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Democrats press Sen Mitch McConnell to take up net neutrality bill
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) took to the floor of the Senate in an attempt to force a vote on a bill to reinstate net neutrality on the one-year anniversary of its reversal. “Under Sen.
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduces bill to reinstate net neutrality rules
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduced a bill that would codify network neutrality regulations into law.
US Said to Seek Sale of CNN or DirecTV in AT&T-Time Warner Deal
Apparently, the Justice Department has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell Turner Broadcasting, the group of cable channels that includes CNN, as a potential requirement for approving the companies’ pending $85.4 billion deal. The other pos
First Amendment constraints don’t apply to private platforms, Supreme Court affirms
In a case closely watched for its potential implications for social media, the Supreme Court has ruled that a nonprofit running public access channels isn’t bound by governmental constraints on speech.
A Week with the UK's First 5G Network (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 06/17/2019 - 10:34Russia used social media to keep EU voters at home, according to EU report on disinformation (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 12:37Amazon hires Washington, DC official who participated in HQ2 talks (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 12:35A new attack on social media's immunity
For all the talk of antitrust investigations, the bigger threat to tech platforms like Google and Facebook is an intensifying call from Congress to revamp a law that shields them and other web companies from legal liability for users' posts. House