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Russian-Linked Bots Used US Startups to Meddle in Elections
Operatives behind Russian-linked bots used tools from US startups, including IFTTT Inc., to supercharge social-media misinformation campaigns and meddle in elections. Data disclosed by Twitter showed that hundreds of accounts affiliated with the Russia-based Internet Research Agency used services offered by IFTTT, RoundTeam Inc. and Dlvr.it Inc. to automate and disperse their divisive messages more widely. San Francisco-based IFTTT lets people connect different apps and automatically post content on multiple services.
FCC Eyes Change to Hearing-Disabled Call Reimbursement
The Federal Communications Commission is planning to reduce its reimbursement for hearing-impaired phone services that display a call’s text. The FCC could adopt a change in its reimbursement formula within 12 months, it said in the Trump administration’s fall regulatory agenda. The FCC reimburses telecom service providers for hearing- and speech-impaired telephone services. Agency officials, though, are worried that providers are marketing captioned phone services to people who could use cheaper methods, such as amplifying phones, in order to receive larger reimbursements.
President Trump to Withdraw US From Postal Treaty, Squeezing China (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/17/2018 - 17:49Deposition: AT&T CEO raised idea of selling CNN to head off antitrust challenge
AT&T chief executive officer Randall Stephenson floated the idea of selling CNN when he met with Justice Department antitrust chief Marakan Delrahim in Nov 2017 in an attempt to head off a government lawsuit challenging the company's proposed takeover of Time Warner, according to a deposition.
Extremists Are Using YouTube Less (Bloomberg)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 13:04New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in US Telecom
A major US telecommunications company discovered manipulated hardware from Super Micro Computer Inc. in its network and removed it in Aug, fresh evidence of tampering in China of critical technology components bound for the US, according to Yossi Appleboum, a security expert working for the telecom company.