Federal Communications Commission
also referred to as: fcc
4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Greg Walden · said 15 times in 6 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Steven Sinofsky (3), Ted Ullyot (2), Bobby Franklin (2), Adam Thierer (2), Michael Beckerman (1), Greg Walden (1), Balaji Srinivasan (1)
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2025 4 mentions in 1 episode
2019 11 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
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Everything said about Federal Communications Commission, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Tech innovators should avoid federal agencies starting with an 'F'
“So what technology innovators need to understand is that their job is going to be a lot easier if they don't have to deal with an agency with an F at the beginning of it. So whether it's the Food and Drug Administration, or the Federal Communications Commissio…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Ullyot: The incoming Republican-led FCC will massively modify net neutrality rules
“So it's been a Democrat commission, Democrat-dominated, three-two commission, and now it's going to flip and be three-two Republican, and the FCC series of Rules about net neutrality will, at minimum, be massively modified by the incoming administration.”
Aug 8, 2025 neutral
Srinivasan: Tech platforms replaced government agencies as functional industry regulators
“The actual regulator of taxis is Uber or Lyft because they have real-time tracking. They have star ratings on both sides. Or your you know, some, you know, the FCC or something like who issued licenses. Well, the actual regulator of speech or what have you sai…”