This latest Federal Communications Commission (FCC) action addressing artificial intelligence (AI) would, if adopted, aim to protect voters against deceptive information, including “deep fakes,” in political ads.
Pursuant...more
Major changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations applicable to unsolicited informational robocalls to landlines are coming into effect on July 20, 2023.
As anyone with a landline telephone during...more
On January 23, 2023 the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released a Declaratory Ruling addressing a request for clarification submitted by US Department of Health and Human...more
1/31/2023
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Comments sought regarding the permissibility of messages relating to Medicaid and other health coverage programs.
The FCC is seeking comment on a request for clarification submitted by the Department of Health and Human...more
Rules Effective Now for New Program Leasing Agreements, Although Appeal is Pending -
The FCC has announced the effectiveness of rules that will now require broadcasters to disclose when foreign governments or their...more
Initial Comments Requested by November 1, 2021 -
In a Notice of Inquiry, the FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of Things” for the...more
10/4/2021
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An April Supreme Court ruling significantly reduced the scope of communications platforms that could be considered autodialers subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The decision in Facebook, Inc. v....more
9/23/2021
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An April Supreme Court ruling significantly reduced the scope of communications platforms that could be considered autodialers subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The decision in Facebook, Inc. v....more
During this past political season, there’s no doubt that candidates and political groups were urging their supporters – and complete strangers – to get to the polls by sending an unprecedented amount of text messages. But...more
On January 6, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) location requirements go into effect for fixed multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) and interconnected VoIP services, which now include outbound-only VoIP...more
For the first time, the FCC will have formal rules governing the process for Team Telecom review of license applications involving foreign ownership. The FCC, however, declined to adopt exclusions for applications that have...more
There are two wildly different interpretations of what constitutes an autodialer under the TCPA currently employed by different federal circuit courts.
As Election Day approaches, there’s no doubt that candidates and...more
In response to President Trump’s May 28, 2020 Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) filed a Petition for Rulemaking at the Federal...more
Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act, which has been around for more than 20 years, gives online platform providers and others protection from claims that information posted on their sites by third parties...more
6/1/2020
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On April 4, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13913, “Establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector.” The EO formalizes “Team...more
The software, known as Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and the Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN) are telecom industry standards, which enable telephone service providers to...more