Thank you @agomezfcc.bsky.social for visiting with our allies doing digital inclusion work on the ground.
Chris Lewis
@chrisjlewis.bsky.social
Tech policy advocate, President/CEO at @publicknowledge.bsky.social, Fmr Alexandria City School Board member, DC sports fanatic, & donut connoisseur.
Yes the FCC is actually opening a proceeding into the images of trans people in the media... Because the existence of trans people hurts us how? Oh wait, THEY don't. @theonion.com predicts the next public notice from Chair Brendan Carr over "family values": theonion.com/fcc-to-inves...
FCC To Investigate TV Shows Where The Mom Has Job
WASHINGTON—Saying it had been forced to take action against networks that refused to change their conduct, the Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it would investigate broadcasters of T...
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Powerful opening remarks from CRO Maya Wiley to kick off @civilrightsorg.bsky.social All Eyes On Tech Convening. "It is only in the darkness that you can see the stars". It is dark now as the DOJ claims it is criminal to investigate racism in the Klan. Yes, that is related to tech too
Predicted by a @haroldfeld.bsky.social blog post, the FCC Chairman's reinterpretation of the equal time rule led to broadcasters editing talk shows based on the political needs of the White House. The threats to the First Amendment continue from the self-proclaimed not independent agency
Harold Feld@haroldfeld.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf you want to learn about the FCC Equal Time (technically Equal Opportunity) rule that CBS claims forced @colbertlateshow.bsky.social to cancel @jamestalarico.bsky.social interview. Check out my blog here: publicknowledge.org/equal-time-u... Spoiler: This is BS.
For all you folks wondering about the FCC's latest effort to get rid of Trump-disapproved programming, this detailed explainer on the equal opportunity (aka the equal time) rule means and why even Commissioner Anna Gomez is underestimating its awefulness.
Public Knowledge@publicknowledge.bsky.social · 6mo agoAs the 2026 election season approaches, FCC Chair Brendan Carr seems to be looking for new ways to silence Trump's critics. Enter the "equal time" rule — read the latest from @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
As the 2026 election season approaches, FCC Chair Brendan Carr seems to be looking for new ways to silence Trump's critics. Enter the "equal time" rule — read the latest from @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
Equal Time, Unequal Enforcement: The Latest Move to Weaponize the FCC Against Trump Critics
As the 2026 election season approaches, FCC Chair Brendan Carr seems to be seeking new ways to weaponize the law on Trump's behalf.
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During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.” I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone. #FCCOversight
THREAD: Politico reporting on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr & the traditional, comedic speech he gave at the Federal Comms Bar Association Annual Dinner in DC noted the protest of left & right leaning orgs against the Chairman's threats to free speech & a free press (1/3)
When will Europe learn how harmful website blocking as a part of copyright enforcement can be? Will the US continue to stay away from this gateway to censorship? See this story on Cloudflare reporting on websites being wrongfully taken down torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-t...
Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers * TorrentFreak
Cloudflare is warning the U.S. government that foreign anti-piracy blockades are becoming a significant trade barrier for American companies.
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“This is a level of censorship we haven’t seen in my lifetime.” @publicknowledge.bsky.social President and CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social weighs in with @nytimes.com on FCC Chair Carr's campaign against so-called "liberal bias" in media: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...
Brendan Carr Plans to Keep Going After the Media
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Real story: President Trump posted online that the Digital Equity Act is "racist" & he would simply ignore the law. Now, millions of dollars for broadband in rural communities have gone away because of it. It's illegal & Congress is silent. kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kffhealt...
Trump Called Digital Equity Act ‘Racist.’ Now Internet Money for Rural Americans Is Gone. - KFF Health News
President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved communities to gain internet access disappeared.
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President Trump prepares to create the power to tell you you have a job & are getting paid when you KNOW you are not. NY Times: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Live Updates: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner
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Tech policy & #AI followers are anticipating new executive orders on AI from the President tomorrow. Excellent post from PK's @nickgarcia.bsky.social on our hopes & fears for tomorrow's announcements publicknowledge.org/hopes-and-fe...
#FairUse of a copyrighted work! great example Congressman @hankjohnson.house.gov
Congressman Hank Johnson@hankjohnson.house.gov · last yr.Release the Epstein Files.
