New York (CNN Business)The US government is warning that groups could rely on radio equipment as an alternative to social media to plan future criminal activities.

In a stark warning Sunday, the Federal Communications Commission's enforcement bureau said people coordinating or conducting criminal activity over radio waves are breaking the law.

"The Bureau has become aware of discussions on social media platforms suggesting that certain radio services regulated by the Commission may be an alternative to social media platforms for groups to communicate and coordinate future activities," the FCC said in its warning Sunday. "Individuals using radios in the Amateur or Personal Radio Services in this manner may be subject to severe penalties, including significant fines, seizure of the offending equipment, and, in some cases, criminal prosecution."

The FCC licenses certain signals for people to broadcast over radio waves. Those messages are generally protected by the US Constitution's First Amendment. But the FCC reminded radio licensees and operators that it is prohibited to transmit "communications intended to facilitate a criminal act." People are also not allowed to encode their messages to obscure their meaning from law enforcement.

The laws governing airwaves apply to amateurs broadcasting with personal ham radios, which can reach long distances. But they also apply to people using Citizens Band (CB) radios commonly used for communication between truckers -- or even walkie-talkies.

In the wake of the January 6 Capitol riots, Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and other mainstream social networks have become more vigilant about policing people who use their platforms to plan or incite attacks. They have booted off several high-profile radicals and thousands of groups and users who the platforms say engage in harmful conspiracy theories and other violence or hate speech.

Similarly, Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) effectively took Parler off the internet. Parler, the alternative social network popular with conservatives, had been surging in popularity in recent months. But the platform failed to rein in hate-filled, violent speech, Big Tech companies allege. Amazon, Apple and Google said that unmoderated speech could lead to another violent attack.

When everybody is a terrorist, nobody is....

*runs of to scan on the baofeng*

When radios are outlawed only outlaws will have radios.

Subjects are not allowed to communicate anymore.

Lol, they’ve been reading all of our threads!

So why are the Democrats Not in Prison?

So could two cans and a string.

Holyshit

Conservatives are about 90 days from being mandated to sew their mouths shut.

Looking forward to all the charges against Antifa and BLM.

Apple and Google have grown too big for their britches.

We need a Radio Free America.

This

You mean when an idea seized a portion of Seattle and had their “security” guys using radios.  Remember when they killed a guy.  

"People are also not allowed to encode their messages to obscure their meaning from law enforcement."
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Baofeng panic buying.

oh no no no, they definitely didn't use violence to seize control of an area and declare it separate from the united states and enforce their laws with armed masked men who lasted about 10 days before executing an unarmed black teenager and getting off scot free because no one on the MSM or local government wanted to discuss it, no no no that definitely didn't happen at all

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This - people have short memories.

Hey CNN.  Eat a bag of dicks.

Land of the free, home of the brave?  Is that Mexico now?

Great... now Amazon and eBay are going to submit a list of Baofeng purchasers to the Feds.

Well that didn't take long

"unmoderated speech"

What an orwellian way of giving a negative spin to free speech.

This is what leftist media does.

One radical says people are buying radios (that fbi agents used a few years ago to subvert the president),and that ots a threat to democracy. And since not a lot of people use them, they just believe what the big titty woman or what the handsome man on the TV tells them to believe.

Yet, 20 seconds of actually being informed shows that amateur radio is 99% old men talking about gout and 1% people saying "cq contest cq contest."

What happens when a couple of Navajos want to have a QSO?

Dammit. I just bought a $300 radio and signed up take the exam to get my technician license.

Monkey on my back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6cBRx2Ie6A



Hot and cold links.

"people coordinating or conducting criminal activity over radio waves are breaking the law."

They hire the best and brightest.

Its all so tiring and predictable.

Community organizing.

Two can play the orwellian newspeak game.

Doublethink.

It's a real thing.

That’s some of the most dangerous Newspeak I’ve seen lately.

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Well, looks like I need to renew my Technician and then test for the General. Had my eye on a HF radio, might pull the trigger on it in the next day or two.

All the ham radio patches in the site store are sold out. Can we fix that?

The left just won't tolerant anything besides an absolute monopoly on all electronic communications in this country.

I just ordered an IC-705 to go with my 7300 earlier this afternoon.  

That's a big 10-4 good buddy.

Not just electronic ones,  closing bars and churches keeps people from talking with their neighbors.

the veil is off.

Does unmoderated speech include press?
Not asking for a friend and I know the answer.

Moderated (i.e. censored) speech is one of the things that lead to the attack.

These fools are causing the conditions that lead inexorably to the violence they say they abhor.

NEW - FCC issues an Enforcement Advisory to remind licensees and operators that it is prohibited to use radios to commit or facilitate criminal acts.https://t.co/OAsHlF8fn1 pic.twitter.com/M9D2avtRn0

— Disclose.tv \uD83D\uDEA8 (@disclosetv) January 17, 2021

glad I bought 4 last month

Great. As if a good comm system wasn't hard enough to get together.

Tea Parry Terries will not stand by and be labeled with other terries.

Long live the TPT !

if nine elevnst was to happen on this here plane

Just bought an Eton Elite, thanks for the reminder