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As Google’s CEO Testifies Before Congress, Conservatives Stew About Social Media ‘Censorship’

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 — Republicans and conservative activists used Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to revive claims that large technology...

Big Tech2 years ago

How Bad is Life for Google? They Advertise in Conservative Magazines That Attack Them

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 – This is how bad it’s gotten for Google in Washington: The company is taking out ads on the back of the...

Big Tech2 years ago

Will the House Judiciary Committee Fairly Question Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Tuesday Hearing?

WASHINGTON, December 10, 2018 — When Google CEO Sundar Pichai raises his right hand before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, it’s possible the ensuing hearing...

Big Tech2 years ago

D.C. Circuit Court Questioning Suggests an Uphill Battle for the Justice Department to Defeat AT&T Acquisition

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: The first news report that we’ve seen on Thursday’s argument before the D.C. Circuit. While the Trump Justice Department attempted to stop the merger...

Social Media2 years ago

When It Comes To Her ‘Be Best’ Campaign, Melania Trump Says She’s Ignoring Critics, Moving Forward

WASHINGTON, November 15, 2018 — As she stepped up to the podium Thursday to address the Family Online Safety Institute’s annual conference, First Lady Melania Trump’s...

Big Tech2 years ago

In a First, Social Media Giant Facebook Agrees to French Regulators Seeking to Combat Hate Speech

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Facebook is only the first of the feared tech giants (#GAFA – Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) who appear to be buckling into...

Big Tech2 years ago

Commissioner O’Rielly Raises Another Concern about Municipal Broadband: The ‘First Amendment’

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Critics of municipal involvement with broadband infrastructure will find all manner of reasons to oppose them, and this article from Motherboard elaborates on...

Social Media3 years ago

Citing No Evidence, Trump Claims Google Search Results Are ‘Rigged’ Against Him, Repeats Debunked Claim First Made In Russian State Media

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2018 — President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google’s search engine of suppressing conservative news stories and other “fair” news stories about him,...

Broadband News3 years ago

Far From Discriminating Against Conservatives, Facebook is Accused of a Pro-Conservative Bias

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Against a backdrop of complaints by American conservatives that Facebook and other social media giants promote non-conservative content, a new report finds that the...

Antitrust3 years ago

At Technology Policy Institute Panel on AT&T/Time Warner, a Criticism of Trump and Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2018 – The former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized the president and his Justice Department’s antitrust division for...

Antitrust3 years ago

Justice Department Weighs in on Whether Politics Motivated the Lawsuit Against AT&T-Time Warner Merger

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2018 – Was a federal district court judge’s decision to permit AT&T’s merger with Time Warner a victory for the rule or law...

Antitrust3 years ago

Judge Allows AT&T-Time Warner Merger to Proceed Over Objections of Trump Justice Department

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2018 – A federal district judge on Tuesday ruled that AT&T can proceed with its $85 billion merger with entertainment giant Time-Warner, spurning Justice...

Big Tech3 years ago

Facebook Faces A Skeptical Audience on Data Privacy and Terror Transparency

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2018 – A top Facebook policy official on Wednesday defended the social media giant’s new policies about safeguarding privacy and data transparency against...

Big Tech3 years ago

Broadband Technology is Powering a New Generation of TV Startups, Including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: With Jeffrey Katzenberg getting into the game, we now see a multitude of video entities and many over-the-top outfits promoting an array of...

Antitrust3 years ago

AT&T CEO Says Hiring Cohen Was ‘Big Mistake’ As Questions On Trump Administration Lawsuit Are Revived

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2018 – AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on Friday announced that the company was parting ways with the executive responsible for hiring Trump “fixer”...

Big Tech3 years ago

Facebook and Net Neutrality Aside, Local Broadband Leaders Can Make a Difference

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: While Washington alternatively obsesses over net neutrality, beating up on Facebook, or other distractions brought to us by the man in the White...

Big Tech3 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Began Testimony Before Senate Committee with an Apology for Company’s History

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2018 – After months of seemingly-unending scandal over his company’s role in the 2018 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began his first of...

Big Tech3 years ago

Facebook Data Breach is Putting Social Networking and Dating Apps in the Cross-Hairs of Congress

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2018 — As Facebook users continue to learn more about how the social networking pioneer allowed third parties to gain access to contact...

Big Tech3 years ago

Trump to Host Thursday Meeting at White House on Role of Video Games in School Gun Violence

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: The debate over the role of violence in movies and video games never seems to end. President Trump’s attempts to link video games...

Big Tech3 years ago

Democrats’ Seek #OneMoreVote for Net Neutrality and Launch Congressional Review Act Against Trump FCC

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2018 – Advocates of net neutrality are pushing for congressional action to overturn a December action by the Federal Communications Commission to repeal...

