Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn tells the White House she is dropping out after her nomination stalled for 16 months amid industry opposition and personal attacks
a huge setback. As we learned when I authored CA's successful net neutrality law, these industries will stop at nothing to kill pro-consumer laws https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @aclu : Without a ...
An investigation details how US telecom giants abused the FCC's $14B Affordable Connectivity Program by introducing price hikes, speed cuts, and fraud risks
tapped to run it — opened door to price hikes, speed cuts, fraud risks and other trouble. My latest for our series, the Covid Money Trail: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : E...
Some civil rights groups say they have seen little action from Meta, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube to bolster election policies ahead of the 2022 US midterms
yet big tech companies continue to do little to stop the continued proliferation of election misinformation on their sites. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @globalextremism : @NaomiNixWrites cov...
A look at the Open App Markets Act, aimed at curbing anti-competitive behavior from large app store operators like Apple and Google and headed to a Senate vote
it is hardly clear how that would shake out in practice: e.g., denying API access to Parler, denying App store access—might be viewed in different ways by different courts. 3/3 Craig Aaron / @notaaron...
An independent audit commissioned by Facebook harshly criticizes the company, arguing that some of its decisions were “significant setbacks for civil rights”
but Facebook will ignore because Facebook is Facebook and will always be Facebook for as long as Facebook is allowed to decide what Facebook shouldn't and shouldn't do on Facebook. https://www.nytimes...
DC appeals court rejects DOJ's bid to overturn the ruling that cleared the way for AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner; DOJ says it will not seek further review
again Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Justice Department won't appeal AT&T-Time Warner decision Marcy Gordon / Associated Press : US appeals court clears AT&T's $81B merger with Time Warner Sean Burch / T...