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April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2020 – The Wednesday panel session hosted by the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Consumer Protection Committee featured attorneys laying out the overwhelming public...
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...
Telecommuting and telemedicine are beginning to be discussed as potential remedies to the damage being done by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. A New York Times op-ed...
In the seemingly never-ending debate over whether broadband classifies as a Title I information service, or a Title 2 telecommunications service, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas...
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...
WASHINGTON, February 12, 2020 – As states draft and pass state-wide privacy laws, company compliance becomes increasingly “untenable,” said Konture Technology Services President Scott Crespo at...
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...
A New York federal court on Tuesday refused to block the planned $56 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Law360 reports, rejecting a challenge by 14...
WASHINGTON, February 5, 2020 - Fines under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation follow patterns, some predictable and others less so, according to a presentation...
WASHINGTON, January 30, 2020 – Even though broadband is often considered a part of interstate commerce, city leaders need to take gaps in the law into...
Presidential hopeful and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg released a $1 trillion dollar infrastructure plan that he says will create millions of jobs, reports The...
WASHINGTON, January 29, 2020 – Federal privacy legislation is necessary to ensure standardization of legal treatment, technology experts said Tuesday at the 2020 State of the Net...
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 - Proponents of the high tech industry and law enforcement officials from several countries squared off, with fundamental disagreements about whether catching...
WASHINGTON, January 24, 2020 - Panelists at a Next Century Cities event on Thursday clashed on the appropriate federal role in the regulation of digital privacy,...
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2020 – Google’s decision to require all content creators for YouTube to designate whether their videos are intended for children is negatively impacting...
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons on Tuesday talked up the role of competition, and his agency’s role in enforcing it, at a CES 2020 Event...
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2019 - Lawmakers remain concerned about law enforcement’s inability to access highly encrypted devices for investigations. Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing questioned some...
WASHINGTON, November 20, 2019 - At its core, the California Consumer Privacy Act is a law that allows individuals to know how their personal information is...
New Hampshire state legislature is in the works of forming a bill authorizing multi-town districts for the purpose of establishing a broadband system, Government Technology reports....
WASHINGTON, November 7, 2019 - The poor and working classes are most concerned about privacy and surveillance, yet current privacy laws ultimately benefit the wealthy, experts...
WASHINGTON, October 25, 2019 - A growing bipartisan consensus emerged from a Thursday Senate Banking Committee hearing that technology companies are improperly extracting the bulk of the...
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...
Big technology companies were a big target during Tuesday night's debate in Ohio of the leading Democratic presidential candidates. No new candidate joined Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth...
Comcast is emerging as an antitrust foe against big tech companies such as Google, according to US News and World Report. Last month, Comcast’s video ads...
Two separate bi-partisan groups of state attorneys general on Friday confirmed that they are launching antitrust investigations into tech giant companies Google and Facebook. New York...
WASHINGTON, September 6, 2019 - Wearable fitness trackers are just another way of monitoring personal data. Yet the market for wearables is booming, because people want...
WASHINGTON, September 5, 2019 – In the context of the increasing scrutiny faced by global technology and internet companies, the think tank New America has taken...
Ads that describe immigrants of color as an “invasion” violate Facebook’s community standards and should not be allowed to run, according to a Wednesday petition from...
The Trump Administration on Tuesday decided to delay a new 10 percent tariff for Chinese goods such as laptops and other electronics, Law360 reported. Any other...
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2019 – News of another data breach at Facebook marketing partner Hyp3r on Thursday prompted more demands for federal privacy legislation. According to...
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2019 — The United States should be cautious about including language similar to the Communication Decency Act’s Section 230 in trade agreements, wrote...
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2019 – If not properly executed, a federal privacy law could cost billions, according to a report released Monday by the Information Technology...
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2019 – Disputing the stereotype that the “millennial” generation doesn’t value privacy as much as their elders do, former Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va.,...
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2019 – Privacy legislation and antitrust action don’t normally get discussed together. Yet as big tech firms are increasingly under fire from competition...
Third party websites that use Facebook’s “Like” button can be held liable for processing personal user data and transmitting it to Facebook, according to the European...
The Department of Justice announced Friday that it and the Attorneys General for five states reached a settlement with T-Mobile and Sprint regarding their proposed merger....
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2019 - Experts in law enforcement and privacy came together at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation on Wednesday to debunk common assumptions...
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2019 — The Federal Trade Commission announced on Wednesday details of its $5 billion settlement with Facebook over privacy violations such as the...
Locally-run internet service providers offer better broadband than their private sector counterparts, according to a recent study by PCMag. The data shows that six of America’s...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
April 1, 2020 –States have put privacy legislation on a back burner during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, even...
