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AT&T
December 3, 2025
AT&T is joining rivals T-Mobile and Verizon in ending DEI programs to align with the FCC and the Trump Administration.
September 22, 2025
The network says Kimmel will return Tuesday after mounting pressure, and an open letter signed by more than 400 Hollywood…
FCC, theGrio.com
November 16, 2023
Regulators are calling the FCC's anti-digital discrimination rules the first major U.S. digital civil rights policy.
October 20, 2022
U.S. neighborhoods offered the worst internet service deals had lower median incomes in nine out of 10 cities, says a…
August 30, 2022
A recent analysis shows cellphone carriers hold users' location data for long periods — sometimes many months, other times years.
June 7, 2022
WJBE owner, former Tennessee lawmaker Joe Armstrong, was convicted of a felony tax case. The FCC says he didn't report…
Byron Allen thegrio.com
December 2, 2021
Media mogul Byron Allen, the owner of theGrio, has penned an open letter in support of the confirmation of Gigi…
Vote voting thegrio.com
April 30, 2021
Enrollment for $50-per-month broadband subsidies will be available to low-income households and those impacted by the pandemic in May.
February 28, 2021
The FCC approved an emergency subsidy program that will provide a $50 monthly subsidy for high-speed internet to low-income households.
Byron Allen thegrio.com
January 20, 2021
Byron Allen seeks to spend $10B on big four affiliates in 2021 as the businessman is ready to embark on…
Donald trump thegrio.com
October 9, 2020
President Donald Trump held a virtual rally with Rush Limbaugh and dropped the F-bomb while warning Iran not to mess…
April 17, 2020
Cell network conspiracy theories are found to be targeted disinformation by several organzations that track online disinformation.
Byron Allen thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
Byron Allen has successfully purchased four broadcasting affiliates in Indiana and Louisiana as part of Bayou City Broadcasting for $165…
December 15, 2017
Trump Jr. suggested FCC head, Ajit Pai, was appointed by president Barack Obama, when he was actually appointed by his…
October 5, 2014
A recent FCC ruling saw popular hotel chain Marriott fined $600,000 for illegally blocking the personal hotspots and other consumer
September 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Communications Commission says the agency will consider a petition to ban the
August 12, 2014
OPINION - An open Internet for consumers and businesses is the right goal. How we get there requires real thoughtfulness.…
January 31, 2014
OPINION - Does a bare breast really hurt anyone? It wasn’t a live sex act in front of school children.…
August 21, 2013
OPINION - Prison reform is one of those issues that seems impossible to make progress on because prisoners and their…
September 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Pressure is mounting in what has been an almost decade-long campaign for phone companies to lower the…