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Op-Ed: Could False Alerts and Fake News Start A Nuclear War? (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 13:06With press freedom under threat, the Freedom of the Press Foundation wants to archive endangered clips (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 14:18Local news outlets are suddenly big fans of Facebook again (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 14:17Comcast may force us to rethink the definition of “cord-cutting” (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 10:52Want To Topple Telecom Oligopolies? Support Locally Owned Broadband
[Commentary] This past August, the residents of the Republican-leaning Michigan town of Lyndon Township overwhelmingly voted to raise their property taxes. What spurred this rural community to violate the core Republican tenant of minimal taxation? Lack of high-speed internet access. Speedy internet connections are easy to come by in cities and sprawling suburbs where big cable and telephone monopolies can expect a large return on their investment. But in many rural areas of the country, high-speed internet access is sparse–39% of rural Americans flat-out do not have broadband access.
The Government Is Knocking On Amazon’s Door A Lot More Often (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/16/2018 - 15:31Facebook and Twitter shareholders are demanding action on fake news and abuse (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 15:24How The Top 10 Philanthropists Of 2017 Are Reshaping Giving (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 17:26Candidate for Congress Will Let His Constituents Decide How He Votes
Michael Allman is running for Congress as a Republican. But if his constituents lean left of him on a particular issue before Congress, that’s how Allman will vote. That’s because Allman is running on a direct democracy platform: For every issue, voters in his district will be able to use a blockchain-enabled website to securely log their opinions, and Allman will follow the will of the people.