Harold Feld
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Fun question for the FCC. According to the official guidance from the FCC, all filings due during the shut down (with some exceptions) are due the first full business day after money is appropriated. (Looking like either Friday or Monday). Here is the problem: /1
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fun question for the FCC. According to the official guidance from the FCC, all filings due during the shut down (with some exceptions) are due the first full business day after money is appropriated. (Looking like either Friday or Monday). Here is the problem: /1
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A fantastic display of speaking truth to power by @publicknowledge.bsky.social Senior VP, Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshN...
Part II of Shut Your App: How Uncle Sam Jawboned Big Tech Into Silencing Americans
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October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A fantastic display of speaking truth to power by @publicknowledge.bsky.social Senior VP, Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshN...
For those planning to watch me testify this morning at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Jawboning, the start time has moved from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/10/part...
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/10/part...
Part II of Shut Your App: How Uncle Sam Jawboned Big Tech Into Silencing Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Shut Your App: How Uncle Sa...
www.commerce.senate.gov
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For those planning to watch me testify this morning at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Jawboning, the start time has moved from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/10/part...
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/10/part...
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The item seeks comment on the legal classification of VOIP offered over landlines, opening the door for the FCC to determine if the agency has the authority to ensure the phone network functions effectively for everyone. Our statement from @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
Public Knowledge Urges FCC Chairman Carr To Protect Phone Network in VOIP Action
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
publicknowledge.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The item seeks comment on the legal classification of VOIP offered over landlines, opening the door for the FCC to determine if the agency has the authority to ensure the phone network functions effectively for everyone. Our statement from @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
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Regulating interconnection is essential to the smooth operation of the phone network, and a core responsibility of the FCC. But as the FCC has refused to classify VOIP as Title II service, its unclear whether the agency would be able to continue this role after the transition.
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Regulating interconnection is essential to the smooth operation of the phone network, and a core responsibility of the FCC. But as the FCC has refused to classify VOIP as Title II service, its unclear whether the agency would be able to continue this role after the transition.
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Today, the FCC voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to examine the future interconnection requirements impacting the phone network as part of the transition from the legacy phone system to an all-IP network that uses voice-over-IP (VOIP) for all phones.
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today, the FCC voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to examine the future interconnection requirements impacting the phone network as part of the transition from the legacy phone system to an all-IP network that uses voice-over-IP (VOIP) for all phones.
The word "unpreceedented" keeps coming up with this Administration. Trump openly threatening that any bidder other than the Ellisons for WB will not be cleared by regulators is so out there it is double unprecedented, or whatever comes next. nypost.com/2025/10/23/m...
Exclusive | Trump admin likes Paramount Skydance in race to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: ‘points to the Ellisons’
WBD CEO David Zaslav, meanwhile, believes he can make a case to the Trump administration that they should allow deals outside of Paramount Skydance, appealing to free market types in the administra…
nypost.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The word "unpreceedented" keeps coming up with this Administration. Trump openly threatening that any bidder other than the Ellisons for WB will not be cleared by regulators is so out there it is double unprecedented, or whatever comes next. nypost.com/2025/10/23/m...
Back in 2013 when we had a lengthy shutdown, I wrote this asking if the FCC being closed would ruin Xmas toys. wetmachine.com/tales-of-the...
For those who don't click through, everything electronic needs to get certified by the FCC that it won't interfere with licensed signals (like cellphones).
For those who don't click through, everything electronic needs to get certified by the FCC that it won't interfere with licensed signals (like cellphones).
Will The Fed Shutdown Screw Up This Season’s Xmas Tech Toys? – Wetmachine
wetmachine.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Back in 2013 when we had a lengthy shutdown, I wrote this asking if the FCC being closed would ruin Xmas toys. wetmachine.com/tales-of-the...
For those who don't click through, everything electronic needs to get certified by the FCC that it won't interfere with licensed signals (like cellphones).
For those who don't click through, everything electronic needs to get certified by the FCC that it won't interfere with licensed signals (like cellphones).
