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,…

Writing

Gigi Sohn for CNN Business: How to make broadband affordable and accessible for everyone

Tens of millions of Americans still lack access to affordable broadband, leaving them stranded on the wrong side of the country's stubborn digital divide at one of the worst possible moments in American history.America's broadband affordability problem has taken on a far greater urgency during a pandemic in which roughly one quarter of households…
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News

Bloomberg Law: Trump Push to Rein in Social Media Hampered by Own Turn on Ally

President Donald Trump’s move to yank Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly‘s renomination may backfire on his push to limit content liability protections for Twitter Inc. and other social media companies. There’s scant chance Trump will get a replacement confirmed during this congressional session, and he may have tarnished any goodwill he had with…
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