Antitrust3 years ago

Jonathan Lee: Antitrust Division’s Flawed Case Against AT&T/Time Warner is Simply Too General

Telecom attorney Jonathan Lee takes down the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s specious case against the AT&T/Time Warner merger in this detailed blog post, excerpted...

Big Tech3 years ago

Trump Nominates Joseph Simmons as Chairman of Federal Trade Commission

WASHINGTON, October 19, 2017 — The Federal Trade Commission will get two new members if President Donald Trump has his way, as the White House announced...

Broadband's Impact4 years ago

Backpage Executives Before Senate Investigative Subcommittee Refuse to Testify About Online Business

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2017 – Executives of Backpage.com brought before a Senate investigative hearing on Tuesday refused to answer any lawmaker questions the company’s online classifieds,...

International6 years ago

Media Institute Launches Program to Protect a Version of Global Online Free Speech

WASHINGTON, December 9, 2014 – The Media Institute announced a new initiative on November 24 aimed to protect the group’s view of internet freedoms around the...

Big Tech6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: FTC Against Public Utility Broadband Regulation, Holder Slaps Tech Industry, and FCC Video News

WASHINGTON, October 2, 2014 - Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen warned that reclassifying broadband under public utility regulation including in Title II of the Communications Act...

FCC6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Incumbents Defend Data Caps, Comcast Cites Competition for Merger, and Wheeler Seeks Diversity of Media Ownership

WASHINGTON, September 24, 2014 –Verizon Communications and AT&T are urging the Federal Communications Commission to include the use of data caps in the agency’s definition of...

Broadband Roundup7 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Wireless Data Exploding, Will Sprint Succeed with T-Mobile, Cybersecurity Bill

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 – A new study by Wireless Association CTIA reported that between 2012 and 2013, mobile traffic and data increased by 120 percent....

Big Tech7 years ago

Broadband Roundup: AT&T-DirecTV Merger and its Impact on the Marketplace

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2014 – AT&T announced that it would acquire DirecTV in a $48.5 billion deal, according to multiple sources. The agreement may allow AT&T...

Big Tech8 years ago

Register for the July Broadband Breakfast Club Event: “Over the Top: Broadband Video’s Impact on Future TV”

Washington, Friday, July 12th, 2013 – BroadbandBreakfast.com will hold its July 2013 Broadband Breakfast Club event: “Over the Top: Broadband Video’s Impact on Future TV” on...

Big Tech8 years ago

NCTA’s ‘The Cable Show’ Convention Kicks Off with Emphasis on Broadband

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 — The role of broadband as a major driving force for innovation in the cable industry was a major focus of the...

#broadbandlive8 years ago

Video of March 2013 Broadband Breakfast Club: ‘Smart Cars, the Consumer Experience and Broadband’

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2013 – Today’s cars are getting smarter because drivers are bringing smart phones into their cars and because autonomous-driving systems are getting closer...

Broadband and Democratization8 years ago

Call It Facebook for the Dead: Latter-day Saints’ FamilySearch.org Helps Build Online Tree of Family Connections

SALT LAKE CITY, March 22, 2013 - When I was younger, family history was for old folks. Now that I am older, family history is for...

Big Tech8 years ago

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Seeks to Break New Broadband Ground with Social Media Lineup Announcement

March 17, 2013 – How a music festival connects to their audience is paramount to having a successful event. In recent years, several festivals – including...

Broadband's Impact8 years ago

Catholic Students in Washington Turn On Broadband, Tune In Webcasts and See the New Pope Francis

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2013 – With Catholics around the world awaiting the announcement of the new Pope, students at the Catholic University of America chose an...

#broadbandlive8 years ago

Video from February’s Broadband Breakfast Club on Data Caps

WASHINGTON, Thursday, February 21st, 2013 – The broadband policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com held its February 2013 Broadband Breakfast Club event “Data Caps, the Spectrum Crunch and the Wireless Home” this past Tuesday,...

Broadband's Impact8 years ago

A Major League Baseball Player and the Evolution of the Internet, Media, and the Twitter-verse

February 18, 2013 – When pitcher C.J. Nitkowski first started blogging in 1997, even he could never have predicted how fast the medium would grow. By...

Broadband and Democratization8 years ago

‘Big Data’ Plus Big Broadband Equals Better Government and Private Sector Services, Say ITIF Panelists

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2013 – Data-sharing in a broadband-enabled world enables greater productivity for the government and the private sector, said officials at the first annual...

