April 2022

The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 17:36

Wireless retail workers see rising pay, show interest in unions (Fierce)

Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 16:37

Poll: Americans support removing troubling tweets (Axios)

Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 16:18

How parents’ views of their kids’ screen time, social media use changed during COVID-19 (Pew Research Center)

Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 15:44

C Spire's $500 million fiber buildout thrives on grassroots efforts

Regional US operator C Spire continues its fiber buildout in the South, having begun work in Hoover and Homewood, Alabama. The operator is investing $500 million of its own funding over a three-year period, its deployment driven by crowdsourcing and grassroots campaigns. Ben Moncrief, C Spire’s EVP for Alabama markets, said the company encourages people to visit its website, where they can input their addresses and let the company know where they want fiber deployed. He added C Spire “absolutely” places emphasis on local community feedback.

Charter taps its Wi-Fi to provide speed boost for its mobile customers (Fierce)

Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 15:26

Charter CEO says Comcast video joint venture will be a boon for broadband (Fierce)

Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 15:25

Elon Musk’s Early Twitter Purchase is Under FTC Scrutiny

Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter takeover is unlikely to raise antitrust concerns. But what is already being scrutinized is Musk’s failure to comply with rules regarding disclosure of his initial 9 percent stake, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Federal Trade Commission recently opened an inquiry into whether Musk failed to comply with an antitrust reporting requirement as he amassed his initial 9.1 percent stake in Twitter between the end of January and the beginning of April 2022.

Digital equity workers in Pennsylvania, this is your moment

The University of Pittsburgh hosted the 2022 Pennsylvania Broadband Symposium in April 2022 alongside state and regional partners to discuss challenges and strategize solutions around expanding broadband internet access in the state.

Treasury Department Expects Majority of Capital Projects Funds Will Be Spent on Fiber

The director of the Department of Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund for broadband expansion projects in response to the coronavirus pandemic said that most dispensed funds will ultimately go towards fiber broadband projects. The Capital Projects Fund was established from the reserve of $10 billion dedicated to capital projects enabling work, education and health monitoring when President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was passed in March 2021.

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