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Amid Responses to Section 230 Executive Order, Trump-Twitter Dispute Over ‘Censorship’ Continues to Escalate

May 29, 2020 — President Donald Trump continued to rage against Twitter over allegations of censorship by the company in a series of tweets on Friday,...

Section 2304 days ago

Trump Preparing to Sign Executive Order Curbing Section 230 Protections for Social Media

May 28, 2020 — President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would eliminate protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act...

Social Media5 days ago

Social Media is Lowering the Quality of Our Information, Say Ranking Digital Rights Panelists

May 27, 2020 — Current social media algorithms and big tech tactics are making our information less reliable and our discourse less productive amid the coronavirus,...

Intellectual Property1 week ago

Slogans About Data Portability on Tech Platforms Don’t Capture Intellectual Property and Interoperability Issues

May 22, 2020 — Experts on the issue of data portability are unsure where to draw the line regarding the degree to which big tech platforms...

Social Media2 weeks ago

Facebook Content Moderation Oversight Board Aims to Provide a ‘Deliberative Second Look’ at Controversies, Akin to U.S. Supreme Court

May 19, 2020 — On a Monday webinar discussion with members of Facebook’s new oversight board, moderator Vivian Schiller, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s digital...

Social Media3 weeks ago

With Misinformation About Coronavirus Rampant, Facebook Officials Are Taking More Aggressive Steps

May 14, 2020 — Facebook is taking extra steps to stop the rampant spread of coronavirus misinformation, said company officials in a National Association of Broadcasters...

Federal Agencies3 weeks ago

Federal Election Commissioner Says Facebook Continues to Pose Dangers to Democracy

May 8, 2020 — Facebook is still affected by many of the problems represented in 2010’s “The Social Network,” as well as some new ones, Federal Election...

Federal Agencies4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments About Robocalls Over the Telephone

May 6, 2020 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday used the telephone to hear arguments on the constitutionality of political messages sent over the telephone. The...

Artificial Intelligence4 weeks ago

Australian Group Chronicles the Growing Realism of ‘Deep Fakes,’ and Their Geopolitical Risk

May 5, 2020 – A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the International Cyber Policy Centre detailed the state of rapidly developing “deep...

Artificial Intelligence2 months ago

Panelist at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Event Say Deepfakes Are a Double-Edged Sword

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2020 – “Democracies will be at a disadvantage” if deepfakes become common, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman told panelists gathered online, on March...

Free Speech2 months ago

Journalists Practice Social Distancing on Zoom in Future Tense Event on Coronavirus and Civil Liberties

March 20, 2020 – Slate Staff Writer Mark Joseph Stern led a discussion on how coronavirus could affect civil liberties through a quarantine-friendly platform. Future Tense...

Section 2303 months ago

Big Tech Must Combat Child Sexual Abuse Material Online or Lose Section 230 Protection, Say Senators

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 – Cracks in the edifice of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act continued to expand at a Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee...

Antitrust3 months ago

Deputy Attorney General Blames Big Tech for Using Section 230 to ‘Enable Harm’

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 - “Is this third industrial revolution over? And if so, why?” That was the question Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen posed to...

Section 2303 months ago

Panelists at CATO Institute Fiercely Disagree Over Whether Big Tech is Biased and Left-Leaning

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 – A CATO Institute panel on Tuesday discussing whether accusations of political censorship warrant Section 230 reform was a tense microcosm of...

Section 2303 months ago

Despite A Significant Role in Shaping the Online World, the Future of Section 230 is Still Unknown

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 – CATO Institute Vice President John Samples on Tuesday compared the continually changing territory that Section 230 occupies in the broadband world to...

China3 months ago

Sen. Josh Hawley Excoriates Absent Apple and TikTok Executives at Another Hearing Bashing Big Tech

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2020 — “The American public deserves to know” about ethically questionable business practices conducted by Apple and TikTok, asserted Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri,...

Health3 months ago

Broadband Roundup: Twitter Flags Misinformation, Facebook Promotes WHO, Tulsi Looses to Google

Twitter Site Integrity Head Yoel Roth told Ari Shapiro of NPR in an interview that Twitter will flag “misleading” or “harmful” content with blue exclamation marks....

Broadband Mapping & Data3 months ago

Congress Revises Broadband DATA Act, New Jersey Has Best Internet, Bills Targeting Big Tech

The House of Representatives passed a revised version of the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) act on Tuesday to the applause of many broadband...

