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How to make broadband affordable and accessible for everyone
Tens of millions of Americans still lack access to affordable broadband, leaving them stranded on the wrong side of the country's stubborn digital divide at one of the worst possible moments in American history. While the Covid-19 crisis is an immense tragedy, it has created an opportunity for Congress to fix this longstanding problem. Several promising proposals already exist, including one in which the federal government would provide a "broadband benefit" in the form of a monthly subsidy to ensure that essential broadband access is affordable for all.
Facebook bans ads from pro-Trump PAC (CNN)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 18:25We need to address the digital divide causing an educational crisis
Millions of American students won't be heading back to the classroom this fall, at least not full time. From Los Angeles to New York, remote learning will continue into the fall. That leaves a staggering number of students at risk of falling behind or dropping out. Up to 30% of schoolchildren — as many as 16 million American kids — lack internet access or laptops for online learning. The digital divide has been with us for decades, and we're not going to solve it by August.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hospitalized (CNN)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/19/2020 - 09:18DNC and RNC warn campaigns about using TikTok (CNN)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 14:40Instagram bans all content promoting conversion therapy, a pseudo-scientific process that professes to change a one's sexuality (CNN)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 12:27These are the big brands that haven't pulled ads from Facebook yet (CNN)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 15:31The hard truth about the Facebook ad boycott: Nothing matters but Zuckerberg (CNN)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 06/28/2020 - 11:30President Trump Threatens To Shut Down Social Media After Twitter Adds Warning To His Tweets
Tensions between President Donald Trump and Twitter escalated as he threatened to "strongly regulate" or shut down social media platforms, which he accused of silencing conservative viewpoints. President Trump's threat came the day after Twitter added a fact-check warning to his tweets claiming that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. "Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices," President Trump tweeted the morning of May 27. "We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.