Trump's use of Google, Facebook questioned
As President Donald Trump increasingly criticizes social media companies and Google’s treatment of him, former aides said they never saw him use many of the websites he vilifies.
September 2018
Pickup driver ranting about treason crashes into Fox 4 building in Dallas (Dallas Morning News)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:31This Fall, Everything Old Is TV Again (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:29Without evidence President Trump accuses social media companies of interfering to help Clinton (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:28President Trump knocks ‘Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd’: Press has been ‘fighting back’ since he announced campaign (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:27President Trump suggests changes to libel laws over Woodward book (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:27Analysis: Five Eyes demand for encryption workarounds raises stakes for tech companies (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:26Fueling investments - The effect of the Agreement on Basic Telecommunications
As international agreements come under fire from current politics, it becomes ever more important to investigate the effect of such agreements. The telecommunication sector is of special interest due to its growing importance in the digital age. International law came into play in 1998 when the Agreement on Basic Telecommunications (BTA) entered into force. It demanded far-reaching liberalization reforms and was signed and ratified by 66 countries. A difference-in-differences estimator is used to analyze if the treaty had an impact on investments in telecommunications.
Reforming the FCC's Lifeline program: Regulatory federalism in action?
This paper considers whether common national standards for determining participants' eligibility and designating service providers in the Lifeline program are preferable to a decentralized system where state utility commissions have greater influence over these program parameters. Two recent decisions of the Federal Communications Commission, a 2016 Order and its reversal in March 2017, on the designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers to provide broadband Lifeline service, centered on this question.