First Amendment

Ex-FCC officials, RTDNA ask court to compel the agency to respond to an earlier petition asking to repeal policies that ‘chill free speech’

Local stations remain a critical buffer against shifting regulatory norms, panelists say

Threats to remove broadcast licences over critical news coverage are “grounded in neither reality nor law and would not survive judicial review” the Commissioner said.

FCC Democratic senator says the agency’s new guidance for talk and late-night TV is a ‘partisan censorship scheme’

In a `What the FCC?!’ segment, the late night host reported that FCC’s interpretation of equal-time rules prompted CBS to refuse to air an interview

Commissioner Gomez called the guidance `an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor and control speech'

Regulatory issues relating free speech, the 3.0 transition, station ownership rules and Jimmy Kimmel dominated our list of the 20 most popular regulatory stories of 2025

Crackdown on ‘news distortion’ in broadcast coverage ‘allows the government to threaten censorship of speech it doesn't like,’ says Reagan-era FCC chief Mark Fowler

In ‘Free Speech America Gala’ speech, Republican argues agency’s role should be to ‘foster an environment that empowers broadcasters’ to ‘voluntarily’ comply

Agency could still impose fines or other actions against the network affiliates, the FCC chair said