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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
LIFELINE
Free Press’ Jessica J. Gonzalez’s Senate Testimony on Behalf of Lifeline Users and Affordable Access for All – press release
AEI Testimony: Addressing the Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the FCC’s Lifeline Program – press release
GAO Testimony: Additional Action Needed to Address Significant Risks in FCC’s Lifeline Program – press release [links to Benton summary]
INTERNET/BROADBAND
One man’s DIY Internet service connects isolated Marin County hamlet [links to Benton summary]
FCC must dump Obama’s net neutrality rules for broadband – The Hill op-ed [links to Benton summary]
ELECTIONS 2016
Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election
The key question in Facebook political ads: Who’s seeing them? [links to Washington Post]
COMMUNICATIONS & DEMOCRACY
President Trump’s voting commission broke the law with personal email use, lawsuit claims [links to Benton summary]
Charge Dropped Against Reporter Who Questioned Tom Price [links to New York Times]
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
Harvey Hurricane shows it is time for FCC to improve emergency alerts – Tom Wheeler op-ed
FCC Activates Disaster Information Reporting for Hurricane Irma – public notice [links to Benton summary]
FCC Chairman Visits Texas And Gets Firsthand Views Of Hurricane Harvey Damage – press release [links to Benton summary]
Verizon Readies for Hurricane Irma [links to Broadcasting&Cable]
Comcast Opening Wi-Fi Hotspots to All as Irma Makes Landfall [links to Broadcasting&Cable]
AT&T blog: The Heart of the Storm [links to AT&T]
FirstNet recognizes FEMA’s National Preparedness Month in September [links to FirstNet]
SURVEILLANCE
Homeland Security Adviser Urges Congress to Renew Controversial Surveillance Power
Why Should Americans Care About Foreign Privacy? – Forbes op-ed [links to Benton summary]
Using AI to identify protestors hiding behind hats or scarves is entirely possible [links to Benton summary]
SECURITY/PRIVACY
Dozens of power companies breached by hackers, cybersecurity researcher says [links to USAToday]
Don’t reverse Internet privacy safeguards – Capitol Weekly op-ed [links to Benton summary]
TELECOM
The FCC’s Plan to Gut Tech Transitions Rules Is Bad for Consumers, Small Businesses and Competition – analysis
Bruce Kushnick — The Copper-Wire World of AT&T: The Reason to Investigate AT&T, Now [links to Huffington Post]
CONTENT
The far-right’s favorite social network is facing its own censorship controversy [links to Verge, The]
Forget ‘US News’ Rankings. For Online College Programs, Google Is Kingmaker [links to EdSurge]
The Rise of the Twitter Thread [links to Politico]
OWNERSHIP
Silicon Valley’s Politics: Liberal, With One Big Exception
This Sinclair-Tribune Merger Is A Rotten Deal For America – HuffPo op-ed [links to Benton summary]
New America Chair Says Google Didn’t Prompt Critic’s Ouster [links to Benton summary]
KCSN-KSBR FM merger aims to create new Southland public radio powerhouse [links to Los Angeles Times]
JOURNALISM
When reporters should get involved in the stories they cover [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
Washington Post’s Scott Wilson is out as national editor [links to Washington Post]
‘Frontline’ to Launch Podcast Series ‘The Frontline Dispatch’ [links to Variety]
Rush Limbaugh’s dangerous suggestion that Hurricