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26 senators are supporting a resolution to undo the FCC’s net neutrality repeal
As of Dec 20, 26 US senators have pledged to vote for a resolution that would overrule the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality repeal through the Congressional Review Act. Senators who have signed on to the resolution now include Ron Wyden (D-OR), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
With Tax Reform, AT&T Plans to Increase US Capital Spending $1 Billion and Provide $1,000 Special Bonus to more than 200,000 US Employees
Once tax reform is signed into law, AT&T plans to invest an additional $1 billion in the United States in 2018 and pay a special $1,000 bonus to more than 200,000 AT&T US employees — all union-represented, non-management and front-line managers. If the President signs the bill before Christmas, employees will receive the bonus over the holidays. [AT&T announced on November 8 that it would step up US investment by $1 billion if a tax bill passed.]
In 2017, Key Facebook Builders Disowned Their Creation (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 14:16The CDC’s language policy isn’t just politics as usual. It’s Orwellian. (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 13:44Full transcript: FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel answers net neutrality questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 06:31It’s moving slowly, but Pinterest and other tech companies are becoming less white and less male (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 06:31When harassment drives women out of journalism (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 12/18/2017 - 13:00The next front in the net neutrality war: Feds versus the states
In the hours after the Trump administration scrapped rules that required internet providers to treat all web traffic equally, a handful of states mobilized in a bid to reverse the decision by the Federal Communications Commission in court — or perhaps write their own new regulations as a replacement. To start, a coalition of state attorneys general, led by New York, pledged on Dec 14 that they would sue the FCC to stop its rollback from taking place.