Title II – Common Carriers

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Title of the Communications Act of 1934 United States federal statutory provision

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chapter 2 – Common Carriers	1
Title II – Common Carriers canonical	1
Title II – Common Carriers of the Communications Act of 1934	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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ United States federal statutory provision ⓘ
administeredBy	Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
appliesTo	international telecommunications services ⓘ interstate telecommunications services ⓘ
authorizes	FCC enforcement actions against carriers ⓘ FCC rate regulation in specified circumstances ⓘ forfeitures and penalties for violations ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 47 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsSection	Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 202 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 203 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 204 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ linked to: Communications Act of 1934 Section 205 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 206 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 207 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 208 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 209 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 225 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
enactedAsPartOf	Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
establishes	complaint procedures before the FCC ⓘ 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 ⓘ network neutrality regulation ⓘ
historicallyAppliedTo	telephone common carriers ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
legalBasisFor	common carrier obligations ⓘ just and reasonable rates requirements ⓘ nondiscrimination requirements for carriers ⓘ prohibition of unreasonable practices by carriers ⓘ
partOf	Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
policyGoal	ensure nondiscriminatory access to telecommunications networks ⓘ promote just and reasonable telecommunications rates ⓘ protect consumers of telecommunications services ⓘ
providesFor	customer proprietary network information protections ⓘ interconnection obligations among carriers ⓘ private rights of action in federal court for certain violations ⓘ universal service–related obligations ⓘ
regulates	common carriers ⓘ telecommunications service providers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Communications Act of 1934 → containsTitle → Title II – Common Carriers ⓘ

Title 47 of the United States Code → hasChapter → Chapter 2 – Common Carriers ⓘ

linked to: Title II – Common Carriers

Title IV – Procedural and Administrative Provisions → relatedTo → Title II – Common Carriers of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