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  1. #Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of #phones as #FCC ends 60-day unlock rule
    FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
    The change will make it harder for people to switch from Verizon to other carriers.
    The Verizon petition was opposed in a filing by #PublicKnowledge, the #BentonFoundation, #ConsumerReports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (#EFF), #iFixit, and other groups.
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  2. #Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of #phones as #FCC ends 60-day unlock rule
    FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
    The change will make it harder for people to switch from Verizon to other carriers.
    The Verizon petition was opposed in a filing by #PublicKnowledge, the #BentonFoundation, #ConsumerReports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (#EFF), #iFixit, and other groups.
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  3. to stop automatic unlocking of as ends 60-day unlock rule
    FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
    The change will make it harder for people to switch from Verizon to other carriers.
    The Verizon petition was opposed in a filing by , the , , the Electronic Frontier Foundation (#EFF), , and other groups.
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  4. #Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of #phones as #FCC ends 60-day unlock rule
    FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
    The change will make it harder for people to switch from Verizon to other carriers.
    The Verizon petition was opposed in a filing by #PublicKnowledge, the #BentonFoundation, #ConsumerReports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (#EFF), #iFixit, and other groups.
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  5. #Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of #phones as #FCC ends 60-day unlock rule
    FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
    The change will make it harder for people to switch from Verizon to other carriers.
    The Verizon petition was opposed in a filing by #PublicKnowledge, the #BentonFoundation, #ConsumerReports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (#EFF), #iFixit, and other groups.
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  6. WEBCAST NOV 12 – The People’s Oversight Hearing

    LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

    On Wednesday November 12, 2025, Public Knowledge convenes 'The People’s Oversight Hearing' in Washington DC. For the first 10 months of this Congress, there have been zero full oversight hearings for the Federal Trade Commission - FTC, Federal Communications Commission - FCC, and Consumer Financial Protection B

    isoc.live/19846/

    #post #fcc #FTC #GigiSohn #HaroldFeld #PublicKnowledge

  7. WEBCAST NOV 12 – The People’s Oversight Hearing

    LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

    On Wednesday November 12, 2025, Public Knowledge convenes 'The People’s Oversight Hearing' in Washington DC. For the first 10 months of this Congress, there have been zero full oversight hearings for the Federal Trade Commission - FTC, Federal Communications Commission - FCC, and Consumer Financial Protection B

    isoc.live/19846/

    #post #fcc #FTC #GigiSohn #HaroldFeld #PublicKnowledge

  8. WEBCAST NOV 12 – The People’s Oversight Hearing

    LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

    On Wednesday November 12, 2025, Public Knowledge convenes 'The People’s Oversight Hearing' in Washington DC. For the first 10 months of this Congress, there have been zero full oversight hearings for the Federal Trade Commission - FTC, Federal Communications Commission - FCC, and Consumer Financial Protection B

    isoc.live/19846/

    #post #fcc #FTC #GigiSohn #HaroldFeld #PublicKnowledge

  9. WEBCAST NOV 12 – The People’s Oversight Hearing

    LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

    On Wednesday November 12, 2025, Public Knowledge convenes 'The People’s Oversight Hearing' in Washington DC. For the first 10 months of this Congress, there have been zero full oversight hearings for the Federal Trade Commission - FTC, Federal Communications Commission - FCC, and Consumer Financial Protection B

    isoc.live/19846/

    #post #fcc #FTC #GigiSohn #HaroldFeld #PublicKnowledge

  10. WEBCAST NOV 12 – The People’s Oversight Hearing

    LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

    On Wednesday November 12, 2025, Public Knowledge convenes 'The People’s Oversight Hearing' in Washington DC. For the first 10 months of this Congress, there have been zero full oversight hearings for the Federal Trade Commission - FTC, Federal Communications Commission - FCC, and Consumer Financial Protection B

    isoc.live/19846/

    #post #fcc #FTC #GigiSohn #HaroldFeld #PublicKnowledge

  11. 🔊 Unique employment opportunity with @PublicKnowledgeProject -- lead an impactful, mission and values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of scholarly publishing!

