Telecommunications, the Internet & Privacy
Senator Markey is a national leader on telecommunications and technology policy, passing legislation that helped lay the foundation for the digital revolution. In the House of Representatives, he co-authored the three landmark bills that ushered in a new era for communications, consumer choice and innovation – the 1992 Cable Act, the 1993 law that moved over 200 MHz of spectrum, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which established the “E-rate” rate for schools and libraries and the V-Chip for parental control of TV violence.
Competition is Senator Markey’s economic mantra. Accordingly, he has been instrumental in breaking up anti-consumer, anti-innovative monopolies in telephone service, cable television, and international satellite services. He was a principal author of the requirement that the Bell Operating companies accept local telephone service in the 1990s. His pro-competition policies have created jobs in Massachusetts and throughout the country. He is a champion for Net Neutrality and nondiscrimination on the Internet and for new sources of effective competition to cable TV franchises, telephone operators, and other wireless services.
He also is the champion for stronger online privacy protections, especially for children. In 1999 Senator Markey co-founded the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, which aims to educate members of Congress and staff on matters of privacy.
- Children & Teen Online Privacy
- Accessibility for Americans with Disabilities
- Net Neutrality
- Public Broadcasting
- Markey Statement on Ongoing Retransmission Fee Dispute Between Verizon and Cox Media Group Posted on 12/01/14
- Markey & Blumenthal Call on FCC to Promote A Competitive Video Box Retail Market Posted on 11/20/14
- Markey Applauds FCC Plans to Improve E-Rate Program Posted on 11/17/14
- Markey: Obama Call for Internet Freedom a Game-changer Posted on 11/10/14
- Markey Statement on JPMorgan Chase Data Breach Posted on 10/03/14
- Senators Markey and Franken to Join Online Companies in Press Conference on Net Neutrality and Title II Posted on 09/16/14
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Markey Joins Online “Battle for Net Neutrality” with Symbolic Internet Slowdown Posted on 09/10/14
In an effort to preserve Internet freedom, Markey led recent call for FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility under Title II
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