Digital Liberty advocates for a consumer-driven market free from heavy regulation or taxation of the Internet, technology, telecommunications, video games, and media.
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…
Research
Trump Administration Announces $1 Billion in AI and Research Institutes Nationwide
By: Noah Vehafric The Whitehouse announced last week a new initiative to commit $1 billion towards research of emerging technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence, and quantum information science (QIS), with the goal of “ensuring American leadership in the future… for technologies that will shape our economy and security…
Regulation
Telehealth is Here to Stay
By: Noah Vehafric The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has opened the door to make telehealth a permanent part of our healthcare system. And that can mean many great benefits to Americans by expanding access, lowering costs, and protecting at-risk individuals. The use of telehealth grew faster in the past five months…
5G
Unleashing 5G Potential
By: Laurel Duggan President Trump has announced his plan to make 100 megahertz of mid-band spectrum available for commercial 5G deployment. By enabling widespread adoption of 5G, this will promote innovation and economic opportunity while bolstering our national security. The administration has collaborated with the Department of Defense to ensure that these…