Regulation
FCC Creates “Licensing Assembly Line” for Space
By Blake Reed America’s commercial space sector is moving at rocket speed, but for years one of the biggest bottlenecks has been the Federal Communications Commission’s own satellite licensing process. That is finally starting to change. On July 1, 2026, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced that…
The EU Keeps Changing the Rules to Fine American Companies
By James Bighenti The EU has been relying on American companies to provide cloud services that they have made impossible to build in Europe. Then, as a condition of market access, they mandated interoperability, portability, and switching mechanisms for cloud service providers. American companies complied and ceded their competitive advantages, but now two American…
The JAWBONE Act Would Finally Make Government Pay for Bullying Companies Into Censorship
By Blake Reed Digital Liberty is strongly endorsing new legislation that would finally give regular citizens real recourse when government officials pressure private companies to silence speech they dislike. Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduced the JAWBONE Act — short…
Wireless Service Keeps Getting Cheaper: Americans Are Getting More for Less
By Blake Reed There’s some welcome relief for American pocketbooks: wireless service continues to buck the trend of rising costs, delivering dramatically better value year after year. Along with broadband, prices for wireless phone service continue to decline thanks to robust competition, market-driven spectrum policy, and a…
FCC Clarifies Section 310(b) Foreign Ownership Rules: A Small Step Toward Regulatory Sanity
By Blake Reed The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau has issued new guidance that brings some clarity to broadcasters struggling with inadvertent violations of the agency’s foreign ownership restrictions. Released as DA 26-501, the document sets out how the FCC will process various broadcast applications…
Maryland has too many cooks in the regulatory kitchen
By Nate Norris Could tennis be effectively played with 6 people? How about 16? Such a distinction is lost on Maryland’s regulatory telecommunication bodies, whose onerous regulations and conflicting requirements turned the installation of a single utility pole into a regulatory feud in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland.
Modernize Cable Infrastructure
By Rohan Naval On September 29, 2025, Digital Liberty submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on copper line retirement plans. As the market opts into more efficient fiber cables, the insistence on prolonging the modernization process prevents consumers from accessing better technology. …
Choosing America Over California in AI
By Rohan Naval On September 19, The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and Artificial Intelligence, held a hearing titled “AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?” The hearing examined what a national strategy for artificial intelligence would look like. This builds off the White…
Digital Liberty Joins Coalition Urging FCC to Stand for Free Speech
By James Erwin On September 8, 2025, Digital Liberty joined a coalition letter urging the Federal Communications Commission to avoid intervening in free-market negotiations between broadcast networks and affiliates. Conservatives have long stood for removing regulatory burdens in the telecommunications sector, which hurt broadcasters, consumers,…
FCC Upholds Market Competition, Declines to Mandate NextGenTV
By Rohan Naval On September 2, The Federal Communications Commission issued a clarification on the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 transition. The bureau’s actions help uphold free market principles in the digital world, affirming their push to modernize regulations. The ATSC 3.0…