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Though the name might sound familiar, Instagram's new PG-13 ratings system has little in common with its film industry counterpart. The latest from Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social:
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Instagram's Borrowed Credibility: Why its “PG-13 Ratings” Initiative Falls Short
The social media platform's new content rating system has some major differences from its film industry counterpart.
publicknowledge.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Though the name might sound familiar, Instagram's new PG-13 ratings system has little in common with its film industry counterpart. The latest from Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social:
publicknowledge.org/instagram-pg...
publicknowledge.org/instagram-pg...
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Read the latest from @publicknowledge.bsky.social Digital Content Manager Will McBride and Senior Policy Counsel @mrose.ink on how the lawsuit echoes some of what we already know about the shady – and sometimes illegal – practices of the music industry.
Drake v. UMG: Fearless Whistleblower or Bitter Loser?
Drake's lawsuit against UMG Records may be over, but the music industry's problems with payola continue.
publicknowledge.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Read the latest from @publicknowledge.bsky.social Digital Content Manager Will McBride and Senior Policy Counsel @mrose.ink on how the lawsuit echoes some of what we already know about the shady – and sometimes illegal – practices of the music industry.
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Last week, a New York judge moved to dismiss Drake's lawsuit against UMG Records, finding the allegedly defamatory statements in "Not Like Us" to be "nonactionable opinion.” But while the lawsuit may be over, some of its claims hint at a bigger story.
October 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Last week, a New York judge moved to dismiss Drake's lawsuit against UMG Records, finding the allegedly defamatory statements in "Not Like Us" to be "nonactionable opinion.” But while the lawsuit may be over, some of its claims hint at a bigger story.
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In her latest blog post, Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social breaks down why @publicknowledge.bsky.social and other policy advocates continue to oppose this bill, and better options available to protect news publishers in the digital era. Link below:
publicknowledge.org/is-the-jcpa-...
publicknowledge.org/is-the-jcpa-...
Is the JCPA Coming Back? Why We Still Oppose the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
publicknowledge.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In her latest blog post, Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social breaks down why @publicknowledge.bsky.social and other policy advocates continue to oppose this bill, and better options available to protect news publishers in the digital era. Link below:
publicknowledge.org/is-the-jcpa-...
publicknowledge.org/is-the-jcpa-...
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In his latest blog post, @haroldfeld.bsky.social breaks down the history of the FCC's approach to spectrum management — and why the Chairman's new focus on "spectrum efficiency" poses a threat to a competitive marketplace.
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That Escalated Quickly. Chairman Carr Completely Restructures the Wireless Market into an Oligopoly.
The new FCC Chairman has made radical changes to the US wireless market in an unprecedentedly short amount of time.
publicknowledge.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In his latest blog post, @haroldfeld.bsky.social breaks down the history of the FCC's approach to spectrum management — and why the Chairman's new focus on "spectrum efficiency" poses a threat to a competitive marketplace.
publicknowledge.org/chairman-car...
publicknowledge.org/chairman-car...
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Since becoming FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr has wasted no time in dramatically changing the US wireless market — quickly moving to eliminate the fourth and fifth largest wireless carriers and forcing them to sell off their spectrum to ATT, T-Mobile, and SpaceX.
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Since becoming FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr has wasted no time in dramatically changing the US wireless market — quickly moving to eliminate the fourth and fifth largest wireless carriers and forcing them to sell off their spectrum to ATT, T-Mobile, and SpaceX.
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so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
I have no idea how an open hotspot can censor anything.
Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."
FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity
The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will mak...
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I have no idea how an open hotspot can censor anything.
