As Fires Disrupt Schools, ‘the Pandemic Has Actually Helped’
After wildfires consumed an entire town, students and teachers who had planned for remote classes found some comfort in staying connected amid the chaos.
September 2020
Facebook suffers blow in Australia legal fight over Cambridge Analytica (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 06:32AT&T’s Stankey Broadband Plan: Extract Gov Subsidies, Claim to Connect Every American, Remove Regulations, Overcharge (Bruce Kushnick)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 06:31Disability Advisory Committee members will discuss (i) a working group report and recommendation on enhanced Electronic Newsroom Technique (ENT) and other technologies for captioning live television programming; (ii) a working group report and recommendation on best practices for creating audio description; and (iii) any other topics relevant to the DAC’s work. The meeting will be led by the DAC co-chairs: Brian Scarpelli, Senior Policy Counsel of ACT | The App Association, and Isidore Niyongabo, President and Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement of National Black Deaf Advocates.
The United States faces an unprecedented challenge when it comes to cyber preparedness. From attacks on critical infrastructure to state and non-state actors seeking to undermine our democracy, confronting these cyber threats will require a comprehensive and coordinated strategy.
Op-ed: Trump changed the news media — and it's not going back, with or without him (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/13/2020 - 14:06Competitive effects of cable networks on FTTx deployment in Europe
In this paper, we analyse the effect of cable networks on fibre to the x (FTTx) network expansions by drawing on data from a sample of 28 European countries spanning the period 2011 to 2017. We find that there is a negative relationship between cable network coverage and FTTx network expansion. This restraining effect associated with cable networks contradicts the current regulatory regime, which is primarily designed to enable effective competition against the incumbent on copper- and fibre-based infrastructure.