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Mark MacCarthy: Senator Klobuchar “nudges” social media companies to improve content moderation (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/23/2022 - 12:19What is ‘good’ digital infrastructure? Measuring digital infrastructure to maximize development outcomes and mitigate risks
Do current measurement tools suffice in capturing the positive development impact of digital infrastructure and provide a lens through which to assess its potential downside risks? The inquiry focused primarily on payments, identity, and data exchange technologies—which together are commonly referred to as the “digital stack” and recognized as foundational components of any national digital transformation. Major findings include:
Speech | Building for the Future: Advancing Digital Competitiveness through Broadband Access and Adoption (Brookings)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 11:45Online college classes can be better than in-person ones. The implications for higher ed are profound. (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 14:31Mark MacCarthy: Two ways to improve Senator Klobuchar’s needed antitrust legislation (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/08/2022 - 11:30Podcast: Rep Ro Khanna on democratizing our digital transformation (Brookings)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 02/07/2022 - 11:58Gender-based online violence spikes after prominent media attacks (Brookings)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 15:29How Black Twitter influenced Black electoral opinion during the 2020 presidential election (Brookings)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 10:11
Steps the Commerce Department should take to achieve the infrastructure bill’s broadband goals
The recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act makes the largest federal investment into universal broadband access in history. In doing so, Congress gave broadband responsibility to the states, with the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) providing oversight. This piece lays out eight steps NTIA should take to improve the odds of success in achieving universal connectivity: