BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation
June 2022
TikTok redefined the idea of a social media feed — can Facebook play catch-up before it’s too late? (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/15/2022 - 13:00YouTube Says It Is Gaining on TikTok in Short-Video Race (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/15/2022 - 12:59Barbara van Schewick: European Regulators Just Stopped Facebook, Google, and Big Telecoms' Net Neutrality Violations (Center for Internet and Society)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/15/2022 - 12:15
Why Rural Internet Is Still Terrible, Despite Billions in Federal Spending
The US government has spent billions of dollars on several rounds of programs to upgrade internet speeds in rural areas over the past decade. Despite those efforts, many residents are still stuck with service that isn’t fast enough to do video calls or stream movies—speeds that most take for granted.
Who Is the "You" in YouTube?
YouTube videos viewed by children do not reflect the ethnic diversity of young children, tweens, and teens across the United States. In videos watched by young children, portrayals of BIPOC characters are disproportionately negative when compared to White characters. In videos watched by 0- to 8-year-olds, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) character portrayals were shallow or missing almost three-quarters of the time.
Meta fails to overturn Giphy sale order by UK competition regulator (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/15/2022 - 10:55
Broadband Usage Still Robust in First Quarter of 2022
The OpenVault Insights Report for the first quarter of 2022 shows that broadband usage remains high. Average household broadband usage in March 2022 was measured at 514 gigabytes, staying over half a terabyte of data used for the average household. This is a drop from 536 gigabytes in the fourth quarter of 2021, but the first quarter has always shown seasonally lower usage than at the end of the previous year. Usage for the first quarter is up 11% from the 462 gigabytes in the first quarter of 2021.