Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection
Revamped ‘TikTok USA’ Expected Next Month Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider : US investors to close deal on 50% ownership of TikTok January 22 Sports Business Journal : TikTok sale becomes official, with...
A look at the aftermath of the FCC ending the Affordable Connectivity Program for ~23M US households in May 2024; Spectrum says it lost 154K customers in Q2
This is definitely going to send us tumbling backwards into more of a divide. [embedded post] Peter Clines / @peterclines.bsky.social : Just pointing out that—by the math in the article— it would've ...
Some Democrats warn that a ban of TikTok, used by nearly two-thirds of Americans under 30, could imperil Biden's reelection by depressing young voter turnout
but their treatment of him is vastly different Nate Cohn / New York Times : Share of Democratic Registrations Is Declining, but What Does It Mean? Kathleen Parker / Washington Post : For the country's...
How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden's $41.6B broadband funding goes to large companies
Sean Hollister / The Verge : Twitter: @communitynets and @karlbode . Forums: r/politics . Thanks: @ants000 Twitter: Christopher Mitchell / @communitynets : We need to make sure communities have the f...
Sources: The White House has given feedback on a draft bipartisan TikTok bill and is considering asking Congress for more legal powers to police certain apps
Banning tiktok doesn't do anything meaningful. Data brokers will happily sell your data to tiktok. … Tweets: Karl Bode / @karlbode : gizmodo is one of the only outlets consistently pointing out that ...
The New York State Assembly passes the first right-to-repair bill in the US covering electronics; Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the measure
at least in NY State—you can fix it. Great news via our friends at @iFixit! https://www.ifixit.com/... Chris Perfett / @chrisperfett : Huge. Massive, massive, massive. Not exaggerating in the slightes...
The New York State Assembly passes the first right-to-repair bill in the US covering electronics; Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the measure
just want to give some shout outs. @RepairCoalition has been lead on the New York work, and started this whole thing. What great partners. @iFixit has supernaturally great folk to work with 1/ Nathan ...
Sources: a bipartisan bill that would stop platforms from favoring their own products is facing resistance from some Senate Democrats worried about the midterms
Politico : Tweets: @mpetricone , @adamcancryn , @tomhebertdc , @johndavisson , @adamcancryn , @karlbode , @reckless , @zacharyleelee , @pathedger18 , @senatorshoshana , @tomhebertdc , @birnbaum_e , @...
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...
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorious Ransomware Group ...