For those following the FCC, here is the shut down plan: docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
Briefly, emergency related things (such as the outage databases) are open. Anything related to auctions is running, since they are separately funded via auction reveneues under 309(j). AWS-3 still on schedule. /1
Briefly, emergency related things (such as the outage databases) are open. Anything related to auctions is running, since they are separately funded via auction reveneues under 309(j). AWS-3 still on schedule. /1
docs.fcc.gov
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For those following the FCC, here is the shut down plan: docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
Briefly, emergency related things (such as the outage databases) are open. Anything related to auctions is running, since they are separately funded via auction reveneues under 309(j). AWS-3 still on schedule. /1
Briefly, emergency related things (such as the outage databases) are open. Anything related to auctions is running, since they are separately funded via auction reveneues under 309(j). AWS-3 still on schedule. /1
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Public Knowledge opposes legalizing any cellphone jamming, even for correctional facilities. Read more in our statement from Senior Vice President @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
Public Knowledge Opposes FCC Phone Jamming Vote
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
publicknowledge.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Public Knowledge opposes legalizing any cellphone jamming, even for correctional facilities. Read more in our statement from Senior Vice President @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
I'm sufficiently old that Hegseth's speech reminds me of a cross between Bananas and Idiocracy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_g5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUN...
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Bananas 1971 The Communist Dictator Is Crazy
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September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm sufficiently old that Hegseth's speech reminds me of a cross between Bananas and Idiocracy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_g5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_g5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUN...
Our military now has a "no fatties" policy. Weren't active duty folks already supposed to be fit?
Either way, I'll bet any active serving person in that room could kick the ass of the Secretary of War.
Either way, I'll bet any active serving person in that room could kick the ass of the Secretary of War.
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our military now has a "no fatties" policy. Weren't active duty folks already supposed to be fit?
Either way, I'll bet any active serving person in that room could kick the ass of the Secretary of War.
Either way, I'll bet any active serving person in that room could kick the ass of the Secretary of War.
Democrats now need to have any spending bill expressly amend the Impoundment Control Act to require review under the APA and render the stay moot. Of course, the 6 rogue justices will come up with something else. But make them work for it.
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Democrats now need to have any spending bill expressly amend the Impoundment Control Act to require review under the APA and render the stay moot. Of course, the 6 rogue justices will come up with something else. But make them work for it.
in the event a Democrat is ever President again, we can always change it back.
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
in the event a Democrat is ever President again, we can always change it back.
Profit maximizing firms gonna profit maximize.
This week, YouTube did what it often does: it took the same approach as Meta on a controversial topic, but with a delay and less of a splash.
In a letter signed by a lawyer, YouTube trashed fact-checkers, said it was bullied by Biden and the EU, and rolled back protections on misinformation.
In a letter signed by a lawyer, YouTube trashed fact-checkers, said it was bullied by Biden and the EU, and rolled back protections on misinformation.
Briefing: YouTube bends the knee
Plus: Spotify rolls out anti-slop measures, and inside Russia's copycat "fact-checking" group
indicator.media
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Profit maximizing firms gonna profit maximize.
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Ciattarelli is a Trumper with a smidge of embarrassment. He sneaks into anti-vaxx events and keeps his remarks off the record. But he's a Trumper all the same. NJ MUST choose Rep. Mikie Sherrill as our next governor! Sanity and honor over incompetence and dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...
Vaccine Skepticism Takes Center Stage in a Close Race for Governor
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ciattarelli is a Trumper with a smidge of embarrassment. He sneaks into anti-vaxx events and keeps his remarks off the record. But he's a Trumper all the same. NJ MUST choose Rep. Mikie Sherrill as our next governor! Sanity and honor over incompetence and dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...
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In Part 2 of this two-part blog series, Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social breaks down the solutions news publishers are gravitating towards, as well as promising policy solutions to protect the public and business interest alike in this fast-moving space:
Is There a Middle Ground in the Tug of War Between News Publishers and AI Firms? Part 2: Framing Solutions
As the scuffle between publishers and AI developers drag on, policy solutions that balance fair use doctrine with incentives for publishers to keep creating are the path forward.
publicknowledge.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In Part 2 of this two-part blog series, Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social breaks down the solutions news publishers are gravitating towards, as well as promising policy solutions to protect the public and business interest alike in this fast-moving space: