#fcc

[geek-ramblings]

https://glaad.org/fcc/

[juicetrump2]

Colbert Exposes CBS for Collaborating With the Trump Administration

The network pulled Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico amid pressure from the FCC.

[14:56]

[destiel-news-network]

(Source)

Disney had pulled Kimmel's show from ABC after Trump's FCC head threatened legal action. The original excuse was Kimmel's comments about the Kirk shooting, but Trump made clear days later that he believed that networks who "give [him] bad publicity" should have their licenses "taken away". (Quote Source)

This government pressure (aka "jawboning") was a clear violation of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution, but Disney was reluctant to stand up to the Trump administration and only did so after a large boycott campaign of folks canceling their Disney+ subscriptions and Disney Parks trips.

[destielmemenews]

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[utopicwork]

March 23rd, 2026

The US government is banning consumer routers made outside of the US:

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adds-routers-produced-foreign-countries-covered-list

[aci25]

Stephen Colbert just had a clap back at Donald Trump’s silencing of Jimmy Kimmel

[cock-holliday]

Per GLAAD, the FCC is accepting public comments until May 22nd on their decision whether or not to mark LGBT stories with a content label.

In a Public Notice released on April 22, 2026, the FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and “the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes.”

Here is the comment form (also listed on the GLAAD link that tumblr refuses to link correctly)

Critics Slam FCC Move to Update Ratings System to Include Trans Content Warnings

This is a solution in search of a problem," the lone Democratic member of the FCC said.

[geminisee]

a federal appeals court has struck down the case for net neutrality, effectively killing it ahead of trump’s presidency (in which he will appoint an FCC chair who opposes it).

3 Jan 2025, 11:07am EST