Federal Funding Fuels Nevada's Broadband Initiative
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
February 2023
Americans Flunked This Test on Online Privacy (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 06:34TikTok’s Secret Sauce Poses Challenge for US Oversight, Researchers Say (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 06:33Senator Steve Daines’ Twitter Account Was Suspended Over a Hunting Photo. Then Elon Musk Stepped In. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 06:33President Biden rallies against Big Tech in State of the Union address (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 06:32Analysis
Analysis
FCC Seeks Nominations for Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 17:10Editorial | Government funds must be spent wisely in increasing rural areas’ access to broadband (Norfolk Daily News)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 17:09Doug Brake—CTIA's Assistant Vice President, Policy—brings his formidable background in both law and policy to bear on the top issues facing the U.S. wireless industry in 2023. We'll touch on everything from CTIA member companies' strong quarterly earnings reports to 5G spectrum policy to Chinese spy, (ahem, weather) balloons.
On February 21, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case with the power to reshape the internet. Gonzalez concerns the scope of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the statute that protects websites from most liability for third-party content that appears on their services. The Court has never before considered Section 230—and now that the statute has become increasingly prominent and controversial in recent years, the justices are poised to weigh whether the liability shield covers algorithmic recommendations of user content.