A recap of the Federal Communications Commission's 2018 work to strengthen emergency calling and highlight some of our next steps for 2019. 1) Improving 911 Calling from Multi-Line Telephone Systems, 2) Examining How to Route Wireless 911 Calls More Quickly, 3) Helping First Responders Locate Wireless 911 Callers, and 4) Promoting Transparency About State 911 Fees.
Members of the conservative majority on the House Judiciary Committee spent much of their time hammering [Google CEO Sundar] Pichai with baseless accusations that Google rigs its search results to censor conservative content. The bias obsession has distracted from the more important subjects that Congress has failed to address these past two years. That seems likely to change when Democrats take control of the House in January.
Google’s chief executive, in perhaps the most public display of lawmakers’ unease with his company’s influence, was grilled about everything from search result bias and the data Google collects about its users to plans for a censored service in China. Sundar Pichai, an engineer who rose through Google’s ranks to become its leader three years ago, faced more than three hours of questions from the House Judiciary Committee. Republicans expressed concerns about unfair treatment of conservatives, and lawmakers in both parties zeroed in on privacy issues.
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