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Chris Lewis

@chrisjlewis.bsky.social
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Tech policy advocate, President/CEO at @publicknowledge.bsky.social, Fmr Alexandria City School Board member, DC sports fanatic, & donut connoisseur.

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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As someone who supports open source AI & the enshittification analysis, I love this from @chup.blakereid.org . A balance of open tech and accountability/justice in tech policy is the proper solution. There aren't silver bullets here in tech policy focuses
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Before this lunch with digital inclusion workers on the ground, we heard amazing stories from seniors assembled by NDIA
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you @agomezfcc.bsky.social for visiting with our allies doing digital inclusion work on the ground.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Here's a link to @publicknowledge.bsky.social REAL work on this issue: publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...
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Public Knowledge Joins FCC Comments Opposing Proposed Gender Identity Content Warnings in TV Ratings System
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yes the FCC is actually opening a proceeding into the images of trans people in the media... Because the existence of trans people hurts us how? Oh wait, THEY don't. @theonion.com predicts the next public notice from Chair Brendan Carr over "family values": theonion.com/fcc-to-inves...
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FCC To Investigate TV Shows Where The Mom Has Job
WASHINGTON—Saying it had been forced to take action against networks that refused to change their conduct, the Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it would investigate broadcasters of T...
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
At the @civilrightsorg.bsky.social Tech Convening breakout on the FCC titled "Can They Do That?" talking about all the controversial things this FCC is doing to censor people, bully a free press, & harm communities. h/t to PK's @alisavalentin.bsky.social, panel moderator
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Good conversation led by Justin Hendrix at @civilrightsorg.bsky.social Tech Convening on balance of allowing innovation & guardrails for tech & AI. Shout-out to @publicknowledge.bsky.social Sara Collins paper balancing age verification & free speech/open Internet principles publicknowledge.org/age
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Getting Age Assurance Right: A Risk-Based Framework for High-Risk Online Features
This paper by Public Knowledge Government Affairs Director Sara Collins describes three policy failures jeopardizing the safety of America’s children online and proposes a risk-tiered framework to hel...
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Powerful opening remarks from CRO Maya Wiley to kick off @civilrightsorg.bsky.social All Eyes On Tech Convening. "It is only in the darkness that you can see the stars". It is dark now as the DOJ claims it is criminal to investigate racism in the Klan. Yes, that is related to tech too
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Next up, 2029: President Gavin Newsome pressures his FCC to take down conservative radio interviews in favor of Democrat politicians. I mean, it's been tit-for-tat on redistricting? Why shouldn't we assume it will happen in control over a free press? #ProtectTheFirstAmendment
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Predicted by a @haroldfeld.bsky.social blog post, the FCC Chairman's reinterpretation of the equal time rule led to broadcasters editing talk shows based on the political needs of the White House. The threats to the First Amendment continue from the self-proclaimed not independent agency
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Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
For all you folks wondering about the FCC's latest effort to get rid of Trump-disapproved programming, this detailed explainer on the equal opportunity (aka the equal time) rule means and why even Commissioner Anna Gomez is underestimating its awefulness.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
As the 2026 election season approaches, FCC Chair Brendan Carr seems to be looking for new ways to silence Trump's critics. Enter the "equal time" rule — read the latest from @haroldfeld.bsky.social:
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Equal Time, Unequal Enforcement: The Latest Move to Weaponize the FCC Against Trump Critics
As the 2026 election season approaches, FCC Chair Brendan Carr seems to be seeking new ways to weaponize the law on Trump's behalf.
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Alisa Valentin, PhD @alisavalentin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.” I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone. #FCCOversight
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Decent joke! REALITY: public interest orgs can't afford tables at the dinner! A very corporate affair... Which Carr noted in the speech. I don't even think Free Press & Tech Freedom were at the dinner. Shout out to the law firms & companies donating tickets to my staff (3/3)
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Joke in the speech: “We’ve seen that unprecedented mid-decade gerrymandering of seats — actually I think it’s a great idea, and we’re using it here tonight,” Carr joked. “We've now separated the Public Knowledge table from the Free Press table to dilute tonight's heckling.” (2/3)
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
THREAD: Politico reporting on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr & the traditional, comedic speech he gave at the Federal Comms Bar Association Annual Dinner in DC noted the protest of left & right leaning orgs against the Chairman's threats to free speech & a free press (1/3)
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
When will Europe learn how harmful website blocking as a part of copyright enforcement can be? Will the US continue to stay away from this gateway to censorship? See this story on Cloudflare reporting on websites being wrongfully taken down torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-t...
