The FCC needs to affirm its authority in several areas “critical...
The FCC needs to affirm its authority in several areas “critical to the civil rights community,” regardless of its ultimate decisions on net neutrality, a group of civil rights, privacy, and consumer organizations told the commissioners by letter Friday. “Regardless…
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of how organizations view net neutrality, the Commission’s authority to achieve many objectives critical to the civil rights community must be affirmed,” the letter said. “These objectives include expansion of the Universal Service Fund to broadband, assurance of transparency and truth in billing, protection of consumers’ privacy online, and Internet accessibility for those with disabilities.” The letter warned that the importance of moving forward on the other objectives “has been lost in the context of the debate on net neutrality.” The signers were representatives of the NAACP, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Asian American Justice Center, the Benton Foundation, the Communications Workers of America, Consumer Action, Consumer Watchdog, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Consumers League, the National Organization for Women, the National Urban League and the United Church of Christ’s Office of Communication. “FCC authority is integral to the ongoing civil rights effort to connect historically disadvantaged communities to high-speed Internet service,” said Media Access Project President Tyrone Brown.