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Twitter, Facebook will transfer presidential accounts to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 16:39T-Mobile becomes first carrier to enable 988 number for mental health services (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 14:06How fake news aimed at Latinos thrives on social media (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/19/2020 - 17:51GOP senators berate Facebook, Twitter CEOs, who say they did the best they could during election
The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook defended their efforts to reduce the spread of online disinformation about the presidential election and the integrity of the US voting system as they faced an onslaught of criticism from Senate Republicans who accused the tech giants of censoring conservative views and favoring Democrats.
The behind-the-scenes fight to influence Biden on Big Tech has already begun (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/17/2020 - 11:59US gives Qualcomm approval to sell 4G chips to Huawei despite sanctions (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 11/15/2020 - 18:54YouTube defends choice to leave up videos with false election claims (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 18:55How President-Elect Biden’s FCC could fix America’s internet
Even though Joe Biden’s victory is assured, the future of the Federal Communications Commission hangs in the balance. Getting broadband internet in as many homes as possible during the pandemic is many Democrats’ most urgent goal, and one they feel the Trump administration failed to accomplish. “Because the Trump FCC failed to meaningfully address the digital divide, tens of millions of Americans still lack high-speed internet,” said Rep Anna Eshoo (D-CA).