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Suppression of Media Freedom Correlates to the Onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Say Panelists

November 16, 2020 — The year 2021 will be pivotal for advancing media and press freedom initiatives, due to the converging crises affecting the future of...

FCC3 months ago

INCOMPAS Predicts Prompt Action on Net Neutrality

November 16, 2020 – Officials associated with INCOMPAS, the Internet and Competitive Networks Association, on Thursday predicted that there would be action on net neutrality sooner...

Section 2304 months ago

Proposals to Curtail Section 230 Gather Steam Among Journalists and Thinkers at Reboot Event

November 11, 2020 – The pervasiveness of the debate over recrafting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is even impacting discussions about the future of...

Section 2304 months ago

President Trump’s FCC Nominee Grilled on Section 230 During Senate Confirmation Hearing

November 10, 2020 — Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation grilled President Donald Trump’s proposed nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, Nathan...

Big Tech4 months ago

The Techlash May Be Due for a Comeuppance, Say Gigi Sohn and Techdirt Founder Mike Masnick

November 9, 2020 — Two technology policy intellectuals said on Friday at the Reboot conference that the “techlash” may due for a comeuppance. Gigi Sohn, distinguished...

Social Media4 months ago

Journalists and Techies Knock Each Other Over Media Coverage of Trump-Biden Contest

November 9, 2020 – The media may have missed the boat on Trump voters, including Latino Trump voters, but at least it was smart enough to...

Antitrust4 months ago

Debaters Consider Whether a New Agency to Regulate Tech Platforms Would Do More Harm Than Good

November 9, 2020 – At a formal debate on whether technology platforms require a new regulatory regime, two well-established experts also clashed over how seriously policy-makers...

Big Tech4 months ago

Apple Gets a Foot in Joe Biden’s Door. What Will It Mean for Silicon Valley?

November 6, 2020 — With Twitter flagging and obscuring Donald Trump’s tweets on a daily basis, and with Facebook and other internet gatekeepers clamping down on...

Section 2304 months ago

Google, Facebook and Twitter Defend Themselves as GOP Slams Big Tech and Dems Mock Hearing

October 30, 2020 – Tech platform companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter said they not in favor of redefining the phrase, “otherwise objectionable,” that has become a...

Antitrust4 months ago

Panel of Antitrust Experts Assembled by AEI Slams House Judiciary Antitrust Report as ‘Political’

October 30, 2020 — An American Enterprise Institute webinar on Monday criticized the House Judiciary Antitrust Committee’s recent report, calling it politically-motivated and criticizing it for...

Antitrust4 months ago

Federal Trade Commissioners Disagree About Role of Antitrust Lawsuits Against Big Tech

October 20, 2020 — In the midst of the largest lawsuit against a tech giant in decades, Google, the Technology Policy Institute hosted a conversation with...

Antitrust4 months ago

Justice Department Antitrust Division Sues Google, FCC Calls for Changes to Media Regulations, AT&T on Spectrum Sharing

The Justice Department’s antitrust division plans to sue Google today for engaging in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising, senior Justice officials...

Antitrust4 months ago

Is House Judiciary Report a Fix for Big Tech, or a One-Sided Political Document?

October 17, 2020 – Responding to the landmark report of the House Judiciary Antitrust Committee on October 6 about how to deal with big tech companies,...

Section 2304 months ago

FCC Chairman Under Trump Declares Agency’s Authority to Define Language on Political Speech

October 16, 2020 – The Federal Communications Commission dove deep into political territory on Thursday by declaring that the agency had authority to rule on questions...

Antitrust5 months ago

Biden Administration and GOP Critics of Big Tech Create ‘Perfect Storm’ for Antitrust Action

October 13, 2020—A presidential administration led by Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden would bring substantive changes to the enforcement of antitrust law, panelists predicted at...

Antitrust5 months ago

Recent Supreme Court Decision Likely to Help Big Tech if Charged With Antitrust Violations

October 12, 2020 – Because the network effects of digital platforms makes it hard to prove harm to consumers, it is difficult to rein in the...

Antitrust5 months ago

House Democratic Report Proposes ‘Structural Separation’ of Big Tech, GOP Minority Report Wants to Gut Section 230

October 11, 2020 — House Democrats on Tuesday proposed a massive overhaul of U.S. antitrust laws that could make it easier to break up giant tech...

Section 2305 months ago

Joint Center Calls Trump’s Proposed Changes to Section 230 an Attempt to ‘Work the Referees’

October 7, 2020 – Spencer Overton, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, on Tuesday said that the Trump Administration’s proposal on Section...

