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The White House’s website deleted the whole archive of its daily newsletters (Quartz)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 12:04President Trump ditched net neutrality. Now he wants it back—for conservatives on social media
A Department of Justice spokesman said in a statement on Sept 5 that Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to convene a meeting with state attorneys over concerns tech companies like Facebook and Twitter are “hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platforms.” The Trump Administration is unlikely to prove specific charges, but that’s not the point, said Alex Abdo, a senior staff attorney at Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute.
Texting might hold the key to changing human behavior (Quartz)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 11:23Facebook’s Fight Against Bad Content Is a Mess (Quartz)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/23/2018 - 17:38More African governments are trying to control what’s being said on social media and blogs
Increasingly, African governments are looking at the internet as a threat and are using a motley of targeted shutdowns, surveillance, and arbitrary legislation to silence digital users. In the world’s least connected continent, dictators—and some democrats—are realizing they not only need the batons or bullets to stave off criticism but could also power off live feeds to undermine the vibrant conversations taking place online.
Why can’t Europe create tech giants like the US and China? (Quartz)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 13:27The 17 years since the Microsoft antitrust case taught us that regulation can spur innovation
In June of 2000, a judge in the US district court for the District of Columbia ruled that Microsoft should be broken up into two separate units—one for Microsoft’s operating system and another for its software products. In June of 2001, an appeals court disagreed. The Microsoft case set a precedent for not breaking up big tech companies, but also prohibited Microsoft from tying Internet Explorer to Windows.