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Bipartisan Group of Senators Stoke Fears About Google’s Neutrality and Influence in 2020 Election

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2019 — Fears about Google’s potential ability to influence the upcoming 2020 election ran rampant at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. That, coupled with...

Broadband Roundup2 months ago

Transparency for Tech Platforms, Fiber in American Fork and Mountain Connect

Axios is reporting that Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., plan to introduce The Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on...

Antitrust2 months ago

American Antitrust Institute Experts Concur That Breaking Up Big Tech Is Hard to Do

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 — Talking tough against Silicon Valley may be popular. But breaking up big tech will be hard to do. That, at least,...

5G2 months ago

Gigi Sohn on Wireless Mergers, Utah Ignite Lunch Launch, and New Global Crypto-Currencies

The political turmoil and guess-manship over the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger continues, with 10 state attorney generals filing a lawsuit in New York last week in a...

China2 months ago

Chinese Drone Manufacturer DJI is a New Target for Charges of ‘Industrial Espionage’ in Senate

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2019 - The Senate on Tuesday unleashed further criticism of Chinese technology players as witnesses told a Commerce subcommittee that unmanned aircraft systems...

Broadband's Impact2 months ago

China’s Digital Payment System is Simple and Ubiquitous, But Unlikely to Catch on in U.S.

WASHINGTON June 17, 2019 – In spite of an advanced smartphone-based payments system that is widely adopted in China, panelists at a Brookings Institute event on...

FCC2 months ago

Robocall Anger Will Force Calling Companies to Adjust Expectations, Says FCC Enforcement Bureau

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2019 — Companies whose legally-placed robocalls are blocked under the June 6 order of the Federal Communications Commission may need to adjust their...

Antitrust2 months ago

Among Their Many Ills, Critics Say Google and Facebook Make It Difficult for Digital Media to Survive

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2019 — The practices of Google and Facebook were closely scrutinized at a House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing Tuesday, and the companies’ impact upon...

Broadband's Impact3 months ago

Federal Communications Commission Votes to Allow Carriers to Block Robocallers By Default

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2019 — Telecommunications providers can now block robocalls by default, according to a Federal Communications Commission ruling on Thursday. In principle, the measure...

Europe3 months ago

Government Needs to Set Rules to Limit Hate Speech Online, Says New America Panel

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2019 – Further ratcheting up its call for government regulation of the technology industry, speakers at the New America's Open Technology Institute called...

China3 months ago

America Needs to Be More Like Europe and Regulate Information Technology, New America Panelists Agree

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2019 – The United States government needs to regulate data and information technology more like those of European member states, said Europeans and...

Congress3 months ago

Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Considers Three Ways for Congress to Address Controversial Surveillance Program

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2019 - Congress needs a plan for how to proceed when certain provisions of the USA FREEDOM Act, including the controversial call detail...

Broadband's Impact3 months ago

Interactive Advertising Bureau Joins the Growing Number of Industry Lobbyists Calling for Privacy Legislation

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: The CEO and Executive Vice President of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, a trade group for digital marketers, argue in a Tuesday OpEd for...

Cybersecurity4 months ago

With Resignation of David Redl, NTIA Updates Biography for Now-Acting Administrator Diane Rinaldo

With the sudden resignation of National Telecommunications and Information Administrator David Redl on Thursday, the U.S. Commerce Department's NTIA has updated its web page for Diane...

Health4 months ago

Sen. Josh Hawley Accuses Facebook of Addiction and Calls Social Media Worth-Less

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2019 - Social media and technology platform companies are wasting the talents of a generation, addicting and impoverishing middle America, and even driving...

Broadband's Impact4 months ago

Chris Jordan: Preparing for Potentially Dire Consequences of California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act passed into law in 2018 is scheduled to go into effect January 2020. It could potentially have dire consequences for unprepared...

Antitrust6 months ago

Alive to New Threats, Google Reorganizes its Public Policy Shop

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Google is beginning to enter into hunker-down mode. The company is finally alive to the grave new threats that it faces. They are...

