It makes no sense to involve the FCC here, they have rule-making authority, but no jurisdiction — they can't possibly want to be involved. It would be an impossible position.

Berin Szoka

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The FTC just doesn't sue media companies over their editorial policies, second-guessing whether a company is politically' neutral' would mean substituting a regulator's editorial decisions for a private company's — something the First Amendment forbids.

Yet broadband deployment remains unnecessarily difficult because of red tape, high fees and poor infrastructure planning at all levels of government, fixing that could bring faster, cheaper broadband to millions of Americans, especially in rural areas.