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Benton Foundation provides free, daily summaries of articles concerning the quickly-changing telecommunications policy landscape.

In Media, Big Data Is Booming but Big Results Are Lacking

Submitted: May 20, 2013 - 7:33pm
Last updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:53pm

Location:

Wetpaint, 710 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States

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The trouble with data is that it asks as many questions as it answers.

How network neutrality regulations could undermine the open Internet

Submitted: May 20, 2013 - 7:29pm
Last updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:50pm

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States

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In recent years supporters of network neutrality have tried and failed to get Congress to enact neutrality regulations. In 2010, Julius Genachowski, President Obama’s choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission, decided to act anyway, relying on a controversial interpretation of existing statutes to justify a new regime of “open Internet” rules.

Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, U.S. officials say

Submitted: May 20, 2013 - 7:28pm
Last updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:47pm

Location:

Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

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Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials.

With ‘complex web’ of offshore entities, Apple avoids taxes: Senate

Submitted: May 20, 2013 - 7:27pm
Last updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:45pm

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Apple, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA, 95014, United States

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Apple used a “complex web” of offshore entities — with no employees or physical offices — that allowed it to pay little or no taxes on the tens of billions it earned overseas, a Senate investigation found.

Ergen Said to Offer $2 Billion for LightSquared’s Spectrum

Submitted: May 20, 2013 - 7:25pm
Last updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:43pm

Location:

Dish Network, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, CO, 80112, United States

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Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network, made a $2 billion bid for radio frequencies from LightSquared, the bankrupt wireless-broadband company owned by Philip Falcone’s hedge-fund firm, according to people familiar with the offer.

Supreme Court Upholds Chevron Deference to FCC Interpretation Of Its Authority

Submitted: May 20, 2013 - 7:22pm
Last updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:22pm

Location:

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), One First Street, NE, Washington, DC, United States

The Supreme Court held that a court must give Chevron deference to an agency's interpretation of an ambiguity in statute over the limits of its authority. In this case it was the Federal Communications Commission's assertion that it had the broad regulatory authority to impose a shot clock on tower citing applications to local governments.