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Frustrated by internet service providers, cities and schools push for more data
Months into the school year, the one thing many families have learned is how much they rely on a functioning internet connection to access remote classrooms. So education equality experts who are trying to chip away at the many challenges families are struggling with through the pandemic are starting by simply trying to identify which students aren't connected to make sure those households have access to affordable packages. But even though most internet service providers, or ISPs, offer affordable packages, they refuse to say how many customers they have signed up for the programs.
Twitter launches 'pre-bunks' to get ahead of voting misinformation (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/26/2020 - 15:45Democracy activists stranded after Trump administration pulls funding for anti-censorship tools
The Trump administration has undercut democracy activists in Belarus and Hong Kong by abruptly ending funding to a US internet freedom organization that provides technological tools to evade censorship and surveillance, according to cyber experts and lawmakers.
Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms (NBC)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 17:21TikTok a privacy threat? Sure, but so are most of your smartphone apps (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 14:44'Facebook doesn't care': Activists say accounts removed despite Zuckerberg's free-speech stance (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/16/2020 - 06:30China launches new Twitter accounts, 90,000 tweets in COVID-19 info war (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/20/2020 - 14:04House Democrats press Google over report of scaled-back diversity efforts (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/19/2020 - 09:12Twitter CEO Dorsey Donates $10 Million to Oakland Digital Divide Campaign
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stunned Oakland schools and city leaders with a $10 million donation to a campaign aimed at providing computers and internet access to all students in the Oakland Unified School District. Dorsey's donation came after a group of city officials including Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and district Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammel held an online news conference announcing the effort.