December 2021
Hate speech and disinformation proliferate Twitter's Spaces new audio service after executives ignored warnings (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 15:26WOW! targets fiber to 400K homes by 2027
With a much lighter debt load following a pair of asset sales totaling $1.8 billion in 2021, US broadband provider WideOpenWest (WOW!) set its sights on building greenfield fiber to as many as 400,000 homes by 2027. CFO John Rego said the company will start with an initial goal of building fiber-to-the-home to 200,000 locations by 2025 at an approximate cost of $160 million. If it finds success in its starter markets, he said, WOW!
Sen Warren Calls on DOJ and SEC to Open Criminal and Civil Investigations into Facebook
Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) and SEC to open criminal and civil investigations into Facebook to determine if the company or its executives violated US wire fraud and securities laws.
Meta opens up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 15:09A Simple Exploit is Exposing the Biggest Apps on the Internet (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 15:05Verizon exceeds 5G build plan for 2021 and focuses resources on C-Band expansion
Verizon announced the company has exceeded its year-end target of 14,000 new 5G Ultra Wideband cells sites, providing phone service to parts of 87 US cities, 5G Home to parts of 65 cities and 5G Business Internet to parts of 62 cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and, launching December 9, Athens (GA), Knoxville (TN) and Tacoma (WA).
Tribal communities are facing a new threat: Instagram (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 14:52Weekly Digest
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Friday, December 10, 2021