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FCC urges courts to ignore 5th Circuit ruling that agency can’t issue fines

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The FCC is urging two federal appeals courts to disregard a 5th Circuit ruling that guts the agency's ability to issue financial penalties.

AT&T wanted to wipe out a $57 million fine for selling customer location data without consent.

FCC chairman Brendan Carr voted against the fine, but he doesn't want the FCC 's power to issue penalties wiped out.

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