Digital Beat
Public Interest Voices for the Digital Age
Read unique perspectives on communications policy debates written by Benton and guest contributors.
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Speech
January 28, 2021 -
Broadband provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Weekly Digest
January 15, 2021 -
Proposals to realize the democratic potential of our media and communications ecosystem
Op-ed
November 16, 2020 -
2020 Charles Benton Digital Equity Awards
Speech
November 4, 2020 -
Americans are unprotected from anti-consumer and anticompetitive practices of broadband Internet access service providers
Speech
February 26, 2020 -
Home broadband adoption rates aren’t increasing
Speech
January 29, 2020 -
We’ve witnessed one of the worst and weirdest cases of industrial policymaking I’ve ever seen in any Administration, Democratic or Republican.
Speech
November 22, 2019 -
We don’t need to rank in importance the issues of special interest money, ludicrous redistricting, and big media. They are each part of a linked democratic challenge.
Op-ed
November 7, 2019 -
In the next decade, everyone in America should be able to use High-Performance Broadband
Speech
October 30, 2019 -
How bridging the digital divide could help address our nation’s persistent health disparities
Speech
October 16, 2019 -
Consolidation and deregulation with little attention
Speech
September 23, 2019