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Sinclair Broadcast Group has struck a deal with Tribune Media to buy dozens of local TV stations.
And what Fox News is for cable, Sinclair could become for broadcast: programming with a soupcon — or more — of conservative spin.

Undoing the Net Neutrality rules — which, for instance, block providers from favoring their own apps and services over those of competitors like Netflix — may be the biggest battle yet triggered by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to begin a rulemaking process in order to jettison Title II protections and once again place broadband-access providers under Title I of the Communications Act — a move that would undermine the sound and successful basis for the FCC’s landmark 2015 Open Internet Order.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai launched a proceeding designed to undermine open-internet protections and take away the online rights of internet users.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, 23 racial-justice, civil-liberties and digital-rights groups signed on to a statement of support for the Lifeline program.

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed acquisition of Tribune Media Company is inflaming criticism of the Federal Communications Commission, which helped pave the way for the deal by relaxing media-ownership restrictions.

Voices for Internet Freedom, a coalition of advocacy organizations, hosted a public forum in Skid Row with Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. At the event members of low-income communities discussed the need for affordable phone and internet access.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to roll back Net Neutrality rules took its first step forward on Thursday.

The Federal Communications Commission (voted to start dismantling Obama-era Net Neutrality rules, but internet-rights campaigners are calling for an investigation into fraud allegations before the commission moves forward.

Last week, while pundits were debating whether crashing web servers at the Federal Communications Commission were hit by hackers or simply by a flood of public comments, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn was on her way to a forum in Los Angeles. There she heard from advocate Sylvia Hernandez and others who are often left out of the Beltway’s tech-policy narratives.