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Net neutrality supporters ask court to reconsider ruling that upheld FCC repeal
The fight to reinstate network neutrality rules could return to federal court, if public-interest advocates, consumer groups, and tech companies including Mozilla get their way [as well as the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society]. The groups asked a panel of judges to rehear a case that upheld a Federal Communications Commission decision to repeal the government’s open-Internet rules.
FCC proposes using traffic-safety airwaves for WiFi, dividing the Trump administration (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 18:59Headlines, in print and on screens, provide a snapshot of news delivered to a fractured nation (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:08Analysis: Trump administration scooping up Americans' data in effort to track undocumented immigrants, ACLU says (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 10:57Analysis: UK elections provide key test for American tech companies' efforts to fight disinformation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 10:56'We are deeply concerned’: House Science Committee seeks investigation of how 5G could hurt weather forecasting
The bipartisan leaders of the House Science Committee have requested government investigators examine why federal agencies disagree so starkly about the risks 5G communications technology poses to weather forecasting. In a letter to the comptroller general, House Science Committee Chairman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Rep. Frank D.
Lawmakers give Big Tech an ultimatum on encryption (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/11/2019 - 06:45Attorney General Barr says DOJ is rethinking Sec. 230 -- the law that protects tech companies from liability (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 17:26Experts want to help heartland cities compete for tech jobs. Their plan costs $100 billion.
Experts are proposing that Congress pick eight to 10 up-and-coming tech cities away from the coastal hubs and heavily invest in research and workforce development. They want lawmakers to run a rigorous selection process to pick the rising tech centers, but suggested a list of potential candidates such as Madison (WI) and Minneapolis. The proposal may have a moonshot price tag, but it could gain traction in today's political climate: Economic inequality is emerging as a central theme of the 2020 elections.