In a speech before the National Press Club, Rosenworcel laid out her case to reinstate broadband internet services as an essential “telecommunications service” under Title II of the Communications Act. Arguing that the internet is too important to society and the economy not to have effective oversight, Rosenworcel proposed restoring net neutrality rules with the goal of protecting internet openness and consumers, defending national security, and advancing public safety.
“The COVID pandemic taught us—with painful clarity—just how important broadband access is in modern life,” Rosenworcel said in her speech. “We have made a historic commitment to ensure high-speed internet access reaches all. We have invested in this infrastructure like never before. Now let’s make sure it is fast, open, and fair for consumers everywhere.”
The FCC’s net neutrality rules were originally adopted by the Commission in 2015, based on a 2005 Policy Statement affirming open internet principles. But the rules were subsequently repealed by the Commission in 2018 under the Trump Administration.
In line with Rosenworcel’s proposal, the FCC is expected to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) by mid-October, detailing the plan to restore uniform net neutrality rules applicable to broadband providers nationwide.
The Final Guidance, “Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions,” provides recommendations on cybersecurity device design, labeling, and documentation that the FDA recommends be included in premarket submissions for medical devices that pose a potential cybersecurity risk.
The Final Guidance also recommends that device manufacturers consider adopting a secure product development framework (SPDF), a set of processes aimed at reducing the number and severity of potential vulnerabilities in a given device throughout the device’s entire lifecycle.
France’s National Frequency Agency (Agence Nationale des Frequencies, or ANFR) ordered Apple to temporarily withdraw its model iPhone 12 from the French market due to concerns about the device exceeding the regulatory specific absorption rate (SAR) limits established by the Commission of the European Union (EU).
According to an article posted to the website of the Associated Press (AP), Apple claims that the problem raised by the regulators is “related to a specific testing protocol” used by French regulators to assess SARs levels, and that the software update will “accommodate the protocol.”
The first Citation and Order has been issued against a resident in Joppa, Maryland. Investigating a consumer’s complaint in late 2022 that interference from a nearby residence was blocking the reception of transmissions from Sirius XM radio, agents from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau’s Columbia Field Office determined that the source of the interference was a surveillance camera located above a garage door of the residence. The camera did not bear any FCC Identifier or any other labeling required under the Commission’s rules.
Despite numerous communications and notices issued by the Bureau to the resident, the camera remained in operation, as verified by multiple subsequent visits to the residence by Enforcement Bureau agents.
In both cases, the recipients of the Citations must verify that they have ended the use of their respective camera devices or face fines of up to $23,727 for each day of noncompliance.