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The ruling is the latest stress test for social-media platforms already under fire for policies that have allowed fake news and hate speech to flourish online.

Failure to confirm Sohn would leave the agency tied for the near future.

“We’ve gone far too long without a fully functioning FCC,” said Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron.

Free Press and others are calling on the agency to establish clear rules against abusive data practices that undermine civil rights and sabotage access to opportunities.

The media system helped construct the narratives that upheld violent institutions like slavery. But a world where Black people get to tell their own stories is possible.

As Sens. Baldwin, Luján, Schatz and Wyden note, the bill could be misused to help “supercharge harmful content online and make it more difficult to combat.”

DDL is calling on lawmakers to amend the legislation to further blunt the extractive data practices of social-media platforms and other data brokers.

The chairwoman’s second year in office is about to begin, and it’s going to be bumpy for tech companies that think she’s just focused on Amazon.

The courts’ split reflects a deepening shift in how to interpret a basic constitutional right, filtered through a political culture war and backlash against large web platforms.

Free Press Action Co-CEO urged Sen. Schumer to “stop letting cynical political maneuvers from obstructionist lawmakers and industry-aligned hacks further delay the crucial work of the FCC.”