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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...

Big Tech2 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 Tech2 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...

Broadband and Democratization2 years 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...

Congress3 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 Vehicles3 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 Impact3 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...

Cybersecurity3 years ago

More Data is Necessary to Make Defending Against Security Breaches a Rational Cost-Benefit Calculation

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 18, 2017 - The key to defending against security breaches is collecting more data, said a University of Illinois at Chicago professor during...

Cybersecurity3 years ago

Rep. Marsha Blackburn at Partisan Hearing on Cybercrime: ‘Hackers are Smart, and They are Adapting’

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 - Cybercrimes cost the global economy about $450 billion annually, House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, said Tuesday as she cited...

FCC3 years ago

House Rules Committee Approves Vote on Internet Privacy Measure on Tuesday; All Parties Expected to Weigh In

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: With the House Rules Committee's decision to press for a House vote on internet privacy on Tuesday, it's an "all hands on deck"...

FCC3 years ago

Public Knowledge, Benton Foundation and Center for Digital Democracy Oppose FCC’s Reversal on Broadband Privacy

Public Knowledge Files Opposition for Reconsideration to Save Broadband Privacy Rules for Consumers On Monday, Public Knowledge, joined by Benton Foundation and the Center for Digital...

FCC3 years ago

With Potential Senate Action on Broadband Privacy, Telecom Issues are Coming to the Hill

Broadband Breakfast Insight: Flake's bill is just one of the many signs that telecommunications issues are likely to be discussed more, not less, in Congress this...

Press Releases3 years ago

House Passes Email Privacy Act

WASHINGTON, February 6, 2017 – The House of Representatives on Monday approved by voice vote the Email Privacy Act, H.R. 387, designed to protect Americans’ privacy and public...

Broadband's Impact5 years ago

White House Cybersecurity Czar Highlights Escalation Paths for Cyberdefense, Highlights ‘Risk-Management’

ASPEN, August 17, 2015 - The Technology Policy Institute's Aspen 2015 Forum opened here on Sunday night with a focus on the increasing prominence that cybersecurity threats...

Cybersecurity5 years ago

Robert Cattanach: AT&T Settles with FCC for $25 Million in Landmark Privacy and Data Breach Agreement

Editor's Note: On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a $25 million settlement with AT&T for data breaches including the releasing of thousands of customer records, including...

Cybersecurity5 years ago

Speaking at Federal Trade Commission, Obama Urges Internet Privacy Legislation for Consumers and Students

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2015 – President Barack Obama on Monday announced that his administration would push for two new pieces of federal internet privacy legislation, one...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: California Public Utilities Commission Delays Title II Regulation

WASHINGTON, September 15, 2014 - Set to pass a proposal enduring public utility regulation of broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act, the California...

Broadband Roundup6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Rural Providers Want RUS Funding, AT&T Expands ‘GigaPower’, and Potential Surveillance Changes

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2014 - The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development and Credit held a hearing on coordinating the future of broadband investment. Lang...

Education6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Microsoft on Privacy, 11th Circuit on Warrants, and Wheeler on Community Broadband

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2014 - Microsoft is determined to fight a recent U.S. government demand for a user's emails on company computers in Ireland, The Wall...

Asia6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: China’s Tit-for-Tat with America on Cybercrime; FCC Chairman Wheeler Discusses Next-Generation Internet Networks

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2014 – In what appears to be a tit-for-tat on the United States Justice Department’s indictments last week for cybercrime, China has accused...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: House Passes USA Freedom Act to Rein in NSA, But Key Civil Liberties Groups Defect

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 - The House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act on Thursday in a 303 to 121 vote, according to Ars Technica, instituting changes...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

FBI Director Testifies On Cybersecurity, Says Agency Can Balance National Security and Civil Liberties

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 - At the Senate Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing on the FBI on Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey faced scrutiny over the agency's...

Broadband Roundup6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Germany Rebuffs Surveillance for Repression, Wearable Technology in the Body and Cyber-Attacks

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2014 - ABC News reported that Germany plans to limit their exports of surveillance technology to states "that fail to respect their human rights." The...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

At the Scene of the Federal Communications Commission as the Agency Passes Net Neutrality Rules

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2014 – In a Federal Commissions Commission meeting tinged with protest, the agency voted Thursday to begin a process to re-established certain network...

Privacy and Security6 years ago

Twitter Q&A on Children’s Online Privacy with Reps. Markey and Barton

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2014 – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (@MarkeyMemo) and Rep. Joe Barton (@RepJoeBarton) are hosting a Twitter Q&A on children’s online privacy. Using...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

‘On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Child’: The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance

PARK CITY, Utah, January 23, 2014 - On the internet, no one knows you're a child. That, at least, was the message I took from watching...

