Harold Feld
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Under the "unitary executive theory," any congressional limits on the president's control of the federal government are unconstitutional. But the Supreme Court siding with the Trump administration on these grounds could have serious consequences for our democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Under the "unitary executive theory," any congressional limits on the president's control of the federal government are unconstitutional. But the Supreme Court siding with the Trump administration on these grounds could have serious consequences for our democracy.
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In March 2025, President Trump fired both Democrat Commissioners from FTC for the sole stated reason of disagreement with their policy views — an illegal act under existing statute governing the agency. Now, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to change the law.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In March 2025, President Trump fired both Democrat Commissioners from FTC for the sole stated reason of disagreement with their policy views — an illegal act under existing statute governing the agency. Now, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to change the law.
Huge potential win for Tribal access to spectrum! Thanks to advocacy by Tribes and support from Commissioner Gomez, Chairman Carr has included a q in C-Band item on holding a Tribal Licensing Window.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Huge potential win for Tribal access to spectrum! Thanks to advocacy by Tribes and support from Commissioner Gomez, Chairman Carr has included a q in C-Band item on holding a Tribal Licensing Window.
Not the usual bears into BDSM.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not the usual bears into BDSM.
Chechnya is another Russian conquest that was brutally occupied and its people murdered while the world stood by.
The Chechen opposition movement NIYSO has claimed that four men from a family in Chechnya, including one minor, were forced to sign a contract to fight in Ukraine. The movement claims this came as punishment for a relative who had ‘done something wrong’.
Chechen family forcibly sent to fight in Ukraine, NIYSO says
It was later reported that they were returned home.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Chechnya is another Russian conquest that was brutally occupied and its people murdered while the world stood by.
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We just held the first ever People's Oversight Hearing, where we convened policy experts and civil society leaders to demand accountability from the agencies responsible for protecting the public interest. Join us and tell Congress to hold oversight hearings now: www.votervoice.net/PublicKnowle...
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We just held the first ever People's Oversight Hearing, where we convened policy experts and civil society leaders to demand accountability from the agencies responsible for protecting the public interest. Join us and tell Congress to hold oversight hearings now: www.votervoice.net/PublicKnowle...
Thanks to FCC Chairman Carr for common sense approach to @FCC deadlines.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thanks to FCC Chairman Carr for common sense approach to @FCC deadlines.
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For those following along with the People's Oversight Hearing, you can read Bob Corn-Revere's opinion piece on Kimmel's ouster here.
FIRE’s Bob Corn-Revere for @PostOpinions: FCC Chair Brendan Carr nakedly abused government power to pressure ABC into removing Jimmy Kimmel from the air for his speech. In America, the government doesn’t get to play network executive and determine who and what you watch.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For those following along with the People's Oversight Hearing, you can read Bob Corn-Revere's opinion piece on Kimmel's ouster here.
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Reminder: If you want to tune into the stream for today's People's Oversight Hearing, you can catch us here: youtube.com/live/av6Ks0g...
The People’s Oversight Hearing
YouTube video by Public Knowledge
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November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reminder: If you want to tune into the stream for today's People's Oversight Hearing, you can catch us here: youtube.com/live/av6Ks0g...
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The People’s FTC Oversight hearing is about to start
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The People’s FTC Oversight hearing is about to start
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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.