How Americans Have Used — and Struggled With — the Internet During the Pandemic
September 2021
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Daily Digest 9/10/2021 (FCC Agenda)
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Friday, September 10, 2021
Texas governor signs bill prohibiting social media giants from blocking users based on viewpoint
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed a bill that would prohibit large tech companies from blocking or restricting people or their posts based on their viewpoint, setting the stage for a legal battle with the tech industry.
Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb. Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 06:35Brazil’s President Bans Social Networks From Removing Some Posts (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 06:35Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 06:34Amazon to Launch Its Own TVs in Push to Cement Itself in Living Rooms (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 06:34Maple Broadband partners with WCVT to build and operate a fiber-to-the-home network in Vermont (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:58Starlink kickstarts a satellite broadband market that could disrupt telecommunications
The arrival of new space ventures like Starlink and OneWeb is bringing about a disruption of sorts in the telecommunications sector, specifically the broadband internet market. That’s because the International Telecommunication Union estimates that just over half of the world’s total population has access to the internet.