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What FCC chair Ajit Pai gets wrong about net neutrality
[Commentary] Ending network neutrality — leaving broadband providers to chase profits without public obligations — would be a disastrous reversal of communications policy that dates to the founding of the country and ensures the equal access to information that democracy needs to function. Especially in this era of steep inequality, corporate control and rising authoritarianism, the open Internet is a foundational necessity to hold the powerful to account.
Missing from Al Franken’s news conference: ‘Fake news’ (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 17:32A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operati (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 17:30New York Times expresses ‘regret’ over white nationalist profile (Washington Post)
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Chairman Pai is pitching Internet deregulation as a return to Bill Clinton’s policy
President Donald Trump treated “Bill” — as in Clinton — like a four-letter word during his campaign for the White House, but now Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is invoking the 42nd president's name in a positive way to help sell a plan to repeal a major Internet regulation. “We're going to return to President Clinton's framework, which existed from 1996 all the way until 2015,” Ajit Pai said Nov 27 on “Fox & Friends.” “Under that light-touch, market-based framework, we saw tons of investment in infrastructure.
President Trump attacks media in his first post-Thanksgiving tweet
President Donald Trump returned from the Thanksgiving holiday with another attack on one of his favorite targets — the news media — suggesting Nov 27 on Twitter a “contest” to determine which television network deserves a “fake news trophy.”
Op-ed: How the Supreme Court could keep police from using your cellphone to spy on you (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 06:09How two decisions in Washington could turn AT&T into a uniquely powerful company
The future of AT&T could be shaped by two big decisions in Washington, with the Justice Department suing the company to block its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner and the Federal Communications Commission announcing a plan to roll back net neutrality rules, handing a big win to Internet providers. Some analysts said the combined actions could deliver a double-victory for AT&T. If it wins its antitrust case against the DOJ, AT&T could buy Time Warner without offering any concessions to the government.
Wondering if the Russians reached you over Facebook? You can soon find out.
Facebook is creating an online tool to allow users to determine if they might have been exposed to Russian disinformation during the 2016 presidential election and its fractious aftermath. The new tool, which the company said will be available by the end of 2017, is the latest move by Facebook to respond to public and political pressure to reveal the extent of the Russian disinformation campaign waged on its social media platform and on Instagram, which Facebook owns.