The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is seeking comment on how the US can support the development of the next generation wireless network. Although it’s a super early procedural step and it feels like we just got 5G, we could be at the halfway mark to a new generation — they tend to launch every decade, and it’s been about five years since 5G began rolling out.
The job has never been harder, and the threats have never been stranger.
The top two lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), proposed a new bill to sunset Section 230 protections for the tech industry. It would give Congress about 18 months to create a new framework to replace the legal liability shield for user-generated content, or lose the protection entirely.
Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) J.D. Vance (R-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) are pushing for an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to create more funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program. It would tighten eligibility for the subsidy, but would keep it from running out of money just yet.
[Broadband Breakfast]