Social Media5 months ago

Don’t Blame Russia for American Disinformation: The Cause is Domestic Political Polarization

October 6, 2020 – Starting in 2014, domestic forces—not just foreign forces—began to spread the idea that America was rigged against you, according to Renée DiResta,...

Antitrust5 months ago

Once Characterized as an Antitrust Strategy, Data Portability May Not Be the Competition Remedy Many Believe

October 6, 2020 — As technological advances allow for more data to be generated on consumers, the public has become more attuned to the need for...

Social Media5 months ago

Social Media Platforms Are Behind the Curve in Responding to Election 2020 Disinformation

October 5, 2020 – Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have waited until very late in the 2020 election to update their user policies, and...

Section 2305 months ago

Brendan Carr Thinks FCC Has Section 230 Authority, But Not Others at Communications Association Event

September 29, 2020 – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr was the odd man out in a conversation about Section 230 in that he actually believes that...

Section 2305 months ago

INCOMPAS Opposes Commerce Department’s Proposal to Redefine Language of Section 230

September 24, 2020 — Although much of the focus over proposed changes to Section 230 centers around how Big Tech enjoys immunity from liability for user-generated...

Big Tech5 months ago

Coronavirus Pandemic Renders Small Businesses More Reliant on Digital E-Commerce Platforms Than Ever Before

September 22, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has taken a dire toll on small businesses across the United States. In an attempt to subsist, many small...

Section 2305 months ago

FCC’s Brendon Carr Urges Changes to Section 230, Says His Approach Supports First Amendment

September 17, 2020 – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Wednesday advocated greater transparency by social media and internet platforms at an event called “Reboot Conversations:...

Antitrust6 months ago

Google Grilled on Anticompetitive Digital Advertising Practices During Senate Subcommittee Hearing

September 16, 2020 — Both Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday grilled a top Google official at a hearing just weeks before the U.S. Justice Department...

Section 2306 months ago

Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks Attacks Trump Administration Section 230 Petition

September 14, 2020 — Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration for its efforts to impose President Donald Trump’s political agenda upon...

Section 2306 months ago

Trump Justice Department Says Section 230 Changes Needed to Target ‘Bad Samaritans’ and Enforce Transparency

September 1, 2020 – Justice Department attorney Lauren Willard said that the Trump administration wanted to change Section 230 to incentivize big tech platforms to address...

Media Ownership7 months ago

Americans’ Trust in Media Declines For Third Consecutive Year, Differs Along Party Lines, Reports Knight Foundation

August 6, 2020 — While Americans still value the media’s traditional role in society, a new report found that trust in media has continued to decline...

Big Tech7 months ago

Ethical Technology Still in Early Stages, But Here to Stay, Say Axios Panelists

August 6, 2020 — Although many ethical technologies are still in early developmental stages, they are here to stay, said participants in an Axios webinar Thursday....

Digital Inclusion7 months ago

Mignon Clyburn, Coy on Future Federal Communications Commission Role, Says Agency Lacks Authority to Clarify Section 230

August 6, 2020 – Former Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said that the FCC does not have the authority to clarify Section 230, speaking in a...

Antitrust7 months ago

Antitrust and Data Protection Emerge as Top FTC Priorities During Senate Hearing

August 5, 2020 — The five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission testified together before a Senate panel for the first time in nearly two years...

Antitrust7 months ago

Brookings Panelists Call For Breaking Up and Breaking Open Big Tech Powerhouses

August 4, 2020 — Panelists in a Tuesday Brookings Institution webinar discussed their takes on the historic House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on July 29. The...

Social Media7 months ago

Leader of the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Believes Public Sentiment Towards Facebook is Shifting

July 30, 2020 — In a Wednesday hearing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was questioned by Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., about a statement he made regarding mounting...

Big Tech7 months ago

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Respond and Deflect Manifold Criticism by House Judiciary Panel

July 30, 2020 — Wednesday’s House Judiciary Antitrust subcommittee hearing marked the first time four tech CEOs appeared before Congress, and the first time Amazon’s head,...

Antitrust7 months ago

Big Tech Must Be Broken Up, says House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman

July 30, 2020 – Several of the companies featured in Wednesday’s blockbuster big tech hearing need to be broken up, House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David...

Section 2307 months ago

Senators Discuss Section 230 Shortcomings and Potential Reforms

July 28, 2020 — Senators on Tuesday remained broadly divided on the extent and direction that changes to Section 230 should take. The tenor of the...

