March 2025
Senate votes to strip the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of its power to regulate X (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:26Inside the Trump White House’s relentless strategy to dominate the news (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:25Companies are failing to convince staff of AI benefits (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:24FCC Rules for Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band effective May 5, 2025 (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 05:57Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Establish Trans-Atlantic Submarine Fiber Optic Table Legislation
Rep Stacy Plaskett (D-VI) and Rep Russ Fulcher (R-ID) reintroduced legislation (H.R.3385) to request an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of developing a Trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable that will connect the East coast of the United States, via the United States Virgin Islands, with Nigeria and Ghana. Presently, there is no direct fiber optic link between the US and the continent of Africa.
Senators Reintroduces the Digital Integrity in Democracy Act
Sens Peter Welch (D-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) in reintroducing the Digital Integrity in Democracy Act (S.840), legislation to increase accountability for social media platforms that knowingly host false election administration information.
Killing Hot Spots for Students
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says he hopes to bring a resolution to the Senate to repeal the funding of Internet hot spots from the E-Rate Program, which is part of the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund. The original support for funding hot spots came from a July 2024 vote of the FCC under then-Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to allow the E-Rate program to pay for hot spots.
Is Starlink’s new affordable broadband plan a gamechanger?
SpaceX’s Starlink is dipping its toes into the affordable broadband market, with the launch of its “Residential Lite” service in 15 U.S. states. While it’s cheaper than Starlink’s standard residential plan, the move is hardly a gamechanger for rural broadband connectivity.