Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: Why phone calls from prison should be free (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 06:41Op-Ed: California’s fight for a safer internet isn’t over (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 06:42Politicians want to reach young voters on TikTok. But can they pass the ‘teenager eye-roll test’? (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 08/22/2022 - 11:04If you get free phone or internet in California, watch out for this snag
Researchers have found that salespeople offering free phone service through the California LifeLine Program often leave consumers in the dark about the trade-offs that come with it. In particular, each household can have only one account subsidized by LifeLine, and they can have only one supported by the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the federal program which enables lower-income people to get free or deeply discounted broadband service.
Op-Ed: What happens when TikTok is your main source of news and information (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 06:26Facebook is in trouble. Its escape plan: Turn into TikTok (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/28/2022 - 06:28Op-Ed: The federal American Data Privacy and Protection Act protects everybody’s data (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/28/2022 - 06:16You can get free broadband in L.A. if you’re a lower-income consumer. Here’s what to ask for
Tim Hebb lives in one of more than 1.6 million households in Los Angeles that qualify for a new federal subsidy program for high speed internet service. And according to the Biden administration, he ought to be able to use that $30-a-month subsidy to get free access — 20 of the largest U.S. broadband providers had agreed to provide connections with up to 100 megabits-per-second download speeds for no more than the subsidy amount.