HLF president Mario H. Lopez appeared on the 5G Action Now podcast to talk about his recent opinion piece in the Morning Consult on the importance of closing the Digital Divide—the gap in access to communication technologies that exists for ...
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The internet continues to propel American small business, allowing for a terrific increase in economic opportunity across sectors. This climate has developed because we have let a free market, ‘light touch’ approach that allows the internet to belong to the ...
Read MoreEngaging others in the digital age is likely to mean sharing personal information through the internet with the rest of the world. Tens of millions of consumers share extraordinary amounts of information–family pictures on social media, financial data from online ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C.–Hispanic Leadership Fund President, Mario H. Lopez issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom Order that went into effect today: “The internet is an incredible tool for education, small businesses, innovation, ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C.–Hispanic Leadership Fund President Mario H. Lopez issued the following statement in response to a recent announcement from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai regarding the agency’s plan to vote on updating outdated media ownership rules: “The Hispanic Leadership ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C.–The Hispanic Leadership Fund announced today that the organization’s President, Mario H. Lopez, has been appointed by the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to serve on the FCC’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). “I am ...
Read MoreThis week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Samsung’s motion for a stay pending their appeal to the Supreme Court in their design patent case with Apple. Following this denial, Apple’s lawyers requested entry of a ...
Read MoreSoon, the public will know the results of the Federal Communication Commission’s Open Internet proceedings. Among the issues being deliberated is a potential decision to reclassify broadband internet as a common-carrier, i.e. a utility-like service under “Title II” regulations. ...
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