Read more FCC stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/785/fcc.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:00:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74263/fcc-eyes-hiking-phone-bills-to-expand-internet-access.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl Gore may think he created the Internet, but it's the FCC that's looking to make it available to all Americans—and it's considering taxing your phone bill to pay for it. Federal regulators will outline their case today for stepping up government control of Internet and phone services, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74263/fcc-eyes-hiking-phone-bills-to-expand-internet-access.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:48:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72941/shine-a-light-on-sneaky-tv-product-placement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou can tell when you’re watching a commercial, right? Not at all, writes NE Marsden , and that’s a huge problem. A new FTC measure seeks to expose the practice of paid consideration—“stealth advertising” is a better phrase—online by requiring bloggers and marketers to disclose remuneration, but that hasn’t...http://www.newser.com/story/72941/shine-a-light-on-sneaky-tv-product-placement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:49:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72146/att-asks-employees-to-slam-net-neutrality.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the FCC holding a meeting Thursday to decide whether to give the green light to “net neutrality”—the principle of universal access to bandwidth—AT&T is stepping up its PR war. In a memo from senior exec James Cicconi, employees are asked to post anti-neutrality comments on an FCC...http://www.newser.com/story/72146/att-asks-employees-to-slam-net-neutrality.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70711/oops-fox-airs-dance-crotch-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSurprisingly, Tuesday night’s So You Think You Can Dance crotch shot (watch the offending clip at left) hasn’t quite galvanized the nation into a state of outrage—but it’s still gaining steam. Nigel Lythgoe tells TMZ that what appears to be the contestant’s vagina is actually “a crease in the...http://www.newser.com/story/70711/oops-fox-airs-dance-crotch-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 6:50:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69819/the-fcc-is-still-after-janet-ridiculous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBack in President Bush's America, the FCC assault on Janet Jackson's nipple-ringed revelation made an odd sort of sense, Michelle Dean writes in Bitch . After all, "the inmates were running the asylum" and sanity was "unrepresented in government." But now that President Obama is in office, and "crazy people" get...http://www.newser.com/story/69819/the-fcc-is-still-after-janet-ridiculous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 18:21:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69559/fcc-to-probe-nipplegate-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive years after the nation saw a split-second of Janet Jackson’s right boob, the FCC is trying to reopen the case, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The FCC is asking the Third Circuit Appeals Court to remand the case back to the agency. The evidence “strongly suggests that CBS had access...http://www.newser.com/story/69559/fcc-to-probe-nipplegate-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 11:58:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68050/federal-court-ruling-shakes-up-cable-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a decision that could revolutionize the communications industry, a federal appeals court has struck down an FCC rule prohibiting a cable TV company from serving more than 30% of the market, Reuters reports. The court declared the rule "arbitrary and capricious,” noting that cable operators face competition not just...http://www.newser.com/story/68050/federal-court-ruling-shakes-up-cable-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 14:42:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65992/apple-google-party-ended-before-fcc-waltzed-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt’s departure from the Apple board can be most directly linked to the rejection of the Voice app from the App Store, which has sparked a probe by the Federal Communications Commission, Erick Schonfeld writes for TechCrunch: “Google brought down the disapproving scrutiny of the FCC onto...http://www.newser.com/story/65992/apple-google-party-ended-before-fcc-waltzed-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 14:38:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63633/little-people-ask-fcc-for-ban-on-the-word-midget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Little People of America have filed a complaint with the FCC in an attempt to get the word “midget”—which people of exceptionally small stature see as demeaning—banned from broadcast television, Newsday reports. The LPA was moved to action by a segment on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice in which...http://www.newser.com/story/63633/little-people-ask-fcc-for-ban-on-the-word-midget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 7:07:00 CDT