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#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.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/fcc-lets-verizon-lock-phones-for-longer-making-it-harder-to-switch-carriers/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject/115590081222718446

Hi all, just a quick reminder to folks in #OpenAccess, #OpenInfrastructure, #OpenPublishing, #ScholComm, and #ScholarlyPublishing communities that registration for our new, unique PKP SFU Open Publishing courses are open until December 12, 2025.

Secure your spot soon! ⤵️

@sfuscience @sfu @ResearchOrgs @DOAJ @ORCID_Org @scielo @sparc @crossref

#AcademicChatter #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #PublicKnowledge

WEBCAST NOV 12 – The People’s Oversight Hearing

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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

https://isoc.live/19846/

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

🔊 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:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/hiring-managing-director/?mtm_cpn=C1

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

🔓 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:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/08/22/sneak-peek-at-pkp-sfu-new-open-publishing-series/

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

Public Knowledge: https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-congress-courts-to-reject-illegal-expansion-of-executive-power/
“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

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

https://walledculture.org/how-an-absolutist-position-seeks-to-block-even-minor-copyright-exemptions-and-usually-succeeds/

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

https://isoc.live/17795/

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

📬 Internet Archive: digitale Bibliothek findet Unterstützer
#EBooks #Rechtssachen #AmicusCuriaeSchriftsätze #AssociationofAmericanPublishers #AuthorsAlliance #CenterforDemocracyandTechnology #InternetArchive #JohnGKoeltl #KevinLSmith #LibraryFreedomProject #PublicKnowledge #SecondCircuitCourtofAppeals #WillCross https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/e-books/internet-archive-digitale-bibliothek-findet-unterstuetzer-285596.html

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... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1964112 #publicknowledge #dmcaexemptions #righttorepair #section1201 #ifixit #repair #tech #dmca

"‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/20/23800161/gigi-sohn-fcc-nomination-dark-money-campaign-net-neutrality-profile

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

#FCC #NetNeutrality #USPolitics

Didn't know why our world is so messed up? They're everywhere. That's it.

Covert operations: How the CIA works with Hollywood - Listening Post (Feature)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYYXnTdObKI

#CIA #USA #USIntelligence #Secret #Agencies #Freedom #PublicKnowledge #Knowledge #Movie #MovieIndustry #Misinformation #Truth

Tomorrow (May 20), I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/

Monday (May 22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307

Tuesday (May 23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser

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This Saturday (May 20), I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/

On May 22, I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307

On May 23, I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser

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Next Saturday (May 20), I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/

On May 22, I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307

On May 23, I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser

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Want to tell Congress how restrictive licenses prevent libraries from sharing information?

Register for March for Libraries with #EveryLibrary, @internetarchive, #PublicKnowledge and remind them that libraries are a growing organism.

https://www.everylibrary.org/m4libraries2023_signup

I discovered a web app for #mastodon and I'm in shock! This should be #publicknowledge #birdsite #twittermigration

https://fe.soapbox.pub/