New York Times
Google Should Be Treated as Utility, Ohio Attorney General Argues in New Lawsuit
Ohio’s attorney general filed a lawsuit asking a judge to rule that Google is a public utility. Ohio said that it is the first state in the country to bring a lawsuit seeking a court declaration that Google is a common carrier subject under state law to government regulation.
President Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Republicans, Falling Short of a Deal
President Joe Biden ended a weekslong effort to reach a deal with Senate Republicans on an expansive infrastructure plan, cutting off negotiations that had failed to persuade them to embrace his bid to pour $1 trillion into the nation’s aging public works system and safety-net programs. It was a major setback to Biden’s effort to attract Republican support for his top domestic priority, which had always faced long odds over the size, scope and financing of the package.
Op-ed: Don’t Kill Remote Learning. Black and Brown Families Need It. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/08/2021 - 06:32Google to Pay $270 Million to Settle Antitrust Charges in France (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/08/2021 - 06:30Op-Ed | Don’t Kill Remote Learning. Black and Brown Families Need It. (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 06/07/2021 - 06:51President Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 14:00A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of
Veterans of the nation’s decade-long efforts to extend the nation’s broadband footprint worry that President Joe Biden's new plan carries the same bias of its predecessors: Billions will be spent to extend the internet infrastructure to the farthest reaches of rural America, where few people live, and little will be devoted to connecting millions of urban families who live in areas with high-speed service that they cannot afford. About 81 percent of rural households are plugged into broadband, compared with about 86 percent in urban areas, according to Census Bureau data.