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The Joy Of A TikTok National Convention (MediaPost)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Wed, 08/14/2024 - 16:33X Removes All Ads For Premium Subscribers Following Global Alliance for Responsible Media Shutdown (MediaPost)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/09/2024 - 06:32LinkedIn Invites Brands To Sponsor User-Generated Newsletters (MediaPost)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/09/2024 - 06:31House Won't Vote On the Kids Online Safety Act (MediaPost)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 06:28Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile Appeal FCC Fines Over Location Privacy
In 2024, the Federal Communications Commission ordered Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to pay nearly $200 million total for sharing customers' location data. The FCC fined AT&T around $57 million, Verizon around $47 million, and T-Mobile $92 million (including $12 million for Sprint, which merged with T-Mobile in 2020). The companies, which paid the fines under protest, now want appellate courts to reverse the FCC's ruling. “The Commission’s forfeiture order is unconstitutional, inconsistent with the limitations of the Communications Act, and arbitrary and capricious,” AT&T writes in
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby: Utah's Social Media Law Doesn't Conflict With Section 230 (MediaPost)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/23/2024 - 16:16Broadband Providers Battle FCC Over New Data Breach Rules
Broadband industry groups are asking a federal appeals court to scuttle the Federal Communications Commission's new disclosure obligations on telecommunications companies that suffer data breaches. The agency specifically required companies to notify consumers, federal law enforcement agencies and the agency about all breaches—even “inadvertent” ones—that expose personally identifiable information, including sensitive financial information. The broadband lobbying groups argue that Congress stripped the FCC of authority to issue the new regulations.