FTC Lacks Authority To Police Platforms' Content Moderation Policies, Chairman Simons Says
The FTC lacks the authority to oversee how social media companies curate political speech, Chairman Joe Simons told the Senate Commerce Committee Aug 5.
The FTC lacks the authority to oversee how social media companies curate political speech, Chairman Joe Simons told the Senate Commerce Committee Aug 5.
While stakeholders agree that inaccurate federal broadband data is a big motivating factor for starting a state broadband survey, other considerations can impact one's approach to surveying.
CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 2,119 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband
650,000 South Carolinians don’t have high-speed internet access
Schools that hold spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band are reconsidering its value
200,000 new homes passed to its fiber footprint
Rural school districts might find reopening even harder because of a lack of internet access.
They tend to serve the Whitest communities
Internet access is the "modern school bus"
A staggering 43.7 percent of low-income households lacked access to personal high-speed internet at home, more than double that of the rest of the population.
A flagrant assault on the First Amendment
A transcription of a segment on The Indicator from Planet Money, "Why Your Intenet Sucks."
PHLConnectED will connect up to 35,000 K-12 student households with internet service in Philadelphia.
FCC Making Mid-Band Spectrum Available Quickly for 5G Innovation
The FCC took a major step toward comprehensively reforming rates and charges for the inmate calling services (ICS) within its jurisdiction.
DOJ and ISPs sue California despite court vacating FCC's bid to preempt state laws.
Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) spoke about the impact that the lack of access to broadband is having on Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
Puerto Rico’s leading business internet service provider AeroNet has announced a new, advanced Wi-Fi service in Old San Juan, in partnership with Facebook Connectivity.
Consumer-protection tools won’t be effective against the larger threat to American democracy.
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