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FCC Studying Misuse of Surveillance Technology

AUGUST 12, 2014

The FCC has established a task force to study misuses of surveillance technology that can locate people, monitor their calls and send malicious software to their phones. The powerful technology — called a“Stingray” — is produced by several major companies and widely used by police and intelligence services around the world.

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The FCC's New Approach to Cybersecurity

Marlisse Silver Sweeney, Law Technology News

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Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), speaking at American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on the topic of Cybersecurity. June 12, 2014. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL.

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Tom Wheeler of the Federal Communications Commission recently outlined in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute the commission’s approach to cybersecurity and their strategy, which will focus on information sharing, network protection and situational awareness. 

“The FCC’s cybersecurity initiative will be led by the private sector, with the Commission serving as a monitor and backstop in the event that the market-led approach fails,” explained Jameson Dempsey, Dawn Damschen and Steve Augustino, of Kelley Drye & Warren, in a post on the Telecom Law Monitor blog. Here are some things to watch out for with the new initiative:

• Information sharing: The authors explain the FCC is investigating legal and practical barriers that prevent organizations and companies from sharing invaluable information about cyberthreats and vulnerabilities.

Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202661668350/The-FCCs-New-Approach-to-Cybersecurity#ixzz36dH6MF00

Supreme Court To Consider Cert. For FCC Regulation Speech On Public Broadcasting Stations

STOP NET REGULATION!

Right now, the Obama Administration is on the verge of yet another intrusive government power grab. This time, it has its regulatory sights set squarely on the Internet.

Act now to stop the Obama Administration’s government takeover of the Internet!

Obama’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is kneeling to extreme liberal special interest groups and their demands to remake the innovative, dynamic and free market Internet of today into a public utility controlled by the government. They want to classify the Internet as a monopoly telephone service so government can take regulatory control and decide what products and services can be offered online – think “Fairness Doctrine” for the Internet.

Take Action to Stop Net Regulation

Right now, President Obama’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), bowing to the demands of liberal special interests, is actually considering a scheme to regulate the Internet like a public utility. And if they get their way, this egregious government overreach into the broadband economy will almost certainly kill job creation, harm consumers and bring investment and innovation to a screeching halt. Simply put, the federal government micromanaging the Internet is a dangerous scheme, one that Congress must halt and the FCC must abandon.

Use the form below to contact your Members of Congress and the FCC. Tell them to stop this attempted takeover of the Internet!

http://www.stopnetregulation.org/

President Obama needs to hear from you. Make a call today.

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President Obama's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently proposed adopting rules that will end Net Neutrality and kill the Internet as we know it. With the fate of the Internet at stake, we can’t let President Obama sit on the sidelines. Make a call today. Call President Obama today. Tell him: Don't kill the Internet. In response to Chairman Wheeler's proposed rules that would kill Net Neutrality, the White House issued a weak statement distancing the president from the FCC’s decision-making and stating that: “[The White House] will be watching closely as the process moves forward in hopes that the final rule stays true to the spirit of Net Neutrality.” Sitting back and hoping everything turns out is not nearly good enough. This is President Obama’s chairman and the president's FCC. When he campaigned for the presidency he promised to protect a free and open Internet. And that promise is now being undermined by an FCC Chair he appointed -- someone who now seems more interested in doing the bidding of a few large corporations than working in the public interest. It's time for the president to come off the sidelines and stand up for Internet users. Click below for a sample script and the number to call:

Bill Would Stop FCC from Reclassifying Broadband

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Grant Gross@GrantGross

• May 29, 2014 2:17 PM
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A U.S. lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband as a common-carrier utility, a move many net neutrality advocates have called for.

The bill, introduced late Wednesday by Representative Bob Latta, an Ohio Republican, would block the FCC from reclassifying broadband as a common-carrier telecom service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Earlier this month, the FCC released a proposal to restore net neutrality rules and asked for public comment on whether to reclassify broadband instead of taking an approach advocated by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler that would allow broadband 

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providers to engage in “commercially reasonable” traffic management.

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FCC chief forges ahead Net Nuetrality Vote

By Kate Tummarello - 05/08/14 03:48 PM EDT

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will hold a vote next week on his proposal to allow Internet “fast lanes,” despite calls to delay it.

Though other commissioners have asked Wheeler to wait, the agency will hold a vote May 15, during its monthly meeting, on Wheeler’s proposal to rewrite the FCC’s net neutrality rules.

Wheeler’s plans, which would allow Internet providers to charge content companies, like Netflix, more for better access to users, were met with backlash from both sides of the aisle when he announced his proposal last month.

Despite Wheeler’s assurances that his proposal would allow the agency to make sure “fast lane” arrangements don’t harm consumers or competition, critics say his plan defies the goal of the original rules.

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GroupMe Gets an FCC Green Light on Sending Administrative Texts to Confirm Interest in Joining Social Network Groups

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2014

Laying Down the Law: Illinois Appellate Courts Confirm Insurance Coverage in TCPA Cases