About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

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Sohn Applauds Reintroduction of the Broadband Infrastructure and Finance and Innovation Act

The Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act is an essential piece of the puzzle for ensuring that every household in America has affordable broadband Internet access.  By providing communities and public-private partnerships with secured loans, lines of credit, or loan guarantees to finance broadband infrastructure investments, BIFIA will ensure that federal dollars…
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Sohn Praises Reintroduction of “Essential Piece” of Broadband Legislation

Today, House Majority Whip James Clyburn and Senator Amy Klobuchar reintroduced the "Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act," which, among other things, provides $80 billion for broadband deployment, adds extra funds to the Emergency Broadband Benefit, provides funding for digital inclusion efforts, requires the FCC to collect certain pricing information from broadband providers…
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Tech on the Rocks: We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: The Passage to Universal Broadband

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fact that broadband is essential for full participation in our society and economy. With school, work, and now vaccination registrations all taking place online, the need for universal broadband has never been greater. In late December, Congress passed a bipartisan emergency broadband benefit that provides…
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Broadband Breakfast: Public Knowledge Celebrates 20 Years of Helping Congress Get a Clue on Digital Rights

The non-profit advocacy group Public Knowledge celebrated its twentieth anniversary year in a Monday event revolving around the issues that the group has made its hallmark: Copyright, open standards and other digital rights issues. Group Founder Gigi Sohn, now a Benton Institute for Broadband and Society senior fellow and public advocate,…
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