Revolving door: Ex-senator becomes cable industry’s top lobbyist https://arstechni.ca/QrRA #Policy #NCTA
Revolving door: Ex-senator becomes cable industry’s top lobbyist

Ex-senator Cory Gardner replaces ex-FCC Chairman Michael Powell as head of NCTA.

Ars Technica
Cory Gardner To Lead Cable And Telecom Trade Group NCTA-The Internet & Television Association

Gardner will succeed longtime CEO Michael Powell

Deadline

Cable Trade Group NCTA Names Former GOP U.S. Senator and Representative Cory Gardner CEO
#Variety #News #CoryGardner #NCTA

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/ncta-cory-gardner-ceo-1236504628/

NCTA Names Former GOP U.S. Senator and Representative Cory Gardner CEO

NCTA – the Internet & Television Association named Cory Gardner its new president and CEO, taking over the role from Michael Powell.

Variety

Court Strikes Down FTC’s ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule, Which Was Aimed at Letting Consumers Drop Services Easily

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/ftc-click-to-cancel-rule-struck-down-appeals-court-1236451273/

Court Strikes Down FTC’s ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule, Which Was Aimed at Letting Consumers Drop Services Easily
#Variety #News #FTC #NCTA

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/ftc-click-to-cancel-rule-struck-down-appeals-court-1236451273/

FTC 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule Struck Down by Appeals Court

A federal appeals court vacated the Federal Trade Commission's Click to Cancel rule -- which was to go into effect next week -- on procedural grounds.

Variety

Early on in my #HistoryTeacher timeline
I had reason to spend time in Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver, #Colorado

#APWorld grading & #NCTA learning about the world thru Asia's lens. I loved the #ColoradoState campus in #FortCollins

Huge planters and beds filled with #ColumbineFlowers
At the time, i did not know such a magical flower existed!! Or that there was a #NewEngland variety

Just lovely memories standing in my garden tonight with these blues and reds

#Gardening

Guess who’s suing the FTC to stop ‘click to cancel’

Three industry groups, the NCTA, the Electronic Security Association (ESA), and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), are suing to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its new “Click to Cancel” rule that requires companies to make it easy to cancel subscriptions.

#FTC #ClickToCancel #NCTA #ESA #IAB #subscriptions #ToS #technology #tech

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/23/24278020/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions-rule-lawsuit-telecoms-security-advertising-groups

Industry groups are suing the FTC to stop its click to cancel rule

Three major industry groups have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the FTC’s new rule disallowing companies from making it easy to cancel subscriptions.

The Verge
Cable Industry Trade Group NCTA Sues FTC Over 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule

Cable trade group NCTA sued the FTC, seeking to block the agency's 'click-to-cancel' rule aimed at letting consumers easily end subscriptions.

Variety
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The response from telco lobbyists #NCTA is particularly, nakedly absurd: they demand that the FCC exempt *price* from consideration of whether an ISP is practicing discrimination, calling prices a "non-technical aspect of broadband service":

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/110897268295/1

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ECFS

Federal Communication Commission Electronic Comment Filing System