Broadband and Democratization9 years ago

Broadband Adoption and Usage: If You’re Not Online, You’re Missing What You Need to Know

June 25, 2012 – Having access to broadband technology and other digital tools is a key ingredient to economic, social, and political connectedness. Yet only 69...

Broadband and Democratization9 years ago

Digital Advertising and the 2012 Presidential Campaign at the Broadband Breakfast Club

WASHINGTON, June 20 2012 – Celebrating the fifth presidential cycle that the internet has played a role in the political campaign process, political pundits, strategists and communications...

Big Tech9 years ago

The Future of Privacy in a Social Media and Networking World

WASHINGTON Thursday April 19, 2012 – First search, then social media, and now privacy concerns? The digital world has transformed the way consumers access content; one...

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As Google’s CEO Testifies Before Congress, Conservatives Stew About Social Media ‘Censorship’

How Bad is Life for Google? They Advertise in Conservative Magazines That Attack Them

Will the House Judiciary Committee Fairly Question Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Tuesday Hearing?

D.C. Circuit Court Questioning Suggests an Uphill Battle for the Justice Department to Defeat AT&T Acquisition

When It Comes To Her ‘Be Best’ Campaign, Melania Trump Says She’s Ignoring Critics, Moving Forward

In a First, Social Media Giant Facebook Agrees to French Regulators Seeking to Combat Hate Speech

Commissioner O’Rielly Raises Another Concern about Municipal Broadband: The ‘First Amendment’

Citing No Evidence, Trump Claims Google Search Results Are ‘Rigged’ Against Him, Repeats Debunked Claim First Made In Russian State Media

Far From Discriminating Against Conservatives, Facebook is Accused of a Pro-Conservative Bias

At Technology Policy Institute Panel on AT&T/Time Warner, a Criticism of Trump and Law Enforcement

Justice Department Weighs in on Whether Politics Motivated the Lawsuit Against AT&T-Time Warner Merger

Judge Allows AT&T-Time Warner Merger to Proceed Over Objections of Trump Justice Department

Facebook Faces A Skeptical Audience on Data Privacy and Terror Transparency

Broadband Technology is Powering a New Generation of TV Startups, Including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s

AT&T CEO Says Hiring Cohen Was ‘Big Mistake’ As Questions On Trump Administration Lawsuit Are Revived

Facebook and Net Neutrality Aside, Local Broadband Leaders Can Make a Difference

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Began Testimony Before Senate Committee with an Apology for Company’s History

Facebook Data Breach is Putting Social Networking and Dating Apps in the Cross-Hairs of Congress

Trump to Host Thursday Meeting at White House on Role of Video Games in School Gun Violence

Democrats’ Seek #OneMoreVote for Net Neutrality and Launch Congressional Review Act Against Trump FCC

Jonathan Lee: Antitrust Division’s Flawed Case Against AT&T/Time Warner is Simply Too General

Trump Nominates Joseph Simmons as Chairman of Federal Trade Commission

Backpage Executives Before Senate Investigative Subcommittee Refuse to Testify About Online Business

Media Institute Launches Program to Protect a Version of Global Online Free Speech

Broadband Roundup: FTC Against Public Utility Broadband Regulation, Holder Slaps Tech Industry, and FCC Video News

Broadband Roundup: Incumbents Defend Data Caps, Comcast Cites Competition for Merger, and Wheeler Seeks Diversity of Media Ownership

Broadband Roundup: Wireless Data Exploding, Will Sprint Succeed with T-Mobile, Cybersecurity Bill

Broadband Roundup: AT&T-DirecTV Merger and its Impact on the Marketplace

Register for the July Broadband Breakfast Club Event: “Over the Top: Broadband Video’s Impact on Future TV”

NCTA’s ‘The Cable Show’ Convention Kicks Off with Emphasis on Broadband

Video of March 2013 Broadband Breakfast Club: ‘Smart Cars, the Consumer Experience and Broadband’

Call It Facebook for the Dead: Latter-day Saints’ FamilySearch.org Helps Build Online Tree of Family Connections

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Seeks to Break New Broadband Ground with Social Media Lineup Announcement

Catholic Students in Washington Turn On Broadband, Tune In Webcasts and See the New Pope Francis

Video from February’s Broadband Breakfast Club on Data Caps

A Major League Baseball Player and the Evolution of the Internet, Media, and the Twitter-verse

‘Big Data’ Plus Big Broadband Equals Better Government and Private Sector Services, Say ITIF Panelists

Broadband Adoption and Usage: If You’re Not Online, You’re Missing What You Need to Know

Digital Advertising and the 2012 Presidential Campaign at the Broadband Breakfast Club

The Future of Privacy in a Social Media and Networking World

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