    This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making, management career:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/hiring-m

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #Leadership #FOSS #AcademicLibraries #UniversityLibraries #OpenInfrastructure #PublicKnowledge

  12. 🔊 Unique employment opportunity with @PublicKnowledgeProject -- lead an impactful, mission and values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of scholarly publishing!

    This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making, management career:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/hiring-m

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #Leadership #FOSS #AcademicLibraries #UniversityLibraries #OpenInfrastructure #PublicKnowledge

  13. 🔊 Unique employment opportunity with @PublicKnowledgeProject -- lead an impactful, mission and values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of scholarly publishing!

    This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making, management career:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/hiring-m

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #Leadership #FOSS #AcademicLibraries #UniversityLibraries #OpenInfrastructure #PublicKnowledge

  14. 🔊 Unique employment opportunity with @PublicKnowledgeProject -- lead an impactful, mission and values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of scholarly publishing!

    This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making, management career:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/hiring-m

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #Leadership #FOSS #AcademicLibraries #UniversityLibraries #OpenInfrastructure #PublicKnowledge

  15. 🔊 Unique employment opportunity with @PublicKnowledgeProject -- lead an impactful, mission and values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of scholarly publishing!

    This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making, management career:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/hiring-m

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #Leadership #FOSS #AcademicLibraries #UniversityLibraries #OpenInfrastructure #PublicKnowledge

  16. 🔓 Sneak peek - new PKP #OpenPublishing courses

    How does research shape public policy? How is the public involved in science? How is research taken up by the public?

    Join PKP Scientific Director & #SFU Master of Publishing (MPub) Professor Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander in January 2026 online for “Making Knowledge Public”

    Learn more & sign up for updates:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/08/22/sneak-pe

    #PublishingCourses #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenPublishing #PublicKnowledge #ScholComm #AcademicChatter

  17. 🔓 Sneak peek - new PKP #OpenPublishing courses

    How does research shape public policy? How is the public involved in science? How is research taken up by the public?

    Join PKP Scientific Director & #SFU Master of Publishing (MPub) Professor Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander in January 2026 online for “Making Knowledge Public”

    Learn more & sign up for updates:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/08/22/sneak-pe

    #PublishingCourses #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenPublishing #PublicKnowledge #ScholComm #AcademicChatter

  18. 🔓 Sneak peek - new PKP #OpenPublishing courses

    How does research shape public policy? How is the public involved in science? How is research taken up by the public?

    Join PKP Scientific Director & #SFU Master of Publishing (MPub) Professor Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander in January 2026 online for “Making Knowledge Public”

    Learn more & sign up for updates:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/08/22/sneak-pe

    #PublishingCourses #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenPublishing #PublicKnowledge #ScholComm #AcademicChatter

  19. 🔓 Sneak peek - new PKP #OpenPublishing courses

    How does research shape public policy? How is the public involved in science? How is research taken up by the public?

    Join PKP Scientific Director & #SFU Master of Publishing (MPub) Professor Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander in January 2026 online for “Making Knowledge Public”

    Learn more & sign up for updates:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/08/22/sneak-pe

    #PublishingCourses #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenPublishing #PublicKnowledge #ScholComm #AcademicChatter

  20. 🔓 Sneak peek - new PKP #OpenPublishing courses

    How does research shape public policy? How is the public involved in science? How is research taken up by the public?

