Senate Commerce Committee to Markup Broadband Bills May 15
The Senate Commerce Committee will convene on May 15 to consider two broadband bills:
May 2019
Reps Rice, Katko introduce resolution requiring cyber, IT training for employees of the House of Representatives (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 14:34Op-Ed: Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major outlets (Columbia Journalism Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 14:33
How much progress have major companies made in the past year in respecting users' freedom of expression and privacy? How can the RDR Index findings inform global regulatory debates about privacy, disinformation, and hate speech online? An overview of the 2019 RDR Index results will be followed by a discussion of what needs to be done to ensure that technology is designed and governed in a way that is compatible with democracy and human rights.
Speakers:
Tyra Mariani
President and Chief Operating Officer, New America
The hearing will include a series of roundtable discussions with State Attorneys General, or their senior staff, on important consumer protection and antitrust issues. Participants will discuss areas of commonality and divergence between state and federal enforcers. The consumer protection panels will address big data and privacy, platforms, challenges unique to state enforcers, and federal/state collaboration.
How the past is shaping Big Tech's future
Battles over corporate power that played out over the course of the 20th century may provide the best clues to how companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon might ultimately be reined in. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the moderation of malicious content online could be overseen by an industry standards body similar to the Hollywood system for rating movies established in the 1960s. Another potential model is the body with roots in the 1930s that polices the securities industry, according to Zuckerberg’s top US policy executive, Kevin Martin.
At this meeting, the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer Advisory Committee is expected to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the committee and its members, issues that the FCC wishes the committee to address, meeting schedules, and any other topics relevant to the CAC’s work.
The CAC may also receive briefings from FCC staff on issues of interest to consumers.
Facebook Faces Audit in France Over Hate Speech (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 12:52Sen Graham: Can't We All Get Along
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is hoping to get key committees on the same page when it comes to the tech industry and data privacy. He’s drafting a letter to leaders on Senate Banking and Senate Commerce committees to sort out jurisdictional questions related to the sector. “I’m going to have Sen. [Dianne] Feinstein and myself, we’re going to write a letter to the other committees of jurisdiction and see if we can come up with sort of a common approach to the issues,” he said. Sen Graham said the letter will likely be sent next week.