Broadband Roundup3 months ago

Broadband Roundup: Apple Settles Over Aged Batteries, Senator Fights the Homework Gap, Twitter on Coronavirus

Apple consented to a settlement of $500 million for not disclosing “that iOS artificially limited processor speeds as phone batteries aged,” reports Adi Robertson for The...

Autonomous Vehicles3 months ago

Broadband Roundup: Tesla Cars Ain’t Driverless, Suspicious Bernie Sanders Facebook Posts, ReConnect Awards

According to a Forbes article by Alan Ohnsman, U.S. safety investigators are calling for greater regulation of Teslas following the release of several investigative reports detailing...

Free Speech3 months ago

At Event on Redefining Free Speech, Panelists Tiptoe Around Whether that Means Regulating Free Speech

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 – There were at least some panelists speaking at an event on “Redefining Free Speech for the Digital Age” who offered a...

Free Speech3 months ago

American University President and New America CEO Seek to Clip Edges of America’s Free Speech ‘Absolutism’

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 – Two high-profile panelists, including the president of American University and the CEO of the New America think tank, took issue with...

Broadband Roundup3 months ago

Broadband Roundup: Zuckerberg and EU Discuss Rules for Facebook, Trumps Supports Oracle, Nevada Caucus Anxieties

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proposed a “third status for Facebook that would fall between telecom provider and publisher, while expressing skepticism at the idea of one...

Section 2303 months ago

Attorney General Bill Barr Calls for ‘Recalibrated’ Section 230 as Justice Department Hosts Tech Immunity Workshop

WASHINGTON, February 19, 2020 – Attorney General William Barr laid out the case for “recalibrating” Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in response to what...

Social Media3 months ago

Misinformation Expert Warns About the Great Risks of Political Tampering In the 2020 Election

WASHINGTON February 19, 2020— A “very complicated media infrastructure” that is both corrupt and creative is developing in the world of political misinformation, warned Craig Silverman,...

FCC4 months ago

FCC and FTC Commissioners Address ‘Technology Optimism and Pessimism’ at Silicon Flatirons Conference

Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly raised concerns over the challenges posed by technology in society, whereas Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra expressed “supreme optimism,” while also...

Broadband's Impact4 months ago

Pro-Technology Advocates Change More Minds than their Anti-Tech Counterparts During Silicon Flatirons Debate

Pro-tech advocates changed more minds than their anti-tech counterparts at a Silicon Flatirons debate on Sunday. Pro-tech and anti-tech advocates engaged in an Oxford-style debate at...

Antitrust4 months ago

Broadband’s Role in Iowa Caucus Debacle, Facebook as an Actual Community, Makan Delrahim Recusal on Google

The results from the Democratic Caucus in Iowa remained delayed, and the technology snafu is being blamed on an app designed to tabulate results that was...

Expert Opinion4 months ago

Jeff Grappone: State of the Union Address Is No Longer the Political Equivalent of the Super Bowl

The State of the Union address used to be the political news equivalent of the Super Bowl. It was the one night of the year set...

Section 2304 months ago

State of the Net Panelists Fiercely Defend Section 230 as a Crucial Protection of Free Speech

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 – Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act may be controversial in some parts of this city, but at the State of...

Social Media4 months ago

The Biggest Tech Companies – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – Have Nowhere to Go But Down, Say Panelists

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 - The biggest high tech platform companies on the political and cultural landscape have nowhere to go but down, agreed a panel...

Social Media4 months ago

Since 2016, Social Media Misinformation Has Both Improved and Worsened, Say Panelists

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 – Are Americans better or worse off since the disinformation debacle on social media in the 2016 election year? The question is...

Section 2304 months ago

In Interview With New York Times Editorial Board, Joe Biden Urges Revoking Section 230

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2020 – Former Vice President Joe Biden called for the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a piece of legislation...

Section 2305 months ago

Section 230 Immunity Isn’t Popular in Many Places. But at CES 2020, Techies Huddle and Applaud the Law

A group of panelists assembled at CES 2020, the world’s largest technology conference, countered the increasingly-controversial reputation that has recently enveloped Section 230 of the Communications...

Social Media5 months ago

House Democrats Grill Facebook Witness, Tech Officials on Social Media Disinformation

WASHINGTON, January 8, 2020 – House Democrats on Wednesday pressed Facebook and other technology observers on why tech companies aren’t doing more to prevent the spread...

