AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon quietly lobby to weaken a $42.5B program to improve US internet access, aiming to block new rules on poor customers' bills
As Washington readies the largest burst of broadband funding in U.S. history, AT&T, Verizon and their allies are lobbying hard against lower prices for consumers Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social ...
The FCC plans to cut its broadband subsidy payout to $14 per month, under half of the current rate; AT&T, Charter, and others are yet to detail their response
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A profile of incoming GOP House majority whip Tom Emmer, a rare crypto advocate who has developed close ties to the industry in a skeptical Congress
and FTX collapsed — he has warned against aggressive crypto regulation. Emmer and the NRCC, which he led, also took money from FTX execs. They declined to say if he would return it https://www.washing...
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...
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
when we—allow crime among elites and the powerful it doesn't just go away. It comes back, stronger and more abusive. Which is why we can't let Facebook, the Sacklers, or Trump, get away with saying th...
As the federal government prepares to deploy $42.5B for broadband development, the money will flow to states via the Commerce Department, bypassing the FCC
the agency that has traditionally doled out subsidies for internet connections — is on the sidelines. https://www.axios.com/... Tim Farrar / @tmfassociates : Does this administration care about the FC...
Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations
whose ads are already public and whose data Facebook stores in a public archive. https://www.protocol.com/... Dell Cameron / @dellcam : NEW: Senate Intel Chair @MarkWarner condemns Facebook's decision...
House and Senate Democrats announce a $94B proposal to make broadband internet access more accessible and affordable
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Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws
Not Help — the Internet Tweets: Ben Werdmuller / @benwerd : For better or worse, these changes will be a major accelerant for decentralization. Protocols don't host. https://www.protocol.com/... Chris...
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws
Not Help — the Internet Tweets: Mark Warner / @markwarner : The SAFE TECH Act doesn't interfere with free speech - it's about allowing these platforms to finally be held accountable for harmful, often...