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

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...

Congress1 month ago

Historic Facebook Settlement Criticized for Ineffectiveness; FTC Calls For Federal Privacy Law

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...

Artificial Intelligence1 month ago

Panelists, Including Facebook Executive, Call For Increased Content Moderation

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2019 — The primary responsibility of moderating online platforms lies with the platforms themselves, making Section 230 protections essential, said panelists at New...

Artificial Intelligence2 months ago

World Broadband Speeds Released, Broadband Competition Questions, Social Media Algorithms

Taiwan has the world’s fastest broadband, while the United States comes in at 15th place, according to the annual Worldwide Broadband Speed League report released by...

Cybersecurity2 months ago

Transparency About Data Collection is a Needed First Step of Privacy Regulation, Panelist Say at FTC Event

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2019 — Forcing websites and online platforms to be more transparent about the ways in which they collect and utilize consumer data is...

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...

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...

Broadband's Impact5 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...

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 Impact6 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...

Broadband Data7 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 Data7 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...

Broadband and Democratization7 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...

FCC8 years ago

Wireless Consumer Usage Notification Guidelines Agreed to by Industry and Consumer Groups

WASHINGTON Monday October 17, 2011 - FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, CTIA The Wireless Association’s President and CEO Steve Largent and Consumers Union’s Policy Counsel Parul Desai ...

Broadband Data8 years ago

Ookla Unveils Revamped Speedtest.net

WASHINGTON, March 7, 2011 - Ookla, the company that owns and manages the connection testing website, Speedtest.net, relaunched the site Monday with an updated look and...

FCC9 years ago

Verizon to Pay More Than $25M for Hitting Consumers With ‘Mystery Fees’

WASHINGTON, October 28, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau hit Verizon Wireless with a record $25 million payment to the government for mystery fees...

FCC9 years ago

FCC Offers Online Tool to Search Licenses

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday unveiled a tool allowing anyone to view licenses overseen by the agency. A quick tour...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

FCC Seeks Input on How to Treat Specialized Services, Mobile Broadband

WASHINGTON, September 1, 2010 - Sometimes, no matter what you do, things are complicated and you can’t please every one all the time. Welcome to the...

Broadband's Impact9 years ago

India Gives RIM Two More Months to Comply

WASHINGTON, August 31, 2010 - India's government has given BlackBerry-maker RIM two more months to comply with a request for increased access to e-mail from its...

Broadband's Impact9 years ago

Public Interest Groups Bemoan Reported Google, Verizon Secret Network Neutrality Pact

WASHINGTON, August 5, 2010 - It has been reported that Google and Verizon are working on a secret pact about network neutrality. The New York Times...

Transparency9 years ago

Internet’s Little Black Book Gets a Tighter Lock

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2010 - A group of government bodies and a private entity with deep ties to the internet on Friday afternoon announced that they...

Copyright9 years ago

Tech and Content Industry Still at Loggerheads Over Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Deal

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2010 – Major U.S. technology companies are worrying over an international trade agreement currently under negotiations because they see it as putting them...

Copyright9 years ago

Trade Group Slams Administration Over Secret Trade Deal Negotiations

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2010 – A communications and technology lobbying group is gnashing its teeth over a pending international trade agreement governing intellectual property that it...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

Cybersecurity Legislation Gains Traction

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2010 – House Intelligence Subcommittee Chairwoman Jane Harman, D-Calif., announced the consideration of new cybersecurity legislation introduced in the Senate last Wednesday. The...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

Experts Debate Lack of Transparency in Federal Spectrum Policy

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Experts gathered last week to discuss problems surrounding transparency in federal spectrum policy and the challenges in addressing the issue. A...

Broadband's Impact9 years ago

Court Orders Google to Turn Over Wireless Data in Portland Case

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2010 - A U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore., has ordered Google to turn over wireless data from its Street View cars which...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

Study: Consumers Experience ‘Bill Shock,’ Unaware of High Cell Phone Fees

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2010 – A survey released today by the Federal Communications Commission found that one in six mobile users has been surprised by their...

Expert Opinion9 years ago

UTOPIA, Perfection or Fantasy: Partnering public-private sectors with broadband

UTOPIA, billed as providing light-speed to your door while connecting you with friends, family, entertainment, businesses, healthcare, and education, highlights itself as being part of your...