House of Representatives7 months ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Tell Congress that Its Cryptocurrency Promotes Financial Inclusivity

WASHINGTON, October 22, 2019 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in the spotlight again on Wednesday, when he is scheduled to testify before the House...

Free Speech7 months ago

Social Media Both a Cause of and Solution to Epidemic of ‘Fake News,’ Say Panelists at AEI Event

WASHINGTON, October 22, 2019 - At an American Enterprise Institute event on Tuesday, members of the media said that social media has been both a cause...

Antitrust7 months ago

Broadband Roundup: Bill Aims to Make Social Media Interoperable, Colorado Drops T-Mobile Lawsuit, Indian Country Very Unconnected

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Tuesday introduced the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act, Public Knowledge reports. The...

Free Speech8 months ago

Internet Industry Under the Microscope as House Committee Grills Witnesses on Liability for Online Content

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2019 - The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday said that technology companies need to “step up” and better address...

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At Silicon Flatirons, UN Representative Says World Must Stand By Twitter in Battle of Intimidation with Trump

Amid Responses to Section 230 Executive Order, Trump-Twitter Dispute Over ‘Censorship’ Continues to Escalate

Trump Preparing to Sign Executive Order Curbing Section 230 Protections for Social Media

Social Media is Lowering the Quality of Our Information, Say Ranking Digital Rights Panelists

Slogans About Data Portability on Tech Platforms Don’t Capture Intellectual Property and Interoperability Issues

Facebook Content Moderation Oversight Board Aims to Provide a ‘Deliberative Second Look’ at Controversies, Akin to U.S. Supreme Court

With Misinformation About Coronavirus Rampant, Facebook Officials Are Taking More Aggressive Steps

Federal Election Commissioner Says Facebook Continues to Pose Dangers to Democracy

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments About Robocalls Over the Telephone

Australian Group Chronicles the Growing Realism of ‘Deep Fakes,’ and Their Geopolitical Risk

Panelist at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Event Say Deepfakes Are a Double-Edged Sword

Journalists Practice Social Distancing on Zoom in Future Tense Event on Coronavirus and Civil Liberties

Big Tech Must Combat Child Sexual Abuse Material Online or Lose Section 230 Protection, Say Senators

Deputy Attorney General Blames Big Tech for Using Section 230 to ‘Enable Harm’

Panelists at CATO Institute Fiercely Disagree Over Whether Big Tech is Biased and Left-Leaning

Despite A Significant Role in Shaping the Online World, the Future of Section 230 is Still Unknown

Sen. Josh Hawley Excoriates Absent Apple and TikTok Executives at Another Hearing Bashing Big Tech

Broadband Roundup: Twitter Flags Misinformation, Facebook Promotes WHO, Tulsi Looses to Google

Congress Revises Broadband DATA Act, New Jersey Has Best Internet, Bills Targeting Big Tech

Broadband Roundup: Apple Settles Over Aged Batteries, Senator Fights the Homework Gap, Twitter on Coronavirus

Broadband Roundup: Tesla Cars Ain’t Driverless, Suspicious Bernie Sanders Facebook Posts, ReConnect Awards

At Event on Redefining Free Speech, Panelists Tiptoe Around Whether that Means Regulating Free Speech

American University President and New America CEO Seek to Clip Edges of America’s Free Speech ‘Absolutism’

Broadband Roundup: Zuckerberg and EU Discuss Rules for Facebook, Trumps Supports Oracle, Nevada Caucus Anxieties

Attorney General Bill Barr Calls for ‘Recalibrated’ Section 230 as Justice Department Hosts Tech Immunity Workshop

Misinformation Expert Warns About the Great Risks of Political Tampering In the 2020 Election

FCC and FTC Commissioners Address ‘Technology Optimism and Pessimism’ at Silicon Flatirons Conference

Pro-Technology Advocates Change More Minds than their Anti-Tech Counterparts During Silicon Flatirons Debate

Broadband’s Role in Iowa Caucus Debacle, Facebook as an Actual Community, Makan Delrahim Recusal on Google

Jeff Grappone: State of the Union Address Is No Longer the Political Equivalent of the Super Bowl

State of the Net Panelists Fiercely Defend Section 230 as a Crucial Protection of Free Speech

The Biggest Tech Companies – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – Have Nowhere to Go But Down, Say Panelists

Since 2016, Social Media Misinformation Has Both Improved and Worsened, Say Panelists

