Senators Want to Freeze FCC Media Decisions
Senators want holistic review of market
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Senators want holistic review of market
As part of the working group efforts within the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), one subcommittee has collected data on telecom pole attachment rates and published the information along with some very early data analysis. The results suggest there is a wide range in the rental fees being charged for wireless equipment attachments, and that fees are significantly higher in unregulated markets compared to regulated ones.
More than 100 US mayors have signed on to the Cities Open Internet Pledge requiring all internet providers that do business with participating cities to adhere to strong Net Neutrality principles.
In London, Facebook’s chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, faced more than four hours of questions from a British parliamentary committee over the company’s data-collection techniques, oversight of app developers, fake accounts, political advertising and links to the voter-targeting firm Cambridge Analytica.
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep James Hines (D-CT) found themselves on the other side of the hearing room April 26, testifying in the House Judiciary Committee about alleged online censorship of conservative speech.
Says FCC would factor potential UHF discount decision into the equation.
In March, Quinnipiac University’s pollsters asked Americans if they thought certain news outlets — unnamed by Quinnipiac — were enemies of the American people? Nearly 4-in-10 said yes — including more than 8-in-10 Republicans.
Users of Facebook, Google and other popular technology platforms are likely to benefit from stricter privacy regulations that will require new disclosures, new forms of consent and new power to limit how personal data is stored and utilized.
The Trump Administration is working on a spectrum policy framework
California's tough net neutrality bill clears second Senate committee in a week.
Comcast is trying to refigure the traditional cable bundle, adding services like Netflix to its subscription packages and offering internet-only TV streaming. Cable operators and internet service providers say this business model is key to their survival.
The cable networks for children, in decline for years, are now in a free fall.
“The backlash to the repeal was overwhelming from internet users across the political spectrum."
[Commentary] The threshold question is whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should regulate internet service providers (ISPs). The GOP has already sided with the FTC.
“I don’t think they do anything that will cost them more than a dollar over the long term.”
More than 600 follow up questions sent to Facebook.
Facebook, despite years of outreach to conservatives, remains a punching bag for the right.
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told House Democrats that former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon used the firm's research to discourage Democrats from voting in the 2016 election.
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