Title II – Common Carriers
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Title II – Common Carriers is the section of the Communications Act of 1934 that establishes regulatory obligations and oversight for telecommunications service providers classified as common carriers in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chapter 2 – Common Carriers | 1 |
| Title II – Common Carriers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4425952 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title II – Common Carriers Context triple: [Communications Act of 1934, containsTitle, Title II – Common Carriers]
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A.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Americans with Disabilities Act that prohibits disability-based discrimination by state and local governments and requires equal access to their programs, services, and activities.
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B.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 that established and funded the federal Head Start early childhood education program for low-income children.
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C.
Title II
Title II is a major federal education funding program that supports improving teacher quality and professional development in K–12 schools across the United States.
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D.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that establishes safe harbor provisions limiting online service providers’ liability for copyright-infringing content posted by their users.
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E.
Title II—Transportation Security
Title II—Transportation Security is a section of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 that strengthens and reforms U.S. transportation security measures, particularly in aviation, rail, and public transit systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title II – Common Carriers Target entity description: Title II – Common Carriers is the section of the Communications Act of 1934 that establishes regulatory obligations and oversight for telecommunications service providers classified as common carriers in the United States.
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A.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 that established and funded the federal Head Start early childhood education program for low-income children.
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B.
Title II
Title II is a major federal education funding program that supports improving teacher quality and professional development in K–12 schools across the United States.
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C.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that establishes safe harbor provisions limiting online service providers’ liability for copyright-infringing content posted by their users.
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D.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Americans with Disabilities Act that prohibits disability-based discrimination by state and local governments and requires equal access to their programs, services, and activities.
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E.
Title II—Transportation Security
Title II—Transportation Security is a section of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 that strengthens and reforms U.S. transportation security measures, particularly in aviation, rail, and public transit systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Title of the Communications Act of 1934
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United States federal statutory provision ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
international telecommunications services
ⓘ
interstate telecommunications services ⓘ |
| authorizes |
FCC enforcement actions against carriers
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FCC rate regulation in specified circumstances ⓘ forfeitures and penalties for violations ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 47 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934
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Section 202 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 203 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 204 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 205 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 206 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 207 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 208 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 209 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 225 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enactedAsPartOf | Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishes |
complaint procedures before the FCC
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duty to furnish communication service upon reasonable request ⓘ duty to provide service on just and reasonable terms ⓘ liability of carriers for damages ⓘ prohibition on unjust or unreasonable discrimination ⓘ tariff filing requirements for certain carriers ⓘ |
| hasBeenInvokedInDebatesOn |
broadband Internet access regulation
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network neutrality regulation ⓘ |
| historicallyAppliedTo | telephone common carriers ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| legalBasisFor |
common carrier obligations
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just and reasonable rates requirements ⓘ nondiscrimination requirements for carriers ⓘ prohibition of unreasonable practices by carriers ⓘ |
| partOf | Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
ensure nondiscriminatory access to telecommunications networks
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promote just and reasonable telecommunications rates ⓘ protect consumers of telecommunications services ⓘ |
| providesFor |
customer proprietary network information protections
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interconnection obligations among carriers ⓘ private rights of action in federal court for certain violations ⓘ universal service–related obligations ⓘ |
| regulates |
common carriers
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telecommunications service providers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Title II – Common Carriers Description of subject: Title II – Common Carriers is the section of the Communications Act of 1934 that establishes regulatory obligations and oversight for telecommunications service providers classified as common carriers in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chapter 2 – Common Carriers