Broadband's Impact7 years ago

Bringing Moore’s Law Off the Desktop and Into the Cloud By Intel CEO at Consumer Electronics Show

LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2014 - Just six months on the job, the new CEO of Silicon Valley computing giant Intel came to the International Consumer...

Broadband's Impact7 years ago

Utah Poised to Be First State With Large-Scale Gigabit Networks: Speakers at Utah Broadband Summit

PROVO, Utah, October 28, 2013 - The prospect and reality of Gigabit Networks throughout the country, beginning in Utah, are "creating bigger surface areas for the...

Broadband's Impact7 years ago

Tech Industry and Non-Profit Groups Criticize National Security Agency’s Encryption-Cracking

WASHINGTON, September 6, 2013 - In the wake of reports in The New York Times, ProPublica, and The Guardian that the National Security Agency had embarked on a system of...

Privacy and Security7 years ago

PRISM Revelations Will Harm Digital Trade, ITIF Panel Says

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2013 — The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation held a panel on the impact of the National Security Agency’s PRISM program on digital trade...

Broadband's Impact7 years ago

Panel Analyzes Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Computing for Government Agencies

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2013 – A panel of experts discussed the potential for the use of cloud computing by federal agencies at an event held by...

#broadbandlive7 years ago

Broadband Breakfast Club Video on Smart Grid Initiative Plays Up Fiber and Wireless Role for Advanced Energy

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 - The status of the development of the national smart grid and its relationship to broadband buildouts was the center of discussion...

Privacy and Security7 years ago

Conference Explores Privacy Issues in an Increasingly Connected Society

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2013 - Most Americans have a negative view of data gathering and feel that they have little control over what information is available...

#broadbandlive7 years ago

Family Search International CEO Dennis Brimhall, in Interview, on Social Aspects to Family History Broadband Applications

SALT LAKE CITY, March 25, 2013 - Dennis Brimhall, CEO of Family Search International, discusses some of the recent changes and upgrades to the FamilySearch.org web...

#broadbandlive7 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 Impact7 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 Democratization7 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...

#broadbandlive7 years ago

Video of Tuesday’s Broadband Breakfast Club on ‘The President’s and Congress’ New Broadband Agenda’

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2013 -- This past Tuesday, January 15th, the Broadband Breakfast Club featured explication and discussion of the key broadband policy issues projected for...

#broadbandlive8 years ago

Cable and Telecom Providers Warm to Broadband Measurement, Speak at Broadband Breakfast Club

WASHINGTON, Thursday, September 20th, 2012 – The internet policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com held its September 2012 Broadband Breakfast Club event “Measuring Broadband Performance: What Have We Learned...

Big Tech8 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...

Broadband Breakfast

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

More Data is Necessary to Make Defending Against Security Breaches a Rational Cost-Benefit Calculation

Rep. Marsha Blackburn at Partisan Hearing on Cybercrime: ‘Hackers are Smart, and They are Adapting’

House Rules Committee Approves Vote on Internet Privacy Measure on Tuesday; All Parties Expected to Weigh In

Public Knowledge, Benton Foundation and Center for Digital Democracy Oppose FCC’s Reversal on Broadband Privacy

With Potential Senate Action on Broadband Privacy, Telecom Issues are Coming to the Hill

House Passes Email Privacy Act

White House Cybersecurity Czar Highlights Escalation Paths for Cyberdefense, Highlights ‘Risk-Management’

Robert Cattanach: AT&T Settles with FCC for $25 Million in Landmark Privacy and Data Breach Agreement

Speaking at Federal Trade Commission, Obama Urges Internet Privacy Legislation for Consumers and Students

Broadband Roundup: California Public Utilities Commission Delays Title II Regulation

Broadband Roundup: Rural Providers Want RUS Funding, AT&T Expands ‘GigaPower’, and Potential Surveillance Changes

Broadband Roundup: Microsoft on Privacy, 11th Circuit on Warrants, and Wheeler on Community Broadband

Broadband Roundup: China’s Tit-for-Tat with America on Cybercrime; FCC Chairman Wheeler Discusses Next-Generation Internet Networks

Broadband Roundup: House Passes USA Freedom Act to Rein in NSA, But Key Civil Liberties Groups Defect

FBI Director Testifies On Cybersecurity, Says Agency Can Balance National Security and Civil Liberties

Broadband Roundup: Germany Rebuffs Surveillance for Repression, Wearable Technology in the Body and Cyber-Attacks

