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Steve Effros
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03/18/2026
Distractions
I hadn’t planned to write another column about FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s proclivity to wade into political controversy, but I’ve gotten so many inquiries about his latest foray that some additional consideration is needed.
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02/18/2026
Effros: The Obscene Trap
Why the FCC’s new approach to equal time rules will lead to a mess.
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02/04/2026
Effros: Whack-a-Molt
What’s taken the tech community by storm this past week is the introduction of a website called Moltbook.
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01/21/2026
Effros: Exposing Section 230
A budding controversy raises legal and legislative questions about the future of the current Section 230 indemnification of internet service and edge platforms, especially search and AI providers.
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12/17/2025
Effros: Your Turn
It’s the last column of the year, and most folks expect either a retrospective or a guesstimate at what’s going to happen in the next year. I’m going to do a little of both, but I’m going to put the onus on you to decide what you think is going to happen.
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10/15/2025
Effros: Utility Competition
In a conversation I had with him many years ago, John Malone, then CEO of Telecommunications Inc (TCI)—the largest cable company at the time—asked if I thought we could get “Washington” to regulate cable as a “public utility.”