The Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) recently announced that its future public statements would be reviewed by lawyers who have experience handling national security cases and international media to ensure that the club will not violate National Security law. Lee Williamson, FCC’s new chairman, said any statement made by the FCC must also be…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took its first-ever steps to crack down on text-message scams this week, imposing new regulations on mobile phone service providers. Under the new FCC rules announced Thursday, mobile service providers are required to block certain robotext messages that are considered “highly likely to be illegal.” These likely-illegal text messengers come from…

Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the vacant seat on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), announced on Tuesday her decision to withdraw from consideration. Sohn said in a statement, first obtained by The Washington Post, that the “unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks on my character and my career as an advocate for the…

WASHINGTON—Hedge fund Standard General sharply criticized the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to hold hearings on its $5.4 billion plan to buy television station operator Tegna, saying on Monday it was “tantamount to denying” the deal. The FCC, which regulates telecommunications, said on Friday it would hold a hearing on the planned acquisition of…

Gigi Sohn’s third time before the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee on Feb. 14 may not have been the charm. At least as far as Senate Republicans are concerned. “She has shown herself to be a partisan associated with the most radical views of the far left,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking committee…

The Federal Communication Commission is holding an open meeting at 10:30 a.m. ET on Dec. 21, to discuss the following issues: Preventing Digital Discrimination; Satellite Application Processing; Improving Wireless 911 Call Routing; Improving Accessible Phone Services; and Enforcement Bureau Action. The Epoch Times will livestream the meeting. …

A record defense spending bill got bipartisan Senate approval. The annual measure is now headed to President Joe Biden’s desk. In Japan, the biggest military build-up since World War II is forming in the face of a possible war in the region. A total of 36 Chinese companies were added to the U.S. trading blacklist,…

Canada’s federal police service, the RCMP, is using communications technology produced by a Canadian subsidiary of a Chinese multinational blacklisted in the U.S., contracts data from Public Services and Procurement Canada reveal. This information was first reported by CBC News on Dec. 7 and verified by The Epoch Times. In October 2021, a contract worth…

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it approved SpaceX’s bid to deploy up to 7,500 satellites, but put on hold some other decisions. SpaceX’s Starlink, a fast-growing network of more than 3,500 satellites in low-Earth orbit, has tens of thousands of users in the United States so far, with consumers paying at…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is closely watching Twitter’s moves under new owner Elon Musk months after the agency fined the firm tens of millions of dollars, a spokesperson confirmed this week. “We are tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern,” an FTC spokesperson said in a statement to news outlets on Thursday. “No…