Brookings
Mark MacCarthy: Justice Thomas sends a message on social media regulation (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/09/2021 - 15:38Spectrum: The pathway of the 21st century
As a Commissioner during the Trump administration, Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel called out the disarray resulting from the lack of a national spectrum policy. “We are heading into our wireless future with something less than a fully coordinated effort,” she warned. The Biden administration has not repeated the failure to prepare with transition planning.
Jessica Rich: Five reforms the FTC can undertake now to strengthen the agency (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 12:09Darrell West: Shutting down the internet (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:22Jessica Rich: After 20 years of debate, it’s time for Congress to finally pass a baseline privacy law (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 12:43
The consequences of social media’s giant experiment
The actions of Facebook and Twitter to ban President Donald Trump are protected by Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Act. This is the same Section 230 behind which social media companies have sheltered to protect them from liability for the dissemination of the hate, lies and conspiracies that ultimately led to the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. These actions are better late than never. But the proverbial horse has left the barn.
Op-ed: How YouTube helps form homogeneous online communities (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 14:46What to expect from a Biden FCC on Section 230, net neutrality, and 5G (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 15:15COVID-19 gives the FCC a platform to leverage educational programming
Months before COVID-19, the Federal Communications Commission voted to loosen broadcasters’ obligations to carry core “educational and informative” content across their networks. The National Association of Broadcasters thanked the FCC profusely, touting that obligations to carry “low-rated children’s programming” would have serious economic consequences when stations were already dealing with shrinking profits.