Antitrust7 months ago

Big Tech CEOs Prepare to Defend Alleged Anticompetitive Practices

July 28, 2020 — The CEOs of four of the world’s biggest technology companies are preparing to defend their rapidly-expanding businesses in a blockbuster hearing Wednesday....

Section 2307 months ago

Commerce Department Asks Federal Communications Commission to Reconsider Section 230 Protections

July 27, 2020 — The U.S. Commerce Department under the Trump administration on Monday followed through on the president’s orders and filed a petition asking the...

Social Media8 months ago

Polarization Runs Deeper Than Social Media, Says National Review Correspondent

July 16, 2020 — Social media is not exacerbating the problems of American public discourse, said the National Review’s Kevin Williamson in a Lincoln Network webinar...

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Suppression of Media Freedom Correlates to the Onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Say Panelists

INCOMPAS Predicts Prompt Action on Net Neutrality

Proposals to Curtail Section 230 Gather Steam Among Journalists and Thinkers at Reboot Event

President Trump’s FCC Nominee Grilled on Section 230 During Senate Confirmation Hearing

The Techlash May Be Due for a Comeuppance, Say Gigi Sohn and Techdirt Founder Mike Masnick

Journalists and Techies Knock Each Other Over Media Coverage of Trump-Biden Contest

Debaters Consider Whether a New Agency to Regulate Tech Platforms Would Do More Harm Than Good

Apple Gets a Foot in Joe Biden’s Door. What Will It Mean for Silicon Valley?

Google, Facebook and Twitter Defend Themselves as GOP Slams Big Tech and Dems Mock Hearing

Panel of Antitrust Experts Assembled by AEI Slams House Judiciary Antitrust Report as ‘Political’

Federal Trade Commissioners Disagree About Role of Antitrust Lawsuits Against Big Tech

Justice Department Antitrust Division Sues Google, FCC Calls for Changes to Media Regulations, AT&T on Spectrum Sharing

Is House Judiciary Report a Fix for Big Tech, or a One-Sided Political Document?

FCC Chairman Under Trump Declares Agency’s Authority to Define Language on Political Speech

Biden Administration and GOP Critics of Big Tech Create ‘Perfect Storm’ for Antitrust Action

Recent Supreme Court Decision Likely to Help Big Tech if Charged With Antitrust Violations

House Democratic Report Proposes ‘Structural Separation’ of Big Tech, GOP Minority Report Wants to Gut Section 230

Joint Center Calls Trump’s Proposed Changes to Section 230 an Attempt to ‘Work the Referees’

Don’t Blame Russia for American Disinformation: The Cause is Domestic Political Polarization

Once Characterized as an Antitrust Strategy, Data Portability May Not Be the Competition Remedy Many Believe

Social Media Platforms Are Behind the Curve in Responding to Election 2020 Disinformation

Brendan Carr Thinks FCC Has Section 230 Authority, But Not Others at Communications Association Event

INCOMPAS Opposes Commerce Department’s Proposal to Redefine Language of Section 230

Coronavirus Pandemic Renders Small Businesses More Reliant on Digital E-Commerce Platforms Than Ever Before

FCC’s Brendon Carr Urges Changes to Section 230, Says His Approach Supports First Amendment

Google Grilled on Anticompetitive Digital Advertising Practices During Senate Subcommittee Hearing

Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks Attacks Trump Administration Section 230 Petition

Trump Justice Department Says Section 230 Changes Needed to Target ‘Bad Samaritans’ and Enforce Transparency

Americans’ Trust in Media Declines For Third Consecutive Year, Differs Along Party Lines, Reports Knight Foundation

Ethical Technology Still in Early Stages, But Here to Stay, Say Axios Panelists

Mignon Clyburn, Coy on Future Federal Communications Commission Role, Says Agency Lacks Authority to Clarify Section 230

Antitrust and Data Protection Emerge as Top FTC Priorities During Senate Hearing

Brookings Panelists Call For Breaking Up and Breaking Open Big Tech Powerhouses

Leader of the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign Believes Public Sentiment Towards Facebook is Shifting

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Respond and Deflect Manifold Criticism by House Judiciary Panel

Big Tech Must Be Broken Up, says House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman

Senators Discuss Section 230 Shortcomings and Potential Reforms

Big Tech CEOs Prepare to Defend Alleged Anticompetitive Practices

Commerce Department Asks Federal Communications Commission to Reconsider Section 230 Protections

Polarization Runs Deeper Than Social Media, Says National Review Correspondent

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