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The US Could Soon Ban the Selling of Carrier-Locked Phones (Wired)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 11:13GOP 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.
Huawei, 5G, and the Man Who Conquered Noise (Wired)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/16/2020 - 12:21From privacy to big tech monopolies, here’s an early look at what might actually happen in tech policy under divided government (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 11/08/2020 - 16:10Social Media’s Dance With Donald Trump Is Getting Clumsier (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/06/2020 - 10:45Big Tech’s Election Plans Have a Blind Spot: Influencers (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/30/2020 - 06:24How to Stop Getting Into Pointless Arguments Online (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 11:07The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About: Broadband Providers
The new fervor for tech antitrust has so far overlooked an equally obvious target: US broadband providers. “If you want to talk about a history of using gatekeeper power to harm competitors, there are few better examples,” says Benton Senior Fellow and Public Advocate Gigi Sohn. Sohn and other critics of the four companies that dominate US broadband—Verizon, Comcast, Charter Communications, and AT&T—argue that antitrust intervention has been needed for years to lower prices and widen internet access.