At the Scene of the Federal Communications Commission as the Agency Passes Net Neutrality Rules

Twitter Q&A on Children’s Online Privacy with Reps. Markey and Barton

‘On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Child’: The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance

Bringing Moore’s Law Off the Desktop and Into the Cloud By Intel CEO at Consumer Electronics Show

Utah Poised to Be First State With Large-Scale Gigabit Networks: Speakers at Utah Broadband Summit

Tech Industry and Non-Profit Groups Criticize National Security Agency’s Encryption-Cracking

PRISM Revelations Will Harm Digital Trade, ITIF Panel Says

Panel Analyzes Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Computing for Government Agencies

Broadband Breakfast Club Video on Smart Grid Initiative Plays Up Fiber and Wireless Role for Advanced Energy

Conference Explores Privacy Issues in an Increasingly Connected Society

Family Search International CEO Dennis Brimhall, in Interview, on Social Aspects to Family History Broadband Applications

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

Video of Tuesday’s Broadband Breakfast Club on ‘The President’s and Congress’ New Broadband Agenda’

Cable and Telecom Providers Warm to Broadband Measurement, Speak at Broadband Breakfast Club

The Future of Privacy in a Social Media and Networking World

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Georgia’s State-led Mapping Initiative, D.C. Has Fastest Mobile Speeds, Coalition to Fight Digital Divide

Algorithms Can Assist With the ‘Infodemic’, But Have Limitations, Says Center for Data Innovation

Section 230 is Essential and Broadly Misunderstood, Say Panelists at Broadband Breakfast Live Online Event

Contact Tracing App Can Assist in Reopening Localities Safely, According to AI Task Force Panelists

Breakfast Media Minute: July 9, 2020

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg Describes 5G-to-the-Home Vision, Claiming U.S. Leads in 5G Deployment

Funds for Online Learning During Pandemic, Tech and Black Lives Matter Protests, Infrastructure in Massachusetts

Breakfast Media Minute: July 8, 2020

Parler, Gab, and Section 230: Right-Leaning Social Networks Push Alternative to Twitter and Facebook

Lack of Affordable Internet Disproportionately Impacts Minority Communities, Says Commissioner Geoffrey Starks

Social Media Self-Regulation Has Failed, Say New America Panelists

Huawei is a Serial Intellectual Property Thief, Says FBI Director Christopher Wray

5G Design Raises Privacy Concerns, OneWeb to Receive $1 Billion, Streaming Prices Raising

Political Right Relies on Division and Distraction to Maintain Working Class Support, Say New America Panelists

Breakfast Media Minute: July 7, 2020

Supreme Court Upholds Act Banning Robocalls For Debt Collectors and Political Consultants

Global Divisions Over 5G, Zuckerberg Says Advertisers Will Return, Lifeline Program Underutilized

Content Moderation Experts Discuss Future of Section 230 in Broadband Breakfast Live Online Event

Breakfast Media Minute: July 6, 2020

CBRS Crucial Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Says ConnectX

EARN IT Act, Impacting Section 230, Advances in Senate with New Encryption Amendment

Reactions to Moving Forward Act, Increasing Platform Competition, Service Providers Keeping Americans Connected

Examples of Governments Protecting Free Speech are Many, says German Marshall Fund

Breakfast Media Minute: July 2, 2020

Government Accountability Explains Differing Pandemic Responses

U.S. State Department Employing Artificial Intelligence Against COVID-19 Misinformation

Tech Market Has Many Opportunities for Smaller Companies, Says New America

Stricter Content Moderation, Legislation for Broadband Initiatives, Recommendations for Absentee Voting

Telecommunication Industry Working Group Aims to End Robocalls Through Cryptographic Credentials

Breakfast Media Minute: July 1, 2020

House Majority Whip James Clyburn Calls for Closing Broadband’s Rural Digital Divide

Artificial Intelligence Task Force, State Cybersecurity, ADTRAN Offers Rural Funding Guidance

‘Disconnection Day’ Looms as a Flouted ‘Keep Americans Connected’ Pledge Expires

Michigan Broadband Cooperative Calls Report Saying Municipal Broadband Has an Unfair Advantage ‘Laughable’

Breakfast Media Minute: June 30, 2020

House Republicans Say New Infrastructure Bill Will Be ‘Dead on Arrival’ In the Senate

Electoral Interference an Even Bigger Threat Amid the Coronavirus, Says Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics

5G Grows Despite Coronavirus, Manchin Seeks to Show FCC Maps are Inaccurate, A Cashless Future