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22 states ask court to restore net neutrality
Attorneys general representing 22 states and the District of Columbia asked a federal court to reinstate network neutrality, saying the Federal Communications Commission failed to properly consider the issues when removing the policy in 2017. In a brief filed Aug 20, the attorneys general argue that the FCC’s decision “will cause [inevitable harms] to consumers, public safety, and existing regulatory schemes” and that the commission “entirely ignored many of these issues” when overturning net neutrality.
Fake Twitter ad campaign encourages users to be more skeptical on social media (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/20/2018 - 12:51
Facebook’s encryption fight will be harder than San Bernardino
Facebook is caught in a secret legal fight with the FBI. The fight, which centers on an alleged MS-13 gang member in Fresno (CA), has been kept out of public court records, but Reuters broke the story on Aug 17. Apparently, prosecutors are looking to listen in on all Messenger voice calls from the target, similar to a conventional phone wiretap. Facebook says it’s impossible to comply because of the service’s end-to-end encryption, and the company is risking contempt charges to prove it.
Inside Facebook’s plan to protect the U.S. midterm elections
You can boil Facebook’s election plan down into three main challenges: