At a time when the FCC cannot even decide if it wants to keep open the 3650-3700 spectrum already set aside for non-exclusive sharing, Congress seems to be picking up the ball. Alas, I am swamped at the moment with work and visiting relatives, so I will refer you to this summary on boing-boing here.
Stay tuned . . . .
Wow, that is so surprising and atypical.
Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger on the President- ‘my family voted for him, donated to him and are now being thrown under the bus by him.’ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/11/25/georgia-secretary-of-state-election-integrity-2020-column/6407586002/
nothing says "fairness" quite like technically unnecessary usage caps and fees designed to cash in on limited U.S. broadband competition https://twitter.com/RobZacny/status/1331312094336126977
The monopolist is handing out lessons on fairness.
If Republicans want to see more variety in what kinds of content flourishes on the internet, they should focus on creating laws that encourage competitive choices for users. More from PK President @ChrisJ_Lewis in today's op-ed: https://publicknowledge.medium.com/senate-gops-call-for-ideological-test-in-hiring-is-dangerous-58fcfb50c38d 4/4 #PlatformCompetition
Mandating that the employees of any company have to represent some spectrum of political viewpoints is not based in any law, is not workable, and causes far more problems than it intends to solve. It is deeply dangerous. 3/4
This obsession with "anti-conservative bias" is often a cover to harass platforms into keeping up #misinformation and #disinformation. It also flies in the face of the actual evidence, which shows that conservative viewpoints are not taken down more often than liberal ones. 2/4
A ray of light! How welcome! Even here on Wetmachine, where I am the patron of darkness.
In other news, Harold, I’ll be out in my lonely hotel room in California this weekend and and and I plan . . . dare I say it. . . to type up the notes from the conversation you and I had about this topic during Worldcon way more than a year ago.