Gotta add this to the @recreatecoalition.bsky.social "Fair use on the hill" infographic! www.recreatecoalition.org/infographic/...
Fair Use On The Hill - Re:Create
Everyone interacts with copyright everyday. Just as the law gives authors a copyright for their creativity, the law recognizes that everyone has a right to Fair Use. Indeed, most people rely on their ...
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Congressman Hank Johnson@hankjohnson.house.gov · last yr.Release the Epstein Files.
Thanks to @markey.senate.gov, @cantwell.senate.gov, Marsha Blackburn, & Susan Collins for stripping the AI moratorium from Senate budget bill. This text would have hamstrung state efforts to protect consumers from things like deepfakes & robocalls for 5 years. This cut was the right thing to do.
Early Tuesday morning, the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass an amendment to the budget bill removing the proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws on artificial intelligence. www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-dr...
US Senate Drops Proposed Moratorium on State AI Laws in Budget Vote | TechPolicy.Press
The 99-1 vote followed the collapse of a compromise between Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
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THREAD: Congress wants to keep you to pay to know what local laws are. #DontPaywallTheLaw
Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · last yr.Heads up that there's a renewed bipartisan effort to keep you from knowing what the law *is*
My #juneteenth post from 2021, detailing an idea I posted in June 2020 to build a path towards racial healing clewis.medium.com/freedom-fort...
Freedom Fortnight: The Opportunity the Juneteenth Federal Holiday Presents
Galatians 6:9 (KJV) — “And let us not be wearing in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
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This Memorial Day weekend we remember those who died for our freedoms, including the freedom of speech. This letter shows our country's free speech is at risk again, and it calls for all of us in the United States to sacrifice and stand up for our freedoms www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | We’re international students at Harvard. We’re afraid to write this. But we have to speak up.
Three student leaders on Trump’s attempts to throw them out of the country.
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🔈 Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET, President & CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social will testify in the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing “Strengthening America’s Leadership in Wireless Technology.” His testimony will urge Congress to make FCC spectrum auction authority permanent.
Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis To Testify Before House Energy and Commerce on America’s Wireless Leadership
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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Summary of @jrosenworcel.bsky.social final speech as FCC Chair: We got stuff done that put consumers first. ...plus thanks all the wonderful people who made that happen. Here here! Thank you Chairwoman!
Now @jrosenworcel.bsky.social swan song. Starts with reminder that in 1st speech as (acting chair) focused on putting consumers, disabled and disenfranchised first. Based on today’s presentation, we did the work.
This is where prison phone stuff is covered. Serious work here thanks to Congress passing legislation in 2021. Also work on national suicide prevention hotline. Again, lots of technical stuff to help people connect and stay connected. Again, this is not stuff that just “happens” without #FCC regs
Great presentation at FCC Open meeting on the successful #ACP program. Congress should be embarrassed it didn't continue this important program to connect low income Americans. $23 million a day out of the pockets of Americans, for the last 229 days & counting! publicknowledge.org/a-sustainabl...
A Sustainable Path Toward Digital Equity Must Prioritize Broadband Affordability Assistance
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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Congratulations to trailblazing Chair @jrosenworcel.bsky.social on her tenure! She's starting her last FCC meeting right now!
Thanks for sharing.this thread @nickgarcia.bsky.social. and thanks to @evangreer.bsky.social for your courage and for speaking up to the powerful
Nick Garcia@nickgarcia.bsky.social · 2y agoNancy Mace was invited to speak at Project Liberty's Summit on the Future of the Internet. Shortly after this, @evangreer.bsky.social was dragged out of the auditorium for standing up against Mace's inclusion. Here's why I got up and left too. 1/6
Finally a clear and smart take on the “podcast election” by @politico.com (which is not always smart, so this is welcome): www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What Democrats Don’t Understand About Joe Rogan
The future of American political engagement is barely political at all.
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Seriously??? My tax dollars are paying for libraries to buy & own books in my community. Now they can't lend them to me electronically without paying a subscription too? Even though the library owns it & the author got paid? Public Knowledge's statement: publicknowledge.org/second-circu...
Second Circuit Decision Limiting Book Lending Harms Libraries, Public
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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