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Happy Thursday! Be sure to check out your former host Cat Zakrzewski’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2024/05/09/justice-departments-jonathan-kanter-antitrust-enforcement-power-big-tech/">interview today</a> with Justice Department antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter. Send news tips to: <a href="mailto:cristiano.lima@washpost.com">cristiano.lima@washpost.com</a>. Below: A new venture fund is set to focus on Israeli companies in the United States First:

Ukrainian group escalates FCC fight over Musk’s SpaceX

Jabin Botsford

Last month, a Ukrainian American nonprofit called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Elon Musk’s SpaceX, accusing him of “meddling” in Russia’s favor and urging the agency to consider stripping the company of its ability to offer internet service.

Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr quickly<a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1783230231270113468/photo/1"> rebuffed the move</a> on X, calling the filing by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of American (UCCA) “meritless” in a scathing statement — and accusing the group of pushing the agency to “break the law by weaponizing it against” Musk.&nbsp;

Now the group is firing back, demanding that Carr retract his comments and issue an apology to the Ukrainian community while challenging his impartiality to rule on matters related to Musk, who has become a darling to D.C. conservatives.

In a new filing submitted to the agency late Wednesday and shared with The Technology 202, UCCA pushed back on the suggestion that it is “part of some shadowy conspiracy seeking to punish Musk.” The group went on to call Carr’s remarks “culturally insensitive” and evidence that he’s “prejudiced in favor of Musk.”

“Commissioner Carr’s statement … puts into question whether UCCA can expect a fair disposition on the merits of its petition at the Commission,” the group wrote. UCCA stopped short of calling on Carr to recuse himself from the matter but urged him to “apologize.”

UCCA lawyer Arthur Belendiuk said the group was “taken aback” by Carr’s response, which he said demonstrated that the commissioner “prejudged our pleading” for an FCC probe.

“UCCA has never received a donation from any of Musk’s companies, his competitors, or any telecom company that might have an interest in this FCC proceeding,” UCCA President Andriy Futey said in a statement.

Carr did not return a request for comment late Wednesday. Musk and SpaceX did not return a request for comment on UCCA’s earlier filing.

At issue is a push by SpaceX to use up more radio spectrum, which would allow it to expand its mobile internet services through its subsidiary, Starlink.&nbsp;

The FCC <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91071393/why-the-fcc-denied-starlinks-request-for-more-spectrum">denied a SpaceX petition</a> to that effect in March, but it could still allow the company to use additional spectrum down the line by updating its rules, <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/results?q=(proceedings.name:(%22RM-11975%22))">as Musk’s company has called for</a>.

That prospect has alarmed UCCA, which said in its <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VJVOXjXQR8G5GuwnJMTy5y1vMTPz8qnr/view?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com">initial filing last month</a> that it “opposes the allocation of additional spectrum to SpaceX,” citing what it called Musk’s “erratic behavior” and his <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1">reported</a> “drug use,” as well as his alleged “interference with Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion.”

The group also cited <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-using-thousands-of-musks-starlink-systems-in-war-ukrainian-general-says-29303242?mod=article_inline">claims by Ukrainian officials</a> that Russia has used thousands of Musk’s Starlink systems in its war against Ukraine. Musk previously said SpaceX wasn’t selling to Russia and did not respond to requests for comment from the Wall Street Journal regarding his alleged drug use.

In his initial statement on X, Carr called the submission “both procedurally improper and substantively meritless.” The filing was “part of a clear and repeating pattern of regulatory harassment that accelerated the moment Elon Musk stood up for free speech,” he added.

The role of SpaceX in the war in Ukraine has increasingly become a partisan flash point in Washington, with the FCC imbroglio marking the latest chapter.&nbsp;

Last month, House Democrats launched an investigation into whether the company “implemented adequate safeguards to prevent Russia from deploying its Starlink satellite internet service in its war against Ukraine,” as my colleague Cat Zakrzewski <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/07/starlink-musk-spacex-russia/">reported</a>.

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter to the company’s leadership that Russia’s alleged use of Starlink “poses a serious threat to Ukraine’s security, Ukrainian lives, and U.S. national security.”

In a <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/warren_oversight_letter_to_dod_on_starlink_proliferation.pdf">separate letter</a> Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-needs-to-open-up-about-russias-use-of-starlink-senator-says-fca6ee02">pressed the Pentagon</a> to address Russian troops' reported use of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, calling it a “serious national security threat to the U.S. and our allies.”

New venture fund to focus on Israeli companies in the U.S.

Steven Senne

A new venture capital fund called 97212 Ventures is aiming to exclusively invest in Israeli start-ups operating in the United States, despite the ongoing <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/israel-hamas-war/" target="_blank" class="contextual_link">Israel-Gaza war</a>, my colleague Gerrit De Vynck reports for The Technology 202.

The fund’s name is an amalgamation of the Israel and New York area codes, and it's led by Eyal Bino, a longtime Israeli tech investor based in New York.&nbsp;

The war and shifting public opinion around Israel has spooked some investors, and valuations for Israeli start-ups are down, Bino said. But many of the tech workers who were called up to fight are now back at work.&nbsp;

“For me, the timing is great because valuations are slightly lower and founders are much more scrappy,” Bino said.

<a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-eyes-curbs-chinas-access-ai-software-behind-apps-like-chatgpt-2024-05-08/" target="_blank">U.S. eyes curbs on China’s access to AI software behind apps like ChatGPT (Reuters)</a>

<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151834/uk-ofcom-online-safety-act-protect-children-toxic-algorithms-meta-tiktok" target="_blank">U.K. details requirements to protect children from ‘toxic algorithms’ (The Verge)</a>

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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-08/apple-s-unionized-store-in-maryland-to-vote-on-potential-strike?srnd=technology-vp" target="_blank">Apple’s unionized store in Maryland to vote on potential strike (Bloomberg News)</a>

<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/08/apple-ipad-ad-tim-cook-backlash/" target="_blank">Why everyone’s mad at Apple’s new iPad ad (By Will Oremus)</a>

Justice Department antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter discusses competition enforcement and Big Tech at a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2024/05/09/justice-departments-jonathan-kanter-antitrust-enforcement-power-big-tech/?itid=lk_inline_manual_47&itid=lk_inline_manual_60">Washington Post Live event</a> on Thursday at 3 p.m.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee <a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairs-rodgers-and-latta-announce-field-hearing-in-bakersfield-on-the-importance-of-rural-broadband">holds a hearing</a>, “Perspectives from the Fields: The State of Rural Broadband in America,” Friday at 10 a.m.

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 Cristiano Lima-Strong is a tech policy reporter and author of The Washington Post's Technology 202 newsletter, focusing on the intersection of tech, politics and policy. His coverage focuses on privacy and children’s online safety. He previously served as a senior web producer, breaking news reporter and tech policy reporter for Politico.