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The Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act aims to leverage public-private partnerships to refurbish internet-capable devices for students and underserved families through donation, lending, or low-cost purchasing programs.
"There is a moral component to the fact that we have so many Americans that are still getting left behind," says FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks of the digital divide.
Chicago Connected will provide more than 100,000 Chicago Public School students with the Internet at home — part of a four-year plan.
Mozilla and others that had challenged the Federal Communications Commission's deregulation of internet access in the 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO) have decided not to take that challenge to the Supreme Court.
Maine privacy law survives initial ruling on free-speech and preemption claims.
19 states still place restrictions on cities and counties that want to invest in broadband expansion
California has led the way as state legislatures grapple with how to protect the vast amount of data citizens share online every day. In the absence of federal policy, a variety of tactics are being explored in states.
A fleet of high-altitude balloons started delivering internet service to Kenya on July 7, extending online access to tens of thousands of people in the first-ever commercial deployment of the technology.
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