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Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers * TorrentFreak
Cloudflare is warning the U.S. government that foreign anti-piracy blockades are becoming a significant trade barrier for American companies.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
“This is a level of censorship we haven’t seen in my lifetime.” @publicknowledge.bsky.social President and CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social weighs in with @nytimes.com on FCC Chair Carr's campaign against so-called "liberal bias" in media: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...
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Brendan Carr Plans to Keep Going After the Media
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Real story: President Trump posted online that the Digital Equity Act is "racist" & he would simply ignore the law. Now, millions of dollars for broadband in rural communities have gone away because of it. It's illegal & Congress is silent. kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kffhealt...
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Trump Called Digital Equity Act ‘Racist.’ Now Internet Money for Rural Americans Is Gone. - KFF Health News
President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved communities to gain internet access disappeared.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
President Trump prepares to create the power to tell you you have a job & are getting paid when you KNOW you are not. NY Times: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Live Updates: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Tech policy & #AI followers are anticipating new executive orders on AI from the President tomorrow. Excellent post from PK's @nickgarcia.bsky.social on our hopes & fears for tomorrow's announcements publicknowledge.org/hopes-and-fe...
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#FairUse of a copyrighted work! great example Congressman @hankjohnson.house.gov
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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 17/07/2025
Gotta add this to the @recreatecoalition.bsky.social "Fair use on the hill" infographic! www.recreatecoalition.org/infographic/...
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Fair Use On The Hill - Re:Create
Everyone interacts with copyright everyday. Just as the law gives authors a copyright for their creativity, the law recognizes that everyone has a right to Fair Use. Indeed, most people rely on their ...
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thanks to @markey.senate.gov‬, @cantwell.senate.gov, Marsha Blackburn, & Susan Collins for stripping the AI moratorium from Senate budget bill. This text would have hamstrung state efforts to protect consumers from things like deepfakes & robocalls for 5 years. This cut was the right thing to do.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Early Tuesday morning, the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass an amendment to the budget bill removing the proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws on artificial intelligence. www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-dr...
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US Senate Drops Proposed Moratorium on State AI Laws in Budget Vote | TechPolicy.Press
The 99-1 vote followed the collapse of a compromise between Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
THREAD: Congress wants to keep you to pay to know what local laws are. #DontPaywallTheLaw
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
My #juneteenth post from 2021, detailing an idea I posted in June 2020 to build a path towards racial healing clewis.medium.com/freedom-fort...
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Freedom Fortnight: The Opportunity the Juneteenth Federal Holiday Presents
Galatians 6:9 (KJV) — “And let us not be wearing in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This Memorial Day weekend we remember those who died for our freedoms, including the freedom of speech. This letter shows our country's free speech is at risk again, and it calls for all of us in the United States to sacrifice and stand up for our freedoms www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | We’re international students at Harvard. We’re afraid to write this. But we have to speak up.
Three student leaders on Trump’s attempts to throw them out of the country.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🔈 Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET, President & CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social will testify in the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing “Strengthening America’s Leadership in Wireless Technology.” His testimony will urge Congress to make FCC spectrum auction authority permanent.
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Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis To Testify Before House Energy and Commerce on America’s Wireless Leadership
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
...and that Evan Kwerel should have gotten the Nobel Prize for creating spectrum auctions. A GREAT story @jrosenworcel.bsky.social
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Summary of @jrosenworcel.bsky.social final speech as FCC Chair: We got stuff done that put consumers first. ...plus thanks all the wonderful people who made that happen. Here here! Thank you Chairwoman!