Media7 months ago

Livestream from Silicon Flatirons on ‘Internet Platforms’ Rising Dominance, Evolving Governance’

Privacy and Security7 months ago

At Silicon Flatirons, A Debate on Privacy Law and Economy Harm

At the Silicon Flatirons event at the University of Colorado, a heated (!) debate about economic harms, and how it should impact privacy law. 02/10/19 4:30pm...

Broadband's Impact8 months ago

California’s Privacy Legislation Will Force Changes in the Way Businesses Collect Personal Information in 2020

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: We've written about the California Consumer Privacy Act before in "European and Chinese Pressures are Squeezing Silicon Valley, Threatening a Global ‘Splinternet’. The...

Broadband's Impact8 months ago

How to Understand The Future of Privacy Policy: A Q&A With David Brin

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: We remember reading The Transparent Society 20 years ago, back in the days when Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy said, "You have no...

Broadband's Impact9 months ago

House Republicans Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai Over Alleged Political Bias

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 – The CEO of search engine Google came to Washington on Tuesday and politely rebutted all charges that the world’s largest search...

Broadband Data1 year ago

Ten Years After the Beginning of Broadband Data Collection Efforts, M-Lab Gathers to Celebrate

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2018 – Experts in broadband data analysis on Tuesday criticized internet service providers for overstating coverage in federal broadband data collection efforts, and...

Broadband and Democratization1 year ago

U.S. is Falling Behind in Internet Influence to Europe, Russia and China, Cybersecurity Experts Tell Senate

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2018 - The U.S. is falling behind in internet regulation and risks losing the global internet leadership position to the EU, China, and...

Artificial Intelligence1 year ago

Are Facebook and Amazon Really Compliant with the Global Data Protection Regulation?

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Are Facebook and Amazon really GDPR compliant? Researchers used artificial intellence software to analyze Facebook and Amazon new GDPR policies. The AI tool found...

Asia1 year ago

European and Chinese Pressures are Squeezing Silicon Valley, Threatening a Global ‘Splinternet’

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2018 – The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is raising the danger of the “splinternet” syndrome, as top tech companies prioritize international...

Broadband's Impact1 year ago

Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections To Include Mobile Phone Carrier Location Data

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2018 — People living, working, or traveling in the United States gained a bit more privacy Friday after the Supreme Court found that...

Broadband's Impact1 year ago

Digital Advertising Experts Square Off on Privacy Against Skeptical Members of Congress

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 - Top digital advertising experts defended the importance of data collection against a committee skeptical of ad companies’ ethics. With data privacy...

Broadband's Impact1 year ago

Technologist at Heart of Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal Defends Himself Before Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 - The man behind the app at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal defended the company’s use of personal data...

Europe1 year ago

Is the European GDPR Incompatible With U.S. Privacy Law, Including the Recent U.S. CLOUD Act?

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2018 - Data privacy experts questioned the effectiveness of the European General Data Protection Regulation as a means of regulating international data privacy...

Artificial Intelligence1 year ago

Blockchain Brings Distributed Computing to Automating More Than Simply Bitcoin

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Blockchain is beginning to be recognized as much more than simply the technology powering Bitcoin. As this understanding seeps into the popular consciousness,...

Cybersecurity1 year ago

How Can the Federal Government Get Citizens to Take Cybersecurity More Seriously?

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2018 – Concerns that consumers will fail to adopt even basic security measures to protect themselves - and thereby endanger the entire internet...

Media1 year 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...

Broadband's Impact1 year ago

Facebook Faces Tough Scrutiny From Many Directions, Even at CATO Institute

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2018 - If the tenor of a Thursday event at the CATO Institute is any indication, Facebook continues to face tough scrutiny from...

Broadband's Impact1 year 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...

Broadband's Impact1 year 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...

Broadband and Democratization1 year ago

With Senators and Representatives Targeting Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Likely to Visit Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2018 – The odds that Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will make an appearance on Capitol Hill to explain his company’s actions...

