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July 2020

Senator Hawley Introduces Bill to Remove Section 230 Immunity from Behavioral Advertisers

Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced he will introduce the Behavioral Advertising Decisions Are Downgrading Services (BAD ADS) Act, a bill to remove Section 230 immunity from Big Tech companies that display manipulative, behavioral ads or provide data to be used for them. Sen Hawley’s bill would crack down on behavioral advertising’s negative effects, which include invasive data collection and user manipulation through design choices.

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Broadband Breakfast

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Wed, 07/29/2020 - 17:00

Jim Baller, president of Baller, Stokes & Lide, PC, will speak about the issues surrounding the deployment of municipal broadband, the development of the National Broadband Plan, and advocacy — including efforts on behalf of the Coalition for Local Internet Choice — to ensure that all communities have equitable access to high-speed internet.

Discussion with Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast


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Broadband Breakfast

Date 
Wed, 08/05/2020 - 17:00

Former Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will speak about the role she has played in advancing Better Broadband, Better Lives, including issues of universal broadband connectivity, prison telecom, the digital divide, net neutrality and more.

Discussion with Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast


Broadband Maps Are Just One Step Toward Closing the Digital Divide

Before you solve a problem, you’ve got to be able to understand it. The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to deepen its understanding of the digital divide by making several improvements to its broadband maps, as required by the Broadband DATA Act. The agency’s goal is to ensure that its maps showing where broadband is and isn’t available are more accurate and more granular.

Tech Priorities MIA in Senate GOP's COVID-19 Plan

As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his colleagues outlined their opening salvo for coronavirus relief, there was scant sign of tech priorities, no provisions to close the digital divide (even ones top Republicans had floated) and not even the GOP’s own proposed 

Broadband Master Planning: A Holistic Approach to Meeting Broadband Goals

Solutions to having good, ubiquitous broadband are very different for each community. Some communities do not have enough broadband providers; others have plenty of providers but pockets of areas that are underserved; still others have so many providers that they are concerned about running out of rights of way, particularly as fiber for 5G and small cells densities. This article discusses a process that can help address all these circumstances: broadband master planning.

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