On October 8, 2026, the FCC released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at modernizing the FCC’s Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) rules and facilitating direct-to-device (D2D) services. The draft has been circulated for consideration at the FCC’s October 29, 2026 Open Meeting and remains subject to change.
The SCS rules, first adopted
Continue Reading FCC Proposes to Streamline Supplemental Coverage from Space and Direct-to-Device RulesOn October 8, 2026, the FCC released a draft Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) proposing to reallocate and auction the 1675–1695 MHz and 2020–2025 MHz bands for flexible commercial use. The draft, which has been circulated for consideration at the FCC’s October 29, 2026 Open Meeting and remains subject to change, proposes rules that
Continue Reading FCC Proposes to Auction Spectrum for Terrestrial and Space-Based Broadband ServicesIn recent months, children’s online safety and privacy have moved to the top of the EU’s digital agenda. The European Commission is expected to outline its proposal on minors’ access to social media this week, a potentially significant development that would build on the recommendations of the Commission’s Special Panel on child safety online and mounting pressure from Member States.
The EU is not moving in isolation. Similar debates on minors’ access to online platforms, age assurance, and safety-by-design obligations are emerging in other jurisdictions. These include Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as a rapidly developing patchwork of state-level age-verification, app-store, and device-based age-assurance requirements in the United States.
This post provides a horizon-scanning update on the principal regulatory developments at the EU level, selected national developments, and some relevant developments outside the EU.
Continue Reading Horizon Scan: Children’s Online Safety and Privacy (EU and Beyond)In a recently published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the FCC has proposed a major overhaul of the rules governing use of the Upper Microwave Spectrum. The notice proposes rules designed to encourage more intensive use in the bands collectively known as the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) bands, which are jointly shared by
Continue Reading FCC Proposes Overhaul of Upper Microwave Spectrum RulesAs part of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s “Space Month” initiative, the FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) designed to overhaul the existing framework for space and earth station licensing. The FCC’s stated goal is to create the “friendliest regulatory environment in the world” for the space industry.
The proposed framework would
Continue Reading FCC Proposes “Space Modernization for the 21st Century”: Key Highlights for Industry and StakeholdersOn July 17, 2025, the FCC released a discussion draft of a Report and Order (R&O) that, if adopted, would streamline processing of satellite and earth station applications and make other changes to satellite-related license requirements. The Commission is scheduled to vote on the R&O – which may be subject to further modifications prior to the vote – at the Open FCC Meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 7, 2025. Below is a high-level summary of some key changes included in the draft R&O.
On Tuesday, November 26, the FTC released a proposed settlement order with Evolv Technologies, a provider of AI-enabled security screening systems. The FTC’s complaint in the matter alleged that Evolv violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by making “false or unsupported claims” about the capabilities of an AI-enabled screening system that it provides to schools and other venues. Specifically, the complaint asserts that Evolv misrepresented “the extent to which the system will detect weapons and ignore harmless items” more accurately and cost-effectively than traditional metal detectors.
The FTC positioned its action against Evolv as a continuation of its work under the previously announced “Operation AI Comply,” which we discussed here, to “ensure that AI marketing is truthful.” The complaint alleges that Evolv made “a very deliberate choice” to market its screening system as involving the use of AI, but that Evolv’s effort to position the screening system as a high-tech “weapons detection” system rather than a metal detector “is solely a marketing distinction, in that the only things that [the screening system’s] scanners detect are metallic, and its alarms can be set off by metallic objects that are not weapons.”
Continue Reading FTC Settles Case Against Provider of AI-Enabled Security SystemsOn December 5, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that its filing requirements were now in place for parties seeking to deploy Supplemental Coverage from Space, finalizing a new regulatory regime that enables satellite operators to work with wireless provider partners to provide ubiquitous coverage to hard-to-reach users. This step establishes the administrative requirements for FCC approval of SCS deployments and follows on the heels of a November 26th authorization of the first-ever SCS partnership, a collaboration between SpaceX and T-Mobile.
Continue Reading FCC Issues Filing Guidelines for Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) Applications; Authorizes SpaceX and T-Mobile to Premiere SCS DeploymentOn September 25, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it brought five actions against companies it accused of using “artificial intelligence as a way to supercharge deceptive or unfair conduct that harms consumers.” These actions, which the FTC indicated are part of its new enforcement sweep called “Operation AI Comply,” reflect the FTC’s repeatedly stated intention to exercise its authority under the FTC Act and other rules in connection with AI-related products and marketing claims.
The five actions rely on a range of FTC authorities and target several different forms of conduct.
On Thursday, July 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing new requirements for radio and television broadcasters and certain other licensees that air political ads containing content created using artificial intelligence (AI). The NPRM was approved on a 3-2 party-line vote and comes in the wake of an announcement made by FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel earlier this summer about the need for such requirements, which we discussed here.
At the core of the NPRM are two proposed requirements. First, parties subject to the rules would have to announce on-air that a political ad (whether a candidate-sponsored ad or an “issue ad” purchased by a political action committee) was created using AI. Second, those parties would have to include a note in their online political files for political ads containing AI-generated content disclosing the use of such content. Additional key features of the NPRM are described below.
Continue Reading FCC Proposes Labeling and Disclosure Rules for AI-Generated Content in Political Ads