    Join PKP Scientific Director & #SFU Master of Publishing (MPub) Professor Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander in January 2026 online for “Making Knowledge Public”

    Learn more & sign up for updates:

    pkp.sfu.ca/2025/08/22/sneak-pe

    #PublishingCourses #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenPublishing #PublicKnowledge #ScholComm #AcademicChatter

  21. Public Knowledge: publicknowledge.org/public-kno
    “President Trump and his administration assert they are above the law, and that through Executive Orders, they can subvert our democracy by declaring that their nebulous understanding of the phrase ‘executive power’ should prevail over duly enacted statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties, over the course of decades. The constitution did not change its meaning when President Trump took office."
    #PublicKnowledge

  22. Public Knowledge: publicknowledge.org/public-kno
    “President Trump and his administration assert they are above the law, and that through Executive Orders, they can subvert our democracy by declaring that their nebulous understanding of the phrase ‘executive power’ should prevail over duly enacted statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties, over the course of decades. The constitution did not change its meaning when President Trump took office."
    #PublicKnowledge

  23. Public Knowledge: publicknowledge.org/public-kno
    “President Trump and his administration assert they are above the law, and that through Executive Orders, they can subvert our democracy by declaring that their nebulous understanding of the phrase ‘executive power’ should prevail over duly enacted statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties, over the course of decades. The constitution did not change its meaning when President Trump took office."
    #PublicKnowledge

  24. Public Knowledge: publicknowledge.org/public-kno
    “President Trump and his administration assert they are above the law, and that through Executive Orders, they can subvert our democracy by declaring that their nebulous understanding of the phrase ‘executive power’ should prevail over duly enacted statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties, over the course of decades. The constitution did not change its meaning when President Trump took office."
    #PublicKnowledge

  25. Public Knowledge: publicknowledge.org/public-kno
    “President Trump and his administration assert they are above the law, and that through Executive Orders, they can subvert our democracy by declaring that their nebulous understanding of the phrase ‘executive power’ should prevail over duly enacted statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties, over the course of decades. The constitution did not change its meaning when President Trump took office."
    #PublicKnowledge

  26. How an “absolutist position” seeks to block even minor copyright exemptions, and usually succeeds

    The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US in 1998, at an early stage of the shift to a digital world, with little concern for the serious harm it would cause as everything became suffused with software. The problem is that the DMCA prevents circumvention of copyright protection measures (generally known as “digital rights management”, or DRM), even if the purpose of […]

    #absolutistPosition #circumvention #dmca #DRM #esa #exemptions #iceCream #ifixit #mcdonalds #publicKnowledge #rightToRepair #section1201 #usCopyrightOffice #videoGames

    walledculture.org/how-an-absol

  27. How an “absolutist position” seeks to block even minor copyright exemptions, and usually succeeds

    The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US in 1998, at an early stage of the shift to a digital world, with little concern for the serious harm it would cause as everything became suffused with software. The problem is that the DMCA prevents circumvention of copyright protection measures (generally known as “digital rights management”, or DRM), even if the purpose of […]

    #absolutistPosition #circumvention #dmca #DRM #esa #exemptions #iceCream #ifixit #mcdonalds #publicKnowledge #rightToRepair #section1201 #usCopyrightOffice #videoGames

    walledculture.org/how-an-absol

  28. How an “absolutist position” seeks to block even minor copyright exemptions, and usually succeeds

    The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US in 1998, at an early stage of the shift to a digital world, with little concern for the serious harm it would cause as everything became suffused with software. The problem is that the DMCA prevents circumvention of copyright protection measures (generally known as “digital rights management”, or DRM), even if the purpose of […]

    #absolutistPosition #circumvention #dmca #DRM #esa #exemptions #iceCream #ifixit #mcdonalds #publicKnowledge #rightToRepair #section1201 #usCopyrightOffice #videoGames

    walledculture.org/how-an-absol

  29. How an “absolutist position” seeks to block even minor copyright exemptions, and usually succeeds

    The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US in 1998, at an early stage of the shift to a digital world, with little concern for the serious harm it would cause as everything became suffused with software. The problem is that the DMCA prevents circumvention of copyright protection measures (generally known as “digital rights management”, or DRM), even if the purpose of […]

