Libraries Advance Digital Inclusion Role With Hotspots
November 2017
A Leading Afghan TV Station Is Attacked in Kabul (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/08/2017 - 06:17
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PCs for People distributed a record 1,528 computers to low income individuals in 45 states in October (PCs for People)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 18:12Sky Threatens to Shut News Channel for 21st Century Fox Deal
The British satellite broadcaster Sky warned that it may shut down its 24-hour news channel if the property becomes an obstacle to the company’s effort to sell itself to Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. In a regulatory filing with the Competition Markets Authority in Britain, Sky wrote that the regulator should not “simply assume the ‘continued provision of Sky News’” if ownership of the channel posed a problem for the $15 billion transaction.
Twitter kills its 140-character limit. Now tweets can be twice as long (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 18:08Hurricane Maria Communications Status Report for Nov. 7 (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 18:08FCC Facilitates Review of Restoring Internet Freedom Record
The Federal Communications Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has generated an unprecedented number of comments, reply comments, ex parte filings, and other filings in the official record of the proceeding. To facilitate a review of the record, WC Docket No. 17-108, the FCC is making all filings submitted as of November 3, 2017 available via download. Parties interested in exploring the docket are encouraged to use these downloads. These downloads contain a complete set of filings submitted as of November 3, 2017.