In my favorite bellweather case for “have we sunk back to the level of McCarthyism yet?” the government has challenged the standing of IndyMedia to find out who asked the FBI to confiscate its servers, and why. Story at The Register. I may try to add my own analysis if I get a chance to read the pleadings.
Stay tuned . . .
House E&C Ds ask @AjitPaiFCC "Hey, whatever happened to your investigation into carriers selling geolocations data?"
https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/FCC.2019.11.8.%20Letter%20re%20Location%20Privacy.CAT_.pdf
Good from @bergmayer on the #Comcast #Starz blackout and how the 1992 Cable Act is designed to address this.
https://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/comcast-the-1992-cable-act-and-you/
The epic rant from Rep Jim Himes about the both-sidesing of the Ukraine scandal is a seminal moment.
The whole episode shows how Trump's propaganda works: The goal is to get disinformation treated respectfully.
That's what happened here.
New piece:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/11/an-epic-on-air-rant-unmasks-real-goal-trumps-lies/
NEW: The Internet thought it had found a picture of the Trump whistleblower. It was wrong.
Instead, they made things a very… interesting day for @R_D. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/08/tech/whistleblower-photo-fake/index.html
