Illinois' Approach to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Broadband Programs
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May 2022
Weekly Digest
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FTC Takes Action Against Frontier for Lying about Internet Speeds
The Federal Trade Commission has moved to stop internet service provider Frontier Communications from lying to consumers and charging them for high-speed internet speeds it fails to deliver. Under a proposed order with the FTC and two California law enforcement agencies, Frontier will be prohibited from tricking consumers about its slow internet service and required to support its speed claims.
Facebook Deliberately Caused Havoc in Australia to Influence New Law
Last year when Facebook blocked news in Australia in response to potential legislation making platforms pay publishers for content, it also took down the pages of Australian hospitals, emergency services and charities. It publicly called the resulting chaos “inadvertent.” Internally, the pre-emptive strike was hailed as a strategic masterstroke.
Tackling Latinos' digital divide
The Hispanic Federation and Comcast NBCUniversal have partnered to help community organizations in 20 cities, including Philadelphia (PA), battle the digital divide that sets Latinos behind in the workforce.
Home Broadband and the Cloud
I’m not sure that most people understand the extent to which our online experience has moved to the cloud – and this movement to the cloud means we’re using a lot more bandwidth than in the recent past. A huge number of online functions now reside in the cloud, when only a few years ago a lot of processing was done on our computers. The shift to the cloud is still an ongoing transition and there are still plenty of software packages that are not processed in the cloud, but it’s obvious that everything will eventually be in the cloud.
YouTube Kids shows videos promoting drug culture and firearms to toddlers (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 05/05/2022 - 16:40Elon Musk Hates Ads. Twitter Needs Them. That May Be a Problem. (New York Times)
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WISPA Hires David M. Zumwalt as the Association's New President and CEO
WISPA hired David M.
The United State(s) of Broadband
Tens of billions of dollars in federal funding are poised for new broadband infrastructure deployment over the next five years. But a crucial step in allocating funds from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program - for states and local governments - lies in knowing where fast, affordable, reliable broadband access currently is, so that they know where to drive new investment.