Digital Liberty advocates for a consumer-driven market free from heavy regulation or taxation of the Internet, technology, telecommunications, video games, and media.
5G
The Case is Clear: Broad Opposition Exists to Nationalized 5G
By Katie McAuliffe and Noah Vehafric With the Department of Defense’s request for information (RFI) asking for input into building and operating a shared civilian-military 5G network across the nation being well over a month old, we can step back and take a look at the broad opposition that…
5G
Digital Liberty Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Nationalized 5G
Today, Digital Liberty signed onto a coalition letter with over 40 other organizations addressed to Senate Majority Whip, John Thune, expressing gratitude for his leadership in collecting a group of 18 other Senators to openly oppose any attempt to create a nationalized 5G network in the United States. The Senators…
Antitrust
Preconceived Conclusions Coming out of House Antitrust Hearings
by Isabelle Morales On Thursday, October 1, the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law held a hearing entitled, “Proposals to Strengthen the Antitrust Laws and Restore Competition Online.” Chairman David N. Cicilline began the hearing by describing big tech companies as the kind of monopolies we last saw…
5G
Reminder: Wholesale aka Nationalized 5G is not the Path Should Go Down
By: Noah Vehafric The race to adopt new powerful, 5G technologies continues around the world. And the desire to reach the 5G finish line keeps reviving a hideous idea: creating a national 5G network. Just recently the Pentagon released a request for information looking into the possibility of running such a network. So let’s remind ourselves why this is not the…
Bad Proposals
A New Digital Regulator is Not the Answer we Need
By: Noah Vehafric The internet has changed our lives in more ways than we can understand, and it’s going to continue changing our lives for the foreseeable future. With its large influence, many have the desire to use the force of law to regulate it. But should we? The United…
5G
FCC: Four Years of Realized Opportunities
It is normal procedure for the Federal Communications Commission to appear before House and Senate Committees, but the blatant politicization is unacceptable. With the title of the hearing being “Trump FCC: Four Years of Lost Opportunities,” we all know this is a set up for political grandstanding. The title is…
Antitrust
Coalition Supports Competition & Consumer Welfare Over Politization & Weaponization of American Antitrust Law
Today, Digital Liberty joined a coalition letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights for the record as part of its hearing entitled “Stacking the Tech: Has Google harmed competition in online advertising?” The letter clearly lays out the importance of the consumer welfare standard in…
FCC
FCC Takes Action to Expand Access and Investment in the 4.9 GHz Band
By: Noah Vehafric The FCC published a proposed order today that would promote development of the underused 4.9 GHz band by allowing individual State governments to license portions of the band to third party users for commercial, infrastructure, or other purposes This marks a change from a 2002 decision by the FCC which announced that the…