Tom Wheeler

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How the FCC lost a year in “the race to 5G”

Friday, June 14, 2019

Customers use the internet at a Starbucks in the financial district in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC174920FF60

Internet capitalism pits fast technology against slow democracy

Monday, May 6, 2019

U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), speaks at the 2019 National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC1EE3F6C660

Should big technology companies break up or break open?

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook Inc's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - HP1EE511CDLKZ

Mark Zuckerberg’s call for internet rules only goes part way

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is seated prior to testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on foreign influence operations on social media platforms on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1F1C782B50

The tragedy of tech companies: Getting the regulation they want

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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A Democratic agenda for regulating tech: Follow the Republican Roosevelt

Friday, March 8, 2019

Protesters raise their smartphones with screens lit

With new technology challenges, remember we’ve been here before

Friday, February 22, 2019

Chairman Ajit Pai (C) leads a vote on the repeal of so called net neutrality rules at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC18AF078D70

Government shutdown halts the Trump FCC’s deregulation agenda

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

I.P. Park, president and chief technical officer for LG Electronics, speaks on 5G connectivity during a keynote address at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus - RC1D0A4CE760

Time to move beyond 5G hype

Friday, January 11, 2019

Federal Trade Chairman Joseph Simons, (L), Federal Trade Commissioners (2nd L-R), Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson testify on the "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission" before the U.S. Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis - RC1654D52A80

The FTC should match tech company innovation with oversight innovation

Wednesday, December 12, 2018