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Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Now @jrosenworcel.bsky.social swan song. Starts with reminder that in 1st speech as (acting chair) focused on putting consumers, disabled and disenfranchised first. Based on today’s presentation, we did the work.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The mics definitely seem to be for the online fees, not for the room🤷🏽‍♂️
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Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is where prison phone stuff is covered. Serious work here thanks to Congress passing legislation in 2021. Also work on national suicide prevention hotline. Again, lots of technical stuff to help people connect and stay connected. Again, this is not stuff that just “happens” without #FCC regs
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Congress did act to stop #DigitalDiscrimination in broadband deployment in the bipartisan Infrastructure Law... And the FCC obeyed that mandate, creating rules on digital discrimination. A great overview right now. @publicknowledge.bsky.social continues to protect these rules in the court!
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Great presentation at FCC Open meeting on the successful #ACP program. Congress should be embarrassed it didn't continue this important program to connect low income Americans. $23 million a day out of the pockets of Americans, for the last 229 days & counting! publicknowledge.org/a-sustainabl...
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A Sustainable Path Toward Digital Equity Must Prioritize Broadband Affordability Assistance
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Congratulations to trailblazing Chair @jrosenworcel.bsky.social on her tenure! She's starting her last FCC meeting right now!
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is what freedom of the press looks like www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/commentary...
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Commentary: FCC Commissioner Gets Hoodwinked About NewsGuard
Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thanks for sharing.this thread @nickgarcia.bsky.social. and thanks to @evangreer.bsky.social for your courage and for speaking up to the powerful
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Finally a clear and smart take on the “podcast election” by @politico.com (which is not always smart, so this is welcome): www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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What Democrats Don’t Understand About Joe Rogan
The future of American political engagement is barely political at all.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
These #CDL court decisions are making it harder to access knowledge in this country...and knowledge is power Keep fighting the good fight @internetarchive.bsky.social!
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Seriously??? My tax dollars are paying for libraries to buy & own books in my community. Now they can't lend them to me electronically without paying a subscription too? Even though the library owns it & the author got paid? Public Knowledge's statement: publicknowledge.org/second-circu...
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Second Circuit Decision Limiting Book Lending Harms Libraries, Public
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
The judicial stay prevents the FCC’s #netneutrality rules & other important consumer protections from going into effect while the Court decides the merits of Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC, a suit filed by internet service providers opposing the rules. Read our full statement from @punk.cool below:
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Sixth Circuit Court Stay Decision Risks Consumer Protections, Net Neutrality
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
We're excited to announce that #EmergingTech2024 is now underway! @publicknowledge.bsky.social President & CEO @chrisjlewis.bsky.social delivers opening remarks.
Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis delivers opening remarks at Emerging Tech 2024, hosted at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, DC
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
DAY 3 since the #ACP ran out of funding: Here's a good article about how Congress has failed low income broadband users. fastcompany.com/91115156/affor… Shout out to our bipartisan champions who Congressional leaders need to follow: Senators Welch & Vance, Reps. Yvette Clarke & Brian Fitzpatrick
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The Affordable Connectivity Program is expiring. Blame Congress - Fast Company
The bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program helped 23 million households get online. So why is Congress allowing funding to run out?
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
Shout it out your windows people! #DontPaywallMyLaws
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced its plan for implementing President Biden's National Spectrum Strategy to secure the future of U.S. wireless policy and innovation. Read our statement from @haroldfeld.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...
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Public Knowledge Applauds NTIA for Developing Pathway To Boost Nation’s National Spectrum Strategy
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
Great explanation of broadband "subscription vulnerability" by @johnbhorrigan.bsky.social and why #ACP closed the digital divide for those who had broadband, but couldn't afford it techpolicy.press/us-affordabl... WHEN will Congress renew #ACP funding? It runs out for over 20 million in April!
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Here's my statement here: publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...
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Chris Lewis @chrisjlewis.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Thanks Pres. Biden & VP Harris on releasing an Executive Order on the development & use of AI. The next important step forward on AI safety, security & trust. Next we need Congress to act by passing a comprehensive #privacy law & stronger competition laws for digital platforms, including AI
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