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Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz pressures Wikipedia after criticizing FCC chair Cruz sent the letter about two weeks after criticizing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for threatening ABC...

Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million

Google owner Alphabet today agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit that President Trump filed against YouTube in 2021. Trump sued YouTube over...

Senate staff probes DOGE, finds locked doors and windows covered with trash bags

When contacted by Ars today, the SSA did not provide any new response to the Senate staff report but instead pointed us to the Bisignano...

Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal

Instead of providing notice to customers and obtaining or verifying customer consent itself, Verizon "largely delegated those functions via contract," the court said. This system...

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree

Carriers claimed selling data didn’t violate law Instead of denying the allegations, the carriers argued that the FCC overstepped its authority. But the appeals court...

FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband

The Federal Communications Commission is hamstringing its upcoming review of broadband availability by ignoring the prices consumers must pay for Internet service, FCC Commissioner Anna...

Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation

FTC arguments rejected Summarizing the FTC's arguments, judges said the agency contended that US law "did not require the Commission to conduct the preliminary regulatory...

After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that Trump phone is “made in the USA”

The Trump phone was announced last week with a claim that the device would be made entirely in America, and people were rightly skeptical. Trump...

Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge ruled today that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media platforms to block kids from using their platforms. The state...

FCC commissioner writes op-ed titled, “It’s time for Trump to DOGE the FCC“

In addition to cutting Universal Service, Simington proposed a broad streamlining of the FCC licensing process. Manual processing of license applications "consumes vast staff hours...

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