AP
Attorneys General Suing Google Over Location Data Collection
The D.C. attorney general is leading other state AGs alleging Google mislead consumers into believing they could disable location tracking.
ARPA
Sohn Broadcast Ties Questioned, Broadband in Baltimore, Facebook Asked to Sell Giphy in U.K.
The National Association of Broadcasters raised concern about FCC nominee Gigi Sohn’s ties to defunct streaming service Locast.
Biden-Harris Administration
Joe Biden’s Federal Communications Transition Team, C-Spire Expands, Elliott Management and AT&T
Four Federal Communications Commission veterans, including former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, have been appointed to President-elect Joe Biden’s FCC transition team, which was announced on Monday. See “Mignon Clyburn, Coy on Future Federal Communications Commission Role, Says Agency Lacks Autho
FCC
Broadband Roundup: AT&T Won’t Block Internet, Google and Vodafone Working to ‘Seal Cracks’ in Net
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2014 – In a blog post on Friday, AT&T gave its assurance that paid prioritization was not part of the telecommnications gianits plans. “Not a single [internet service provider] has asserted a desire or right to engage in any of these practices to create ‘fast lanes and slow lanes
AP
Knight Center of Digital Excellence in Ohio is Closed
The Akron-based Knight Center of Digital Excellence was closed effective immediately on Thursday, according to OneCommunity, a Cleveland-based nonprofit that created the center two years ago through funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
AP
Combatants in Net Neutrality Fight Take Aim at Each Other, FCC Chief and Comcast
WASHINGTON, July 31 – Combatants on the subject of Net Neutrality debate took aim at each other on Thursday, with House Minority Leader John Boehner blasting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in advance of a Federal Communications Commission meeting on Friday.
AP
Comcast-BitTorrent, Wireless Net Neutrality Issues Stir Debate at Broadband Policy Summit
June 14 – Critics and proponents of Network Neutrality squaring off on the topic on Friday agreed that recent actions by both cable and wireless providers had had re-vivified the debate about the topic.
