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

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Free Press submitted comments in support of Internet user privacy protections as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed rulemaking on “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services.”

This News Voices event, “Telling the Future of Morristown,” will connect reporters with residents and highlight the stories community members want the media to cover.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia found that the Federal Communications Commission had “unreasonably delayed” action to promote broadcast diversity and to increase opportunities for ownership of local TV and radio stations by women and people of color.

WASHINGTON — A coalition of more than 30 organizations, including racial-justice groups and independent content creators, filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission on Monday as part of the agency’s set-top box rulemaking.

WASHINGTON — According to several news reports, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve Charter Communications’ $90 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission today circulated an order to approve Charter Communications’ $90 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed legislation introduced by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) that would limit the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to protect Internet users from abuses by broadband access companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on the CURB Lifeline Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. Austin Scott (R-Georgia) that would cap spending on Lifeline.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday evening, a draft text of the “Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016” was reportedly leaked by the offices of Sens. Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein. As drafted, the legislation would require any individual or company to comply with any U.S. court order and hand over data to authorities, including data that is encrypted or made “unintelligible” by other means.