Bb5a31f81ClaimHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated that the November 13, 2026 Federal Aviation Administration outage did not appear to be a cyber attackAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe United States Department of Transportation had sought $30 billion in funding to update air traffic control equipmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPrior to November 2026, the United States Congress had allocated more than $12 billion to update air traffic control equipmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Federal Communications Commission distinguished pure communications as message transport and data processing as computer enhancement and rearrangement of dataAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFollowing the November 13, 2026 ground stop, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asked Congress for $50 billion for the air traffic control systemAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn the early 1970s, the Federal Communications Commission launched its Computer Inquiry to determine regulatory boundaries between telephone communications and data processingAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimOn November 13, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration declared a nationwide ground stop for U.S. air travel at 3:44 p.m. Eastern TimeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Federal Aviation Administration previously instituted a nationwide ground stop in 2023AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMore than 10,000 flights were canceled as a result of the November 13, 2026 nationwide ground stopAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe November 13, 2026 air travel ground stop was the second nationwide ground stop in the United States since September 11, 2001AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimOn November 13, 2026, air traffic controllers first observed intermittent telecommunications problems with radar and communications systems at 3:36 p.m. Eastern TimeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnited States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the November 13, 2026 nationwide ground stop to outdated Federal Aviation Administration equipment becoming overloaded by dataAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Federal Aviation Administration nationwide ground stop on November 13, 2026, lasted approximately four and a half hours before lifting around 8:15 p.m. Eastern TimeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe United States government broke up AT&T's telecommunications monopoly to encourage domestic market competitionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnited Kingdom regulations prevent telecommunications provider BT from decommissioning a public phone box if it logs at least 52 calls in a yearAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBritish telecommunications company BT is decommissioning public red telephone boxes across the United KingdomAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBT plans to retire the United Kingdom's analog copper-wired telephone networkAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology administers the United States equipment authorization programAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSection 302 of the Communications Act grants the Federal Communications Commission statutory authority to regulate the radio frequency interference potential of radiating devicesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimTelecommunications Certification Bodies are required under United States regulations to be located in the United States or in a reciprocal economyAgreeDisagree