tell you this isn’t your home.” 💕
My friend was like “so you’re a problem solver and innovator.”
As if this week wasn’t terrible enough, someone in my neighborhood now has video footage of me crawling and sliding on a hill of ice with a broom and shovel to their porch to get my food because it was delivered to the wrong house.
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
If you're having trouble tracking the dizzying number of attacks on free expression, check out the @freepress.bsky.social report, "Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance," and prepare to be very, very alarmed. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Make no mistake: The arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social along with three other journalists for doing their jobs marks the next step in the Trump administration's attack on free speech and the free press. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been arrested for reporting the news.
This is a brazen, unconstitutional overreach. We demand that Congress act immediately to check the executive branch’s unhinged abuse of power.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez issued the following statement after the FCC proposed changes to the Lifeline program that could cause eligible households to lose critical federal support, increasing phone and internet bills for families who stand to lose up to $9.25 per month, and as much as $34.25 per month on Tribal lands.
At a time when millions of families are already struggling with the rising cost of living, the FCC should be focused on making connectivity more affordable.
Instead, it is erecting new barriers that risk raising phone and internet bills for the people who can least afford it. 🧵
Documenting how industry enables, profits from, and legitimizes attacks on people of color in the U.S. is critical.
That’s why reading this report by @rlivier.bsky.social from @freepress.bsky.social is at the top of my to-do list this week.
Live-action shot of Chair Carr’s team directing staff to remove the word “independent” from the homepage that describes the role of the FCC.
In April, I wrote about how FCC Chair Brendan Carr has spent years auditioning to hold an apple, peach, or whatever Real Housewives prop by pandering to the “main character.”
His testimony today before Senate Commerce proved that...again.
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It looks like Carr wants to "Delete, Delete, Delete" the independence of the agency to serve the interests of his boss...
During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.”
I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am
I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.
#FCCOversight
In December, there's always tension between resting & a mad rush to accomplish goals. I’m making my way through my list:
-Got rid of clothes that were giving Little House on the Prairie vibes
-Caught up on Below Deck episodes
-Publish my first Bluesky post (you’re seeing this in real time)
