Net Neutrality is Essential to Competition, Streaming Revolution and Small Business Recovery
The Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality remand proceeding, INCOMPAS highlights several important points:
May 2020
Sundar Pichai says Google has ‘more resources invested in diversity’ than ever after reports of cut training programs (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 14:05China launches new Twitter accounts, 90,000 tweets in COVID-19 info war (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 14:04
Beware Of Op-Eds Falsely Claiming The US Internet Only Works During A Pandemic Because Lobbyists Neutered The FCC (Karl Bode)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 13:59Vulnerable COVID populations also at a high risk of consuming and sharing misinformation online (University of Kansas)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 13:58AT&T Statement on Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020 (AT&T)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 13:28Report: 67% of US broadband households own and use at least one internet-connected video device (Park Associates)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 13:28Senate Commerce Committee Approves Tech-Related Bills
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a handful of communications-related bills May 20, favorably recommending them to the full Senate for a vote and passage. Approved bills include:
Poor Americans Face Hurdles in Getting Promised Internet
Internet providers like Charter and Comcast have introduced offers of free and low-cost internet with great fanfare in the last several weeks. The companies have said they want to help connect poor Americans during a pandemic that has shifted much of life online. Schools and community organizations have aggressively promoted the offers. Scores of customers have tried to sign up. But people signing up for the programs have encountered unexpected difficulties and roadblocks, according to interviews with people who have tried to sign up or who have helped them.