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California's Zero-Rating Restrictions 'Irreparably Harm' ISPs, Groups Argue
Internet service providers will suffer “irreparable harm” if California is allowed to enforce its net neutrality law, which includes restrictions on carriers' ability to exempt video streams from data caps, trade groups told a federal judge.
Op-Ed | Defund Facebook: The Machine Fueling Ad Industry Demand For Change (MediaPost)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 08/27/2020 - 09:19White House Seeks New Hearing In Battle Over Journalist's Press Pass (MediaPost)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 10:45FTC Lacks Authority To Police Platforms' Content Moderation Policies, Chairman Simons Says
The Federal Trade Commission lacks the authority to oversee how social media companies curate political speech, Chairman Joe Simons told the Senate Commerce Committee Aug 5. “Our authority focuses on commercial speech, not political content curation,” Chairman Simons told Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) at an oversight hearing.
Spotify Snags $20 Million Podcast Ad Deal With Omnicom Media Group (MediaPost)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 10:34COVID Misinformation Case 'Cannot Proceed In An American Court,' Fox News Tells Judge (MediaPost)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/22/2020 - 10:50FCC Ordered To Disclose Data About Net Neutrality Commenters
Siding with The New York Times, a federal judge has ordered that the Federal Communications Commission must disclose information about users who submitted comments during the 2017 net neutrality proceeding, despite the agency's objections that doing so could compromise people's privacy. US District Court Judge Lorna Schofield in the Southern District of New York ruled that disclosure of the data -- including commenters' IP addresses, time stamps, and user-agent headers -- is in the public interest, particularly given concerns that many comments were fraudulent.