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WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission delayed a scheduled vote on new rules for set-top boxes. Customers collectively spend billions every year to rent such boxes from their cable-TV providers.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Rep. Anna Eshoo introduced the Community Broadband Act of 2016 in defense of local communities’ rights to build and operate their own broadband networks.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, several news outlets reported that AT&T now exempts satellite company DIRECTV’s online video content from the data caps for AT&T Wireless customers.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications published guidelines ensuring that the region’s internet users receive strong protections for open and nondiscriminatory access to the internet.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, several phone and cable companies and their lobbying groups formally requested en banc review of June’s federal appeals court ruling that upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Education convened a hearing to discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed rulemaking on “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services.”

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the House passed the 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. The legislation includes numerous harmful policy riders, including three measures that significantly restrict the FCC’s ability to enforce its Open Internet Order.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night, the House of Representatives voted down legislation aimed at cutting off subsidies to a program that helps low-income families subscribe to essential communications services.

WASHINGTON — Voices for Internet Freedom, a coalition of organizations representing communities of color, is thrilled with a June 14 federal court decision to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected an industry challenge and upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order in all respects.