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The Daily Dot

<p>Karl Bode is a Seattle-based freelance journalist with a focus on telecom, tech policy, politics, and consumer rights.</p>


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After blocking a progressive reformer, big telecom seems thrilled Biden’s new FCC pick is a safe choice

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EXCLUSIVE: How 3 Democrats’ last-minute dealings killed Gigi Sohn’s FCC nomination for good

GiGi Sohn speaking at Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Confirmation Hearing

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The new Republican claim that the FCC can’t reinstate net neutrality is wrong—but it might still work

Republican elephant foot stepping on TikTok logo over white to blue vertical gradient background

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Republican efforts to ban TikTok are a lazy stunt to hide the need for real data privacy reform

Gigi Sohn speaking into a microphone smiling

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Democrats now have the votes to get Gigi Sohn on the FCC—will they do it?

California rising up, with blue cables running from state to state, other states at varying heights with abstract binary background

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The FCC’s new broadband maps are finally here—are they enough?

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Big telecom’s relentless lobbying is pushing Gigi Sohn’s FCC nomination to the brink

Jessica Rosenworcel over broadband map of the United States

fcc broadband map worries

States spent years mapping their broadband—now they fear the FCC might throw that data away

Ron Wyden speaking into microphone (l) Edward Markey (r)

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Is Democrats’ new net neutrality bill just a 2022 midterms ploy?

US circut map wifi logos on sides on blue background

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The FCC’s new broadband mapping effort might be one big waste of money

Network cables with knot depicting slow connection

broadband throttling

Telecom monopolies are poised to waste the U.S.’s massive new investment in high-speed broadband