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Why Amazon buying MGM is a watershed moment for Hollywood and tech (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 12:20America’s lack of universal broadband is an outrage
When it unveiled its National Broadband Plan in 2010, the Federal Communications Commission declared that every American should have access to affordable and robust broadband service by 2020, along with “the means and skills to subscribe.” It was the right goal; as the COVID-19 pandemic has made painfully obvious, broadband is key not just to economic growth and productivity, but also to equal access to education, jobs, healthcare and an array of opportunities.
Tech platforms’ treatment of pro-Palestinian content raises bias allegations (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 06:23David Lazarus | Amid Discovery deal, AT&T also is quietly making late fees more likely (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 05/18/2021 - 11:44David Lazarus | That ‘infrastructure’ fee on some internet bills is just a stealth rate hike (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 14:49Six decades ago, Newton Minow called TV a ‘vast wasteland.’ It’s even vaster today (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/06/2021 - 15:03
Trump’s Ban From Facebook Is Upheld, but Panel Orders Review
Facebook was justified in banning then-President Donald Trump, the company’s independent oversight board ruled but didn’t appropriately explain if or why the former president should be permanently locked out of the social-media platform. “It is not permissible for Facebook to keep a user off the platform for an undefined period, with no criteria for when or whether the account will be restored,” the board said in its decision.