May 2018

Hillary Clinton Tells Yale Graduates to Fight Fake News by ‘Subscribing to a Newspaper’ (Wrap, The)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 05/21/2018 - 11:05

Treasury Sec Mnuchin urges antitrust review of big tech amid Google scrutiny

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin encouraged the Department of Justice to review major technology companies like Google over concerns related to the potential harm they pose to market competition. “These issues deserve to be reviewed carefully,” Sec Mnuchin said. “These are issues the Justice Department needs to look at seriously, not for any one company, but as these technology companies have a greater and greater impact on the economy,” he continued.

UK Unlikely to Block Comcast’s Proposed Sky Takeover, Top Official Says

Britain’s culture secretary, Matt Hancock, said that he was unlikely to block the American cable giant Comcast’s proposed takeover of the British satellite broadcaster Sky, the latest twist in a merger battle between Comcast and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. Hancock, said he was not inclined to intervene in Comcast’s $30.7 billion bid for Sky because the “the proposed merger does not raise concerns in relation to public interest considerations which would meet the threshold for intervention.”

In rural America, digital divide slows a vital path for telemedicine

[Commentary] Telemedicine — the delivery of health care services using communications technology — can be a critical tool for making Americans healthier. A concerted push to seize the untapped potential of telemedicine could help us tackle today’s health challenges. The most crucial step in seizing the opportunities of digital medicine is making sure that every community has high-speed Internet access.

Black Lives Matter's Message to Hill: Net Neutrality Matters (Broadcasting&Cable)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 05/21/2018 - 10:50

Daily Digest 5/21/2018

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 05/21/2018 - 10:50

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Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection

House Commerce Committee

Date

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 15:15

The House Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection will hold a hearing on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witnesses will be announced and are by invitation only.

The hearing webcast will be available at http://energycommerce.house.gov/.

The legislative text may be found at the following link: https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=108341.