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Reinstating the FCC’s auction authority could save the Affordable Connectivity Program
The $14.2 billion allocated to the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is projected to run out by mid-2024. With the options running thin, there may be a potential source of funding for the ACP for Congress to consider—only this time, it’s intricately connected to the US spectrum auctions that were formerly under Federal Communications Commission jurisdiction.
Technology competition between nations: Views from industry leaders (Brookings)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 08/14/2023 - 11:24Congress eyes establishing a digital regulator (Brookings)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 12:14Should schools ban or integrate generative AI in the classroom? (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/08/2023 - 06:32
Toxic lead telephone lines: Searching for solutions
Millions of Americans could be affected by thousands of miles of toxic telephone cables. These old cables, legacies from the pre-internet, dial-up telephone era, are sheathed in lead, an element found to be toxic in humans.
Internet referral programs are in urgent need of reform
The US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana barred certain government agencies from working with social media companies for “the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.” The injunction seems to threaten the myriad of government programs—including those in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the St