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Facebook’s Whistleblower Said the Company Does Too Little to Protect Users. Most of the Public Agrees (Morning Consult)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 11:23We Must Close the Digital Divide
During the summer of 2021, the Senate gave overwhelming approval to $65 billion for broadband access in the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The pandemic had clearly captured the attention of elected officials. The ultimate success of this initiative depends first on Congress’ final approval, then on the Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies being ready to move quickly in allocating funds.
Amelia Acker: Social Media Researchers Must Demand More Transparent Data Access (Morning Consult)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 13:06The Steady Decline of the Facebook Brand in America (Morning Consult)
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To Close the Digital Divide, Congress Must Also Close the Device Divide
The “device divide” is one of the top reasons why individuals aren’t connected to the internet. That’s why it won’t matter how much Congress invests in connecting everyone to affordable, reliable high-speed internet (and it is investing a lot) — Congress won’t be able to achieve universal connectivity without making sure that low-income consumers can afford to purchase a device.
Community-Based Internet Providers Deliver World-Class Innovation to the Unserved
For the past two decades, community-based providers – that is, thousands of upstart internet service providers – have crisscrossed America, delivering internet access services with adeptness and skill. Using a potent combination of wireless spectrum and fiber, they deliver fixed connectivity to distant rural and hard to serve urban environments. In short, they’re small innovators and entrepreneurs offering needed choice for communities that have been effectively abandoned by legacy phone and cable providers.
Are We Messing Up 5G on Our Way to 6G?
Spectrum policy leadership and planning are critical to complete the US 5G ecosystem while planning for the next-generation wireless technology, 6G. It’s also essential to shed some mistakes of the past. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has indicated that a “whole of government” effort is critical to 5G leadership, and she’s right.
State leaders step up broadband mapping efforts
With the federal government slow to produce better maps of broadband internet coverage, state leaders are stepping up with their own efforts that they say will yield more granular information that leads to better decisions on the infrastructure buildout. Virginia became the latest state to unveil an effort to revamp its statewide broadband map in summer 2021, following Georgia's map launched in 2020.