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The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. [ 1] In 1987, the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine ...
Overridden by the Senate and became law on October 5, 1992 ( 74-25) The Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (also known as the 1992 Cable Act) is a United States federal law which required cable television systems to carry most local broadcast television channels and prohibited cable operators from charging local ...
Education. Harvard University ( BA) University of Chicago ( JD) Ajit Varadaraj Pai ( / əˈdʒiːt ˈpaɪ /; [1] born January 10, 1973) is an American lawyer who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2017 to 2021. He has been a partner at the private-equity firm Searchlight Capital since April 2021.
The unanimous FCC vote extends anti-robocall rules to cover unsolicited AI deepfake calls by recognizing those voices as “artificial” under a federal law governing telemarketing and robocalling.
Neighbor spoofing. If you receive a call from a number that looks almost identical to your own, then you’re likely being scammed. Neighbor spoofing is when someone calls from a number that has ...
Americans lost an average of $1,400 dollars to scam callers in 2022, according to the Federal Trade Commission. FCC issues record-breaking $300 million fine for largest robocall scam Skip to main ...
The equal-time rule ( 47 U.S. Code § 315 - Candidates for public office [1]) specifies that American radio and television broadcast stations must provide equivalent access to competing political candidates. This means, for example, that if a station broadcasts a message by a candidate in prime time, it must offer the same amount of time on the ...
Jan. 12—Wants companies to verify that calls are from legitimate sources COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help stop the ...