Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Next Big Battle over Internet Freedom
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Monday, April 23, 2018
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Privacy group sues FTC for records on Facebook's privacy program
An advocacy group is suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for records on Facebook’s privacy practices, arguing that there’s a “clear public interest” in learning details about the social media giant’s policies following revelations of a data scandal.
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FCC defends GOP commissioners' appearance at CPAC
The Federal Communications Commission’s top lawyer says that Republican commissioners who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier in 2018 did not violate any ethics rules.
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Professor Apologizes for Helping Cambridge Analytica Harvest Facebook Data
Aleksandr Kogan, the academic who was hired by Cambridge Analytica to harvest information from tens of millions of Facebook profiles, defended his role in the data collection, saying he was upfront about how the information would be used and that he “never heard a word” of objection from Facebook.
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Remarks Of FCC Chief Of Staff Matthew Berry At The Joint FCC-FTC Stop Illegal Robocalls Expo
[Speech] I know that today’s Expo is specifically focused on technological solutions to the robocall challenge. But if there’s an overarching theme, it’s the need for collaborative solutions.
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How Facebook’s record lobbying spending compares to other tech companies
It spent more than Apple, less than Google and about the same as Amazon last quarter.
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AT&T and Verizon are again being investigated for collusion. Here’s what happened the first time.
The Justice Department is investigating whether AT&T and Verizon may have colluded to thwart a technology that could allow wireless customers to switch network providers more easily. But antitrust officials conducting a similar probe in 2016 found little evidence for the claim and ultimately dropped the inquiry, according to a letter sent by the Justice Department.
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Mignon Clyburn reflects on legacy as public interest 'champion' at Federal Communications Commission
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said she had been thinking about leaving for some time. By the end of this year, term limit rules would have forced her out anyway. But the final decision, announced during a commission hearing, was spontaneous. "I was not 100 percent sure when I woke up this morning that this was the day," she said. "But I think it's the right time for me and it's a good time to have a reset to allow someone else to come in and pass that baton."
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Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google
Google gathers more personal data than Facebook does, by almost every measure—so why aren’t we talking about it?
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Net Neutrality Does Not End Today. We Still Don’t Know When It Will. Which Is Weird When You Think About It.
There is a lot of confusion on the effective date for the 2017 Net Neutrality Repeal Order, aka “Restoring Internet Freedom — Which Is Not In The Least Overdramatic Unlike You Hysterical Hippies.” This is not surprising, given the rather confusing way the Federal Register Notice reads.
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Recruitment of First Responder Network Authority Board Members
NTIA issues this Notice on behalf of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to initiate the annual process to seek expressions of interest from individuals who would like to serve on the FirstNet Board.