Congress2 years ago

With Political Cyberattacks in the Background, Trump Administration Prepares Cybersecurity Review

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2017 — The threat of mass cyberattack has been forcing the Trump Administration to take precautionary steps and boost the profile of cybersecurity....

Autonomous Vehicles2 years ago

Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Connected Cars Raises Issues of Data Breaches and Privacy

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2017 - Self-driving vehicles could reduce congestion, supplement public transit systems and help the elderly and disabled travel safely, said Jeffrey Massimilla, chief...

Broadband's Impact2 years ago

Inaugural Meeting of CEO-Driven American Technology Council Seeks to Highlight Cyber-Security Protections

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 — President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off the White House’s “tech week” by calling for a “sweeping transformation of the federal...

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Bipartisan Group of Senators Stoke Fears About Google’s Neutrality and Influence in 2020 Election

Transparency for Tech Platforms, Fiber in American Fork and Mountain Connect

American Antitrust Institute Experts Concur That Breaking Up Big Tech Is Hard to Do

Gigi Sohn on Wireless Mergers, Utah Ignite Lunch Launch, and New Global Crypto-Currencies

Chinese Drone Manufacturer DJI is a New Target for Charges of ‘Industrial Espionage’ in Senate

China’s Digital Payment System is Simple and Ubiquitous, But Unlikely to Catch on in U.S.

Robocall Anger Will Force Calling Companies to Adjust Expectations, Says FCC Enforcement Bureau

Among Their Many Ills, Critics Say Google and Facebook Make It Difficult for Digital Media to Survive

Federal Communications Commission Votes to Allow Carriers to Block Robocallers By Default

Government Needs to Set Rules to Limit Hate Speech Online, Says New America Panel

America Needs to Be More Like Europe and Regulate Information Technology, New America Panelists Agree

Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Considers Three Ways for Congress to Address Controversial Surveillance Program

Interactive Advertising Bureau Joins the Growing Number of Industry Lobbyists Calling for Privacy Legislation

With Resignation of David Redl, NTIA Updates Biography for Now-Acting Administrator Diane Rinaldo

Sen. Josh Hawley Accuses Facebook of Addiction and Calls Social Media Worth-Less

Chris Jordan: Preparing for Potentially Dire Consequences of California Consumer Privacy Act

Alive to New Threats, Google Reorganizes its Public Policy Shop

Livestream from Silicon Flatirons on ‘Internet Platforms’ Rising Dominance, Evolving Governance’

At Silicon Flatirons, A Debate on Privacy Law and Economy Harm

California’s Privacy Legislation Will Force Changes in the Way Businesses Collect Personal Information in 2020

How to Understand The Future of Privacy Policy: A Q&A With David Brin

House Republicans Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai Over Alleged Political Bias

Ten Years After the Beginning of Broadband Data Collection Efforts, M-Lab Gathers to Celebrate

U.S. is Falling Behind in Internet Influence to Europe, Russia and China, Cybersecurity Experts Tell Senate

Are Facebook and Amazon Really Compliant with the Global Data Protection Regulation?

European and Chinese Pressures are Squeezing Silicon Valley, Threatening a Global ‘Splinternet’

Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections To Include Mobile Phone Carrier Location Data

Digital Advertising Experts Square Off on Privacy Against Skeptical Members of Congress

Technologist at Heart of Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal Defends Himself Before Senate Committee

Is the European GDPR Incompatible With U.S. Privacy Law, Including the Recent U.S. CLOUD Act?

Blockchain Brings Distributed Computing to Automating More Than Simply Bitcoin

How Can the Federal Government Get Citizens to Take Cybersecurity More Seriously?

