August 2018

T-Mobile, Sprint Add Customers (Wall Street Journal)

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Editorial: Russia Attacks America’s Election System. President Trump Shrugs. (New York Times)

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Lawyers in Sandy Hook Lawsuit Spar Over Meaning of an Online Broadcast (New York Times)

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Campaigns Enter Texting Era With a Plea: Will U Vote 4 Me? (New York Times)

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Facebook Grapples With a Maturing Adversary in Election Meddling (New York Times)

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Faced With Crippling Sanctions, ZTE Loaded Up on Lobbyists (New York Times)

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As midterm elections approach, a growing concern that the nation is not protected from Russian interference

Two years after Russia interfered in the American presidential campaign, the nation has done little to protect itself against a renewed effort to influence voters in the coming congressional midterm elections, according to lawmakers and independent analysts. They say that voting systems are more secure against hackers, thanks to action at the federal and state levels — and that the Russians have not targeted those systems to the degree they did in 2016. But Russian efforts to manipulate U.S.

The moment when Facebook’s removal of alleged Russian disinformation became a free speech issue

Left-leaning political activists accused Facebook of suppressing free speech when the social media giant removed an event listing that it said was part of a new disinformation campaign with ties to Russia.Facebook said it had to act quickly to disclose that inauthentic operators were behind an upcoming event in Washington (DC) to counter a white supremacist rally inspired by Charlottesville.

Crowds, Stoked by Trump’s Rhetoric, Increase Their Ire Toward the Press

In the back of a fairground auditorium in Tampa, as President Donald Trump presided over a rally dedicated to denigrating his enemies, the journalists dispatched to cover the proceedings attracted their own raucous crowd. Several journalists described an atmosphere of hostility that felt particularly hard-edge.

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 17:30 to 21:00

TAC will discuss progress on work initiatives discussed at the previous meeting

The FCC’s Technological Advisory Council, comprised of a diverse group of leading technology experts, provides technical expertise to the Commission to identify important areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting the United States’ competitiveness in the global economy. The TAC is helping the Commission to continue the momentum spurred by the National Broadband Plan to maximize the use of broadband to advance national interests and create jobs.

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