Prison calls are wildly expensive. California just made them free
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed into law a bill that makes phone calls from California’s prisons free of charge.
October 2022
University of Illinois joins five technology industry leaders in new Speech Accessibility Project (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:47Daily Digest 10/3/2022
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:46Daily Digest 10/3/2022 (Digital Inclusion Week)
Send date:
Mon, 10/03/2022
Today's top broadband news
Iran Protesters Circumvent Internet Disruptions (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 06:26How to vet mental health advice on Tiktok and Instagram (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 06:26Broadband Gaps Linger in New York State’s Small Towns
New state data shows 2.5 percent of New York households lack the ability to hook up to the Internet. More than 132,000 households lack the ability to access broadband in New York. The town of Red House in Cattaraugus County is completely unserved. Twenty-nine towns, six school districts and four of the 10 tribal territories in the state have less than half of their residences with access to broadband. Internet providers warn that government broadband grants may not be able to cover the costs of building the services in locations where there may be fewer than five homes per square mile.