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 statement on Maine judge’s order rejecting broadband industry’s preemption and First Amendment challenges to broadband privacy law

Today, Judge Lance Walker of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, ruled that Maine’s broadband privacy law is not pre-empted by Congress’ repeal of the FCC’s 2016 broadband privacy rules or the FCC’s repeal of the 2015 net neutrality rules. He also found that the ISPs had not shown…
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The Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Relief Runs Out for Cash-Strapped Internet Customers

Wireless and broadband companies that offered relief on bills for pandemic-affected customers can start charging again. Internet companies like Charter Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. provided hundreds of thousands of free service to cash-strapped Americans this spring after the coronavirus pandemic sent millions of workers and students home. The…
Posted on by Kip Roderick