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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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Gigi Sohn Statement on Introduction of the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act of 2019

Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, joined by Senators Brian Schatz, Amy Klobuchar and Ed Markey, introduced the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act of 2019, which, among other things, seeks to protect user privacy online, allows consumers to access and control their data and requires strong data security protections.  The following statement should…
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Vice Motherboard: T-Mobile’s John Leguere was Never a ‘Cool CEO’

T-Mobile’s trash-talking CEO John Legere will be stepping down in April, a decision industry watchers say could harm the company’s controversial $26 billion merger with Sprint. Under Legere’s leadership, T-Mobile branded itself as a consumer-friendly “uncarrier” alternative to the bigger, more traditional players. And initially, the company’s efforts had a…
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Gigi Sohn Statement on FCC Release of Broadband Deployment Report Notice of Inquiry

Today, the FCC released its 15th Broadband Deployment Report Notice of Inquiry, otherwise known as the Section 706 Notice of Inquiry. Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the FCC to determine annually “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.” The…
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The Verge: Will the Sprint and T-Mobile merger create competition? Interview with tech policy expert Gigi Sohn.

This week for our interview series on The Vergecast, host and Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to Gigi Sohn, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy. We’ve had Gigi on the show before to talk about the ramifications following the repeal of net neutrality. This time, we brought her back…
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