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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 Cheers Inclusion of “Historic” Emergency Broadband Benefit in COVID-19 Relief Bill

This evening Congressional leaders came to agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief bill that among other things, includes $3.2 billion for a $50 monthly emergency broadband benefit for low-income households and households where the recently unemployed reside, and $75 monthly for eligible households on Tribal lands. This benefit will be…
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The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Government Wants a Greater Role in How Americans Access Internet

President Biden’s bid to inject government deeper into the private sector is getting its first big test in the broadband industry. The $1 trillion infrastructure bill would wire communities across the country that companies haven’t reached and subsidize bills for low-income households. Private companies would be required to publish details about their…
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Washington Post: Senate infrastructure bill sets stage for massive effort to make broadband more available and affordable

The Senate infrastructure bill includes a package of digital initiatives that together amount to the largest one-time investment in broadband in US history, totaling $65 billion. But the money still may fall short of President Biden’s ambitious goal of ensuring every American has access to high-speed Internet, as Democrats initially stated $100…
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The Wall Street Journal: Biden Revives Net Neutrality, Targets Big Broadband Providers

President Biden’s sweeping executive order on competition Friday targeted broadband service, a sign of how big cable companies remain in Democrats’ sights even as key agencies lack the firepower to pursue their most controversial policies. Friday’s order calls for new protections for broadband subscribers by restricting business practices that administration officials consider anticompetitive.…
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New York Times: Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With Lobbying

In the days after lawmakers introduced legislation that could break the dominance of tech companies, Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, called Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress to deliver a warning. The antitrust bills were rushed, he said. They would crimp innovation. And they would hurt consumers by disrupting the services that…
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