The FCC has failed to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the tens of thousands of filed complaints that directly shed light on proposed changes," Senate Democrats say in a letter to Chairman Ajit Pai.

"We need to shed light on this 'shadow' industry of surreptitious data collection that has amassed covert dossiers on hundreds of millions of Americans," Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) stated Thursday.

The Federal Trade Commission is stepping up its crackdown on social media influencers who fail to disclose that their Instagram posts are actually paid promotions.

"Rules that stop at the state line -- including rules for important concerns such as privacy -- don't work in today's interconnected world," Verizon says in a new FCC filing.

As of this week, the mobile carrier is throttling video on all "unlimited" data plans.

"This Court should not permit the government to trample upon the privacy of the individuals interacting with the website," DreamHost argues.

A proposed law aimed at curbing online sex trafficking has picked up some support in Congress, but is also drawing heated opposition from Silicon Valley.

A broad array of digital rights groups are gearing up to fight a Senate bill that could weaken current protections for Web platforms.

In a demonstration of its questionable views on net neutrality, AT&T this week suggested that Twitter violated open Internet principles by flagging an AT&T blog post as potential spam.

"There is little evidence that investment by broadband providers has been harmed following the 2015 Open Internet Order," Netflix argues.