Facebook Faces A Skeptical Audience on Data Privacy and Terror Transparency

Facebook Faces Tough Scrutiny From Many Directions, Even at CATO Institute

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

With Senators and Representatives Targeting Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Likely to Visit Capitol Hill

With Political Cyberattacks in the Background, Trump Administration Prepares Cybersecurity Review

Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Connected Cars Raises Issues of Data Breaches and Privacy

Inaugural Meeting of CEO-Driven American Technology Council Seeks to Highlight Cyber-Security Protections

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Part IV: As Hate Speech Proliferates Online, Critics Want to See and Control Social Media’s Algorithms

Part III: The GOP Wants to Kill the Fairness Doctrine, Then Applies It to the Internet

Justice Department Collaborating with State Attorneys General’s Antitrust Investigation of Big Tech, Says Chief

Part II: Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz Want to Repeal Section 230 and Break the Internet

A Short History of Online Free Speech, Part I: The Communications Decency Act Is Born

Free Press Denounces Facebook Ads, New Content Moderation, Problems of Broadband Adoption

House Homeland Security Committee Issues Subpoena to the Owner of 8chan Internet Site

FCC Finalizes Approval of T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, As States Continue to Oppose

Trump Delays 10 Percent Tariff on Chinese Tech Goods, Buttigieg on Broadband, Facebook Eavesdropping

Cable Industry Touts Energy Efficiency, Next Century Highlights Open Access Fiber, Aspen Forum Set

Local Government Officials Don’t Like FCC Preemption of Wireless Facilities, See Hope in D.C. Circuit Decision

FCC Authorizes $121 Million in Rural Broadband Funding from Connect America Fund

Tech Groups Push Back on Trump Social Media Bias, Microsoft Calls Rural Broadband ‘Urgent National Crisis,” Huawei Operating System

FCC Rejects Changes to Existing Radiofrequency Exposure Limits

Public Knowledge Blasts Latest Privacy Meltdown, This One at Instagram Affiliate Hyp3r

Rep. Bob Latta and Ajit Pai on Robocalls, Rural Massachusetts Projects, John Horrigan Report on Digital Divide

Greater Commercial Use of Drones Will Force Revisions of Federal Aviation Administration Regulations, Say Experts

‘Dig Once’ Provides Future-Proofing Solution for Federal Highway Infrastructure, Says BroadbandNow

Protesting Twitter’s ‘Normalizing Racism,’ Activists Call on Social Network to Ban White Supremacists

White House on Friday to Host Social Media Officials to Discuss Violent Extremism

Faster Access in Metro and Suburban Areas, Amazon and Higher Prices, Trump and Social Media

Bipartisan Committee Leadership Calls to Remove Tech Immunity From U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Electric Coop Broadband Partnerships, Deepfake Enforcement, Problems with Hipster Antitrust

Poorly Executed Federal Privacy Law Could Cost U.S. Economy $122 Billion Annually, Says ITIF

Seeking to Quell ‘Evil Contagion’ of ‘White Supremacy,’ President Trump May Ignite New Battle Over Online Hate Speech

Cloudflare Disconnects 8chan Web Forum, Democrats Seek Antitrust Civil Penalties, Verizon Lockdown on Phones

Tackling Broadband Mapping Critics, FCC Orders ISPs to Provide Geospatial Data and Will Implement ‘Crowdsourcing’

USF Cap, New Pew Map, State Support for Electric Co-Ops, IP3 Awards

Sen. Josh Hawley Speaks to the Snapchat Generation, Babysitting Them With 30 Minutes a Day on Social Media

South Korean Wireless Carriers Deploying Gigabit Wireless 5G, Says IHS Markit

5G Innovation is Contingent on Collaboration Between the Public and Private Sectors, Experts Say at CSIS Event

Federal Communications Commission and Internet Providers Need to Improve Broadband Mapping, Say Experts

Sen. Markey’s CAMRA Act Gains Support, Senators Seek Delay on Rural Health Changes, Groups Oppose USF Cap

T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Settlement Fiercely Criticized by Activists, and Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen is ‘Insulted’

Drew Clark: Broadband Maps Are a Mess, So Now Let’s Focus on Actually Improving Them

In Congressional Oversight Hearing, Register of Copyrights Says Office Is Responding to Online Users

Panelists Highlight Importance of Accurate Broadband Maps in Closing Digital Divide

Millennials Do Value Privacy, and Congress Should Pass Federal Privacy Legislation, Says Rick Boucher