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Biden Renominates Gigi Sohn, Net Neutrality Advocate, to the FCC

Net neutrality is an unnecessary and failed policy.

Reason

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight

WASHINGTON — In parts of Oklahoma’s 3rd District, more than half of the state’s rural residents don’t have access to a broadband connection, House Science Chairman Frank D. Lucas, who represents the district in Congress, said in a recent interview.

Tribune News Service

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight - Roll Call

As the Senate fights over an FCC nominee, the government is gearing up to allocate billions of dollars to close a gap in broadband access.

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Dark money targets Biden agenda

Untraceable telecom money is pouring in — to Democrats as well as Republicans. The goal? To shut down government

Salon

Biden FCC nominee faces GOP, dark money

Gigi Sohn battles Republican hostility and onslaught of Big Telecom dark money in "proxy fight for net neutrality"

Salon

Sohn blames 'dark money' for opposition to her joining FCC - Roll Call

Senate Republicans are digging in to prevent Gigi Sohn's confirmation for the FCC, but Democrats may have the votes this time.

Roll Call

5 Years Ago, SpaceX Launched Its Silliest Payload Yet — And It's Still in Orbit

The roadster is still out there and doesn’t appear to be on a course to cause problems in the short term.

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Sam Smith's Grammys performance sparks FCC complaints over odd 'devil worship' claims

Sam Smith performed his song Unholy alongside Kim Petras - but it has been hit with a slew of bizarre complaints suggesting it had the potential to 'increase violence against Christians'

Daily Mirror

Michael Hiltzik: The bogus, homophobic campaign against Biden's stellar FCC nominee

No one should be surprised that telecommunications companies revved up opposition to the 2021 nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission. After all, Sohn was known as an effective critic of the industry's monopoly power and a defender of the public interest.

Los Angeles Times

What do cellphone records say about Bryan Kohberger’s location when Idaho students were killed? An expert explains

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho authorities have alleged that Bryan Kohberger’s cellphone records showed he was in the Moscow area less than an hour after four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house — and that he visited the “coverage area” of the home 12 times…

Tribune News Service

Prosecutors to Congress: Let state prisons jam cellphones

Top state prosecutors are urging Congress to pass legislation allowing state prisons to jam signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates

The Independent UK

What to know about cellphone radiation

A guide to some of the most common health questions people ask about cellphone radiation

Salon

Television Q&A: Isn't there a law to limit loud commercials?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Tribune News Service

Zip wire and trampoline to be added to Nottinghamshire play area as part of £100,000 revamp

The play area will be accessible to children of all ages and abilities

Nottingham Post

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The Independent UK

Biden signs law to curb costs of expensive prison phone calls, a major blow to a ‘predatory’ industry

Federal regulators will ensure ‘just and reasonable’ rates that fuel a billion-dollar telecomms industry

The Independent UK

Biden signs bill to ease costs for prisoner calls to family

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill aimed at easing the cost for prisoners to call family and friends

Reason

Government Spending Billions To Expand Broadband but Can't Tell Who Needs It

The Federal Communications Commission uses broadband coverage maps that are so severely flawed, states started shelling out to make their own.

WEKU

A bill to fight expensive prison phone call costs heads to Biden's desk

Congress recently passed legislation that will give federal regulators greater authority to limit the costs of prison phone calls.

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The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: States race to correct draft broadband map

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States contend with short timeline to correct broadband map

States are racing against a deadline to challenge the map federal officials will use to divvy up the nation’s largest-ever investment in high-speed internet

Miami Herald

Rubio urges US to deny request for undersea internet cable connecting Miami and Cuba

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny a request to extend a submarine internet cable connection between South Florida and Cuba, the first of its kind, because of the risk that the Cuban government could use it for intelligence purposes.

InsideEVs

Tesla Alerts FCC About New Radar Device Coming To Its EVs Soon

There is little information about the radar since the FCC filing is confidential. We do know that the filing exists and that Tesla just requested an extension.

Reuters

Cuba slams U.S. rejection of undersea telecoms connection to island

Cuba´s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio on Thursday accused long-time rival the United States of doublespeak after the Biden administration proposed to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba.

The Independent UK

US bans sale of Chinese tech from Huawei and ZTE due to ‘unacceptable’ national security risk

Banned Chinese companies include popular manufacturers of video surveillance cameras

Bangkok Post

US toughens ban on Huawei and ZTE

WASHINGTON: The US government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment made by the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, as well as video surveillance equipment from some other companies, citing national security risks.

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