Daily Digest 1/31/2020 (Fred Silverman)
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A First for Digital Equity and Broadband Adoption
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A First for Digital Equity and Broadband Adoption
The House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing entitled Empowering and Connecting Communities Through Digital Equity and Internet Adoption.
Federal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips: Antitrust Enforcement Isn’t Answer to Tech Privacy Concerns (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 06:35Facebook’s Relationship With Democrats Hits a Low Point (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 06:34Editorial -- Tech companies’ scattershot war on disinformation isn’t working (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 06:33General Services Administration Wants More Ideas To Stop Fake Commenters From Flooding Rulemaking Process (nextgov)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 19:06
Last-Minute Change to FCC Rural Broadband Fund May Ban Grants for Millions of Unconnected Americans
In his dissenting statement, Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks objected to a sentence included since the initial draft of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order. The Starks dissent states: “The version of the Order now before us excludes from RDOF any area that the Commission ‘know[s] to be awarded funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Program or other similar federal or state broadband subsidy programs, or those subject to enforceable broadband deployment obligations.’” (emphasis in original)
FCC Rural Digital Opportunities Fund Decision Draws Crowd (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 17:25Campaign Reformers Push Back on NAB Political Ad Ask
Campaign reform groups are telling the Federal Communications Commission to reject broadcasters' petition to 'clarify' the FCC's disclosure requirements for third-party political ads and follow the National Association of Broadcasters' "rationally tailored approach." NAB and others asked the FCC to narrow its definition of non-candidate ads on “any political matter of national importance" (i.e.