International9 years ago

Privacy Experts Urge U.S. to Engage in Global Debate, but Get Own House in Order

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2010 – The United States needs to act as a world leader by using its talents to help develop an innovative global privacy...

Intellectual Property9 years ago

From the Department of Bogus Statistics: Measuring the Impact of Piracy and Fair Use

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2010 - Measuring the impact of the U.S. legal doctrine of "fair use," which enables online activities such as search, limited copying,...

Broadband Data9 years ago

Let Consumers See Clearwire’s Network: They’ve Got a Map For That

By now, the omnipresent television commercials have drummed Verizon’s 3G message into all our heads: big red map good, splotchy blue map bad. But nascent national...

Privacy and Security9 years ago

ACLU Applauds New Google Information Request Tracking Tool

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2010 – The American Civil Liberties Union is applauding Google’s new tool that tracks and displays the number of government requests that the...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

State Telecom Regulators Urge ‘Sunshine Law’ Reform

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2010 -- Federal laws designed to guarantee public access to certain data should be revised to allow members of the Federal Communications Commission...

Copyright9 years ago

Connecting America, Chapter 4: ‘Broadband Competition and Innovation Policy’

Twenty-five years ago, the World Wide Web did not exist. Very few Americans had even seen a mobile phone, and broadband networks were available only to...

Broadband Data9 years ago

National Broadband Plan: A Look at Chapter 4 and FCC Recommendations

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2010 - Section Four of the plan focuses on broadband competition and innovation policy. It’s one of the most far-reaching sections in the...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

Former FCC Commissioner Says Leave Broadband to Business, Not Government

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2010 - Deborah Taylor Tate, a former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, lauds some of the agency’s National Broadband Plan, but cautions...

Broadband Data9 years ago

Connecting America, Chapter 3: ‘Current State of the Ecosystem’

To see how broadband is transforming American life, walk down a busy street or pay a visit to any school, business or airport. Parents on business...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

House Lawmakers Praise, Question FCC’s Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 – The Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan is an ambitious blueprint for the country’s future containing lofty goals and pragmatic solutions,...

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Transparency

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

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

Historic Facebook Settlement Criticized for Ineffectiveness; FTC Calls For Federal Privacy Law

Panelists, Including Facebook Executive, Call For Increased Content Moderation

World Broadband Speeds Released, Broadband Competition Questions, Social Media Algorithms

Transparency About Data Collection is a Needed First Step of Privacy Regulation, Panelist Say at FTC Event

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Future of Privacy in a Social Media and Networking World

Wireless Consumer Usage Notification Guidelines Agreed to by Industry and Consumer Groups

Ookla Unveils Revamped Speedtest.net

Verizon to Pay More Than $25M for Hitting Consumers With ‘Mystery Fees’

FCC Offers Online Tool to Search Licenses

FCC Seeks Input on How to Treat Specialized Services, Mobile Broadband

India Gives RIM Two More Months to Comply

Public Interest Groups Bemoan Reported Google, Verizon Secret Network Neutrality Pact

Internet’s Little Black Book Gets a Tighter Lock

Tech and Content Industry Still at Loggerheads Over Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Deal

Trade Group Slams Administration Over Secret Trade Deal Negotiations

Cybersecurity Legislation Gains Traction

Experts Debate Lack of Transparency in Federal Spectrum Policy

Court Orders Google to Turn Over Wireless Data in Portland Case

Study: Consumers Experience ‘Bill Shock,’ Unaware of High Cell Phone Fees

UTOPIA, Perfection or Fantasy: Partnering public-private sectors with broadband

Privacy Experts Urge U.S. to Engage in Global Debate, but Get Own House in Order

From the Department of Bogus Statistics: Measuring the Impact of Piracy and Fair Use

Let Consumers See Clearwire’s Network: They’ve Got a Map For That

ACLU Applauds New Google Information Request Tracking Tool

State Telecom Regulators Urge ‘Sunshine Law’ Reform

Connecting America, Chapter 4: ‘Broadband Competition and Innovation Policy’

National Broadband Plan: A Look at Chapter 4 and FCC Recommendations

Former FCC Commissioner Says Leave Broadband to Business, Not Government

Connecting America, Chapter 3: ‘Current State of the Ecosystem’

House Lawmakers Praise, Question FCC’s Broadband Plan

Recent

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

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