Black Churches 4 Digital Equity Connects Communities to the Affordable Connectivity Program
Friday, September 23, 2022
September 2022
Iran Restricts Internet Access as Women’s Rights Protests Spread (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 06:42Op-Ed: Why phone calls from prison should be free (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 06:41
Weekly Digest
Weekly Digest
Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers
The State of Florida asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate its social media regulation law that made it illegal for sites like Facebook and Twitter to ban politicians. Florida's petition said the Supreme Court should answer the questions of whether the First Amendment prohibits states "from requiring that social-media companies host third-party communications, and from regulating the time, place, and manner in which they do so," and whether the First Amendment prohibits states "from requiring social-media companies to notify and provide an explanation to their users when they censor the u
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $29.3 Million to the Native Village of Port Lions, Alaska
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded a $29.3 million Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) grant to the Native Village of Port Lions, Alaska. This grant will fund a new fiber-optic high-speed Internet network capable of Gigabit speeds. The proposed project will directly connect 930 unserved Native American households that previously had no connectivity to high-speed Internet as well as businesses and anchor institutions. NTIA has now made 70 awards totaling $755,737,402.24 in funding through the TBCP.