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petersuber

"‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission."
theverge.com/2023/7/20/2380016

PS: Good coverage. I'd only change "qualified" to "highly qualified". Disclosure: I worked at #PublicKnowledge when #GigiSohn was its president.

The Verge · President Joe Biden wanted Gigi Sohn to fix America’s internet — what went wrong?By Makena Kelly
#FCC#NetNeutrality#USPolitics
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The Media & Democracy Project

📣Tuesday, June 6 at 7pm ET!

Our disinformation society is rending America's social fabric and destroying our democracy.

How can activists create a pro-democracy #FCC free from Big Telecom influence?

Join us for a conversation with #GigiSohn.

Sign up:
mobilize.us/mediademocracyproj

MobilizeA conversation w/Gigi Sohn: "How giant media companies & dark money sabotage the FCC and democracy". · The Media and Democracy ProjectJoin us via Zoom for a conversation with Gigi Sohn. Ms. Sohn is a Benton Institute For Broadband & Society Senior Fellow & Public Advocate and Georgetown Law Institute for Technology & Policy Distinguished Fellow. Previously Counselor to FCC Chairman Wheeler. She was co-founder and CEO of Public Knowledge, a communications and technology policy advocacy organization serving the interests of consumers. She was previously a Project Specialist in the Ford Foundation’s Media, Arts and Culture unit and Executive Director of the Media Access Project, a communications public interest law firm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Sohn She is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, she 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. Recent nominee of President Biden for the Federal Communication Commission. Her nomination was sabotaged by Big Telecom, dark money, Right Wing extremist groups and media oligarchs. We will have a "Q & A" with Gigi as part of this conversation. To submit your questions or for inquiries use this form: http://tiny.cc/question4sohn
#DefendDemocracy#FixMediaNow
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MJ Muse

npr.org/2023/03/07/1161708600/ #Bidenadministration Biden's pick for FCC commissioner withdraws after lengthy fight for the job

Her withdrawal comes as #JoeManchinSenatorForSale D-W.V., put out a statement announcing that he would vote no on the nomination over what he called "years of partisan activism The unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks on my character and my career as an advocate for the public interest have taken an enormous toll on me and my family," #GigiSohn said.

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

‘They're Probably Celebrating at Comcast:’ #Democrats Fumbled Their Shot at a Better #Internet
#Biden #FCC pick #GigiSohn after a multi-year, #homophobic #telecom and media industry smear campaign derailed the needed votes, Sohn withdrew her name from consideration, leaving the agency’s top media and telecom regulator without the staff or voting majority needed to do its job.
vice.com/en/article/ak3wj5/the

www.vice.com‘They're Probably Celebrating at Comcast:’ Democrats Fumbled Their Shot at a Better InternetA relentless industry smear campaign and a comically-corrupt Congress made short work of Gigi Sohn for FCC Commissioner.
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