    #absolutistPosition #circumvention #dmca #DRM #esa #exemptions #iceCream #ifixit #mcdonalds #publicKnowledge #rightToRepair #section1201 #usCopyrightOffice #videoGames

    walledculture.org/how-an-absol

  30. WEBCAST APR 30 – Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action

    On Tuesday April 30 2024, at 11:30-13:00 EDT (15:30-17:00 UTC) Public Knowledge, Civic Nation, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), and the Digital Progress Institute (DPI) will hold an Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action Rally in Washington DC. This event is prompted by the im

    isoc.live/17795/

    #post #ACP #BroadbandBreakfast #fcc #NDIA #PublicKnowledge

  31. WEBCAST APR 30 – Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action

    On Tuesday April 30 2024, at 11:30-13:00 EDT (15:30-17:00 UTC) Public Knowledge, Civic Nation, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), and the Digital Progress Institute (DPI) will hold an Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action Rally in Washington DC. This event is prompted by the im

    isoc.live/17795/

    #post #ACP #BroadbandBreakfast #fcc #NDIA #PublicKnowledge

  32. WEBCAST APR 30 – Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action

    On Tuesday April 30 2024, at 11:30-13:00 EDT (15:30-17:00 UTC) Public Knowledge, Civic Nation, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), and the Digital Progress Institute (DPI) will hold an Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action Rally in Washington DC. This event is prompted by the im

    isoc.live/17795/

    #post #ACP #BroadbandBreakfast #fcc #NDIA #PublicKnowledge

  33. WEBCAST APR 30 – Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action

    On Tuesday April 30 2024, at 11:30-13:00 EDT (15:30-17:00 UTC) Public Knowledge, Civic Nation, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), and the Digital Progress Institute (DPI) will hold an Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action Rally in Washington DC. This event is prompted by the im

    isoc.live/17795/

    #post #ACP #BroadbandBreakfast #fcc #NDIA #PublicKnowledge

  34. iFixit tears down a McDonald’s ice cream machine, demands DMCA exemption for it - Enlarge / The McDonald's ice cream machine is a relatively simple machi... - arstechnica.com/?p=1964112 #publicknowledge #dmcaexemptions #righttorepair #section1201 #ifixit #repair #tech #dmca

  35. iFixit tears down a McDonald’s ice cream machine, demands DMCA exemption for it - Enlarge / The McDonald's ice cream machine is a relatively simple machi... - arstechnica.com/?p=1964112 #publicknowledge #dmcaexemptions #righttorepair #section1201 #ifixit #repair #tech #dmca

  36. iFixit tears down a McDonald’s ice cream machine, demands DMCA exemption for it - Enlarge / The McDonald's ice cream machine is a relatively simple machi... - arstechnica.com/?p=1964112 #publicknowledge #dmcaexemptions #righttorepair #section1201 #ifixit #repair #tech #dmca

  37. iFixit tears down a McDonald’s ice cream machine, demands DMCA exemption for it - Enlarge / The McDonald's ice cream machine is a relatively simple machi... - arstechnica.com/?p=1964112 #publicknowledge #dmcaexemptions #righttorepair #section1201 #ifixit #repair #tech #dmca

  38. iFixit tears down a McDonald’s ice cream machine, demands DMCA exemption for it - Enlarge / The McDonald's ice cream machine is a relatively simple machi... - arstechnica.com/?p=1964112 #publicknowledge #dmcaexemptions #righttorepair #section1201 #ifixit #repair #tech #dmca

  39. "‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission."
    theverge.com/2023/7/20/2380016

    PS: Good coverage. I'd only change "qualified" to "highly qualified". Disclosure: I worked at #PublicKnowledge when #GigiSohn was its president.

    #FCC #NetNeutrality #USPolitics

  40. "‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission."
    theverge.com/2023/7/20/2380016

    PS: Good coverage. I'd only change "qualified" to "highly qualified". Disclosure: I worked at #PublicKnowledge when #GigiSohn was its president.

    #FCC #NetNeutrality #USPolitics