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The pricey path to 5G
On Dec. 8, the Federal Communications Commission will begin selling off another swath of wireless spectrum to accelerate the country’s march toward the full promise of 5G. In an auction projected to yield as much as $50 billion to the U.S. Government, 57 companies have qualified for the opportunity to bid on 5,684 spectrum licenses to serve 406 partial economic areas — or markets — throughout the US. There’s gold in those 5G airwaves. The path to profit and preeminence depends almost entirely on how much spectrum the companies can garner from the US government.
Antitrust, content moderation to dominate tech policy in 2021 (Hill, The)
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Submitted by benton on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 06:40Cyberattack forces shutdown of Baltimore County schools for the day (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 17:37Sen Blumenthal and four Democratic Sens press Facebook, Twitter on misinformation efforts ahead of Georgia runoff (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 10:21Rural latino communities need internet access
With nearly 1,000 rural Latino communities spread across the country, rural internet access has long been a priority for Latinos. But the past eight months have created a new sense of urgency. Recently, 19 national organizations representing communities of color, many of them Latino, recently petitioned the Federal Communications Commission. While the details are complicated, the outcome is not: expanding high-speed internet would be faster and more affordable, benefitting Latino families in rural communities across America.
Tech firms fall short on misinformation targeting Latino voters, advocates say
Lapses in tech companies’ policies to address Spanish content led to a proliferation of misinformation targeting Latino voters around Election Day, according to several advocacy groups. Spanish misinformation campaigns largely mimicked those in English that cast doubt on the security of mail-in ballots, later calling into question the election results.