In Interview With New York Times Editorial Board, Joe Biden Urges Revoking Section 230

Section 230 Immunity Isn’t Popular in Many Places. But at CES 2020, Techies Huddle and Applaud the Law

House Democrats Grill Facebook Witness, Tech Officials on Social Media Disinformation

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Tell Congress that Its Cryptocurrency Promotes Financial Inclusivity

Social Media Both a Cause of and Solution to Epidemic of ‘Fake News,’ Say Panelists at AEI Event

Broadband Roundup: Bill Aims to Make Social Media Interoperable, Colorado Drops T-Mobile Lawsuit, Indian Country Very Unconnected

Internet Industry Under the Microscope as House Committee Grills Witnesses on Liability for Online Content

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Technology Behind Google and Apple’s Protocol is Insufficient for Contact Tracing, But Preserves Users’ Privacy

Broadband Roundup: Section 230 Fears, T-Mobile Claims 5G Rollout, Ajit Pai Challenges Twitter

Partisan Disagreement Delays Broadband Funding That Might Come Through HEROES Act

Gary Bolton: Under the Stress of COVID-19, the Networks That Held Fast Were Symmetrical Fiber Broadband

Broadband is Vital to the Future of Sports, Says Owner of Washington Capitals and Wizards

Amid Responses to Section 230 Executive Order, Trump-Twitter Dispute Over ‘Censorship’ Continues to Escalate

Fiber Networks Hold a Cybersecurity Advantage Over Rival Co-Axial and Wireless Technologies, Say Panelists

Increased Telework on Home Broadband Networks Leads to Surge in Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Trump Preparing to Sign Executive Order Curbing Section 230 Protections for Social Media

Broadband Roundup: Zoom Fatigue is Real, Better Internet Data, AI Apps and Healthcare

5G Technology Will be Multifaceted and Beneficial, Says Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly

Armed With Broadband, Libraries Are Resuscitating Communities Ravaged by COVID-19

The Internet’s Response to the Coronavirus Could be Better, Says World Wide Web Creator

Social Media is Lowering the Quality of Our Information, Say Ranking Digital Rights Panelists

Broadband Roundup: LAUNCHES Act, First Responder Networks, $2.7 Million for Spectrum Sharing Tech

FCC Mid-band Auctions Show Promise for 5G and Future Innovation, Say FCBA Panelists

Broadband Roundup: Trump’s Media Bias Panel, Facebook Shops, Virtual Private Networks in Hong Kong

Senators Introduce Healthcare Broadband Bill as House Companion, Proposes $2 Billion Telehealth Expansion

Kurt Schaubach: The Top 5 Benefits of Shared Spectrum for Cable Operators

Slogans About Data Portability on Tech Platforms Don’t Capture Intellectual Property and Interoperability Issues

Application Deadline of July 15 Announced for $16 Billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction

National Digital Currency Could Expedite Stimulus Checks, Unlock Other Possibilities

Collaborative Smart City Pilots Show Promise in Improving Internet Access

Apartment Industry Sees Stable Payments, Labor Shortages and Preventative Innovations

Coronavirus Roundup: Twitter May Allow Users to Limit Replies, Congressional Broadband Funding, Contact Tracing App

Broadband Maps Largely Unreliable, Say Panel Members

Two Brendan Carrs Tout the Importance of Telemedicine in a US Telecom Webcast

COS Systems Brings Swedish Knack for Tech to Open Access Networks, Hopes for Spacious Skies on American Plains

Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – Robocalls: Have They Accelerated, and What is the FCC Doing About It?

Coronavirus Roundup: FCC Announces 5G Initiatives, ATIS Calls for 6G, Complaints on Broadband Carriers Disconnecting

Susan Miller and Mike Nawrocki: Promoting U.S. Leadership on the Path to 6G Technologies

FCC Digital Divide Steps Successful, Says Agency Chairman Ajit Pai

Current Telework Methods Not Sufficient, Says FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel

Coronavirus Roundup: SiFi Networks Scores $450 Million, Universal Broadband in California Town, COVID-Negative Certifications

Facebook Content Moderation Oversight Board Aims to Provide a ‘Deliberative Second Look’ at Controversies, Akin to U.S. Supreme Court

National Association of Broadcasters and Consumer Technology Association Officials Collaborate on Something

Opportunity Zones Developing Quickly, Say Trump Advisers