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House Democrats Prod NTIA Chief on Their Broadband Infrastructure Priorities
Legislators want broadband networks reach as many people as possible, but didn’t specify how NTIA should do this.
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Legislators want broadband networks reach as many people as possible, but didn’t specify how NTIA should do this.
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Comments are due on February 4, 2022, focused on the infrastructure grants, middle-mile program, and digital equity planning grants.
Infrastructure
Broadband Breakfast is kicking off a year-in-review with key developments in digital infrastructure.
broadband roundup
Senators are concerned over Facebook’s practices for advertising and hate speech moderation.
broadband roundup
Rural Wireless Association is concerned rip and replace will not compensate for costs related to supply chain and labor issues.
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It’s worth focusing on other broadband programs run by NTIA, including Tribal Connectivity, and Connecting Minority Communities.
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Now is the time in Congress for all good (and bad) broadband bills to be introduced.
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January 19, 2021—The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a new rule on Thursday, following up on Executive Order 13873, concerned with “Securing Information and Communication Technology and Services Supply Chain.” This rule will further the protection of U.S. citizens’ data and personal information a
Digital Inclusion
December 11, 2020 – Last week we began our broad overview of the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, sweeping legislation that calls for a $100 billion investment in broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved parts of the country, as well as federal funding and coordinated support
Section 230
December 2, 2020 — This Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday morning voted 14-12 to advance Federal Communications Commission nominee Nathan Simington to the Senate chamber floor. While the full Senate will still have to consider his nomination, the committee’s part
broadband roundup
A ruling by the high court in Austria, in line with local defamation policy, ordered Facebook to remove a post insulting a former Green Party leader, and demanded that all similar posts be removed on a global scale. This case has been going on since 2016 when a Facebook user shared a photo of Eva […
china
September 18, 2020 — The United States Commerce Department said Friday that it plans to restrict access to WeChat and TikTok, two Chinese-developed apps, as of midnight on Sunday. On August 6, President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to ban U.S. “transactions” with WeChat and TikTok
Section 230
July 28, 2020 — Senators on Tuesday remained broadly divided on the extent and direction that changes to Section 230 should take. The tenor of the discussion at a Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee hearing suggested that the law was overdue for an overhaul, as senator after senator criticiz
Section 230
July 27, 2020 — The U.S. Commerce Department under the Trump administration on Monday followed through on the president’s orders and filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to issue proposed rules narrowing the protections of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. “A ha
Section 230
June 23, 2020 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has played an important role in the shifting center of power on the internet, but where that center of power should reside going forward is a hotly contested topic. “The story of whether 230 is deregulatory is … a complicated story, becau
Section 230
June 2, 2020 — Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s attempts to punish Twitter’s fact-checking practices and said they were not in violation of the First Amendment. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects electronic forums like T