A Stellar Public Servant
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
January 2019
Networks set to air Trump's prime time address; Speaker Pelosi, Sen Schumer demand equal time (CNN)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 06:36Nigeria Military Raids Newspaper, Seizes Computers and Arrests Journalists (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 06:35Weatherman Is Fired After Using Racial Slur (New York Times)
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More Black People Directed Top Films, University of Southern California Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Study Says (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 06:30In Buffalo's 'digital deserts,' more than half of households lack internet
The digital divide looks like Buffalo’s (NY) Broadway Market on a Friday afternoon: a dozen round tables thronged with lunchgoers – and nary a laptop or tablet among them. Most households in this neighborhood don’t own such devices, new first-of-its-kind federal data show. And even fewer have the means to go online with them, either at the Broadway Market or in their own homes.
Elected officials cannot silence critics on social media, appeals court rules
An elected official in Virginia violated the First Amendment when she temporarily blocked a constituent on Facebook, a federal appeals court ruled Jan 7, in a novel case with implications for how government officials nationwide interact with constituents on social media. The unanimous ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is the first from an appeals court to answer the question of whether free speech protections prevent public officials from barring critics from their social media feeds. The 42-page opinion addresses the Facebook page of Phyllis J.
Opinion: How to rein in Big Tech (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 01/07/2019 - 17:05
Could 5G close the digital divide between urban and rural communities?
In trying to push 5G to rural areas, telecommunication companies say they are faced with high costs to install infrastructure and not enough customers to defray those costs. Companies believe they would need to charge unreasonably high rates in order to cover their costs, which would likely mean fewer subscribers. If the costs of investing in 5G infrastructure to help roll the technology out nationwide are too burdensome, experts have a few ideas on how to help bear those costs, including using partnerships with local governments and encouraging carriers to work together.