[Commentary] Voqal has long funded media content and distribution, spending millions of dollars annually. It seemed prudent for us also to support ways to measure the effects of that funding. Though we believed that our grants were having a significant impact, it’s a big step forward for us and for our grantees to be able to measure results.
National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers said that the United States hasn’t done enough to deter Russian meddling in national politics, even as he acknowledged that President Donald Trump hasn’t directed cybersecurity officials to take more aggressive offensive actions against Moscow. “I believe that President Putin has clearly come to the conclusion that, there’s little price to pay here and therefore I can continue this activity,” Rogers told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Rogers’ testimony was a reminder of the gap between the president, who has downplayed Russian interferen
[Analysis] Criticisms of the 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom process apply also to the 2014 Open Internet process. A key difference between the comment process in 2017 compared to 2014 is that form letters became more sophisticated and more difficult to identify. In the future, bad actors are likely to continue improving their ability to make form letters appear unique, hide their origins, or simply make the comment process unmanageable.
The Benton Foundation marked the Feb 27 OneMoreVote network neutrality activist day by filing suit against the Federal Communications Commission's Dec. 14 decision to roll back network neutrality rules. "The Restoring Internet Freedom order will allow giant telecommunications companies to create 'fast lanes' and other discriminatory practices that will stifle innovation and diminish the Internet as a platform for free expression," said Benton Executive Director Adrianne Furniss.
During the hearing, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator David Redl will testify, continuing the subcommittee’s role of oversight of NTIA. Members will seek an update on a number of the administration’s priorities, including spectrum and the race to 5G, broadband mapping, as well as internet governance and cybersecurity. Additionally, members will discuss public safety communications and check in on progress with FirstNet and Next-Generation 911.
The Trump administration's approach to a fair and open internet seeks a compromise between too much regulation and too little, said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. "Some people said that we should maintain the rules we had, the heavy-handed regulations that were based in the 1930s," he said. "Others said we should wipe the slate clean, have no regulations whatsoever. We charted a middle course." Chairman Pai said that he's looking to counter the "misinformation" that's produced this is the "'end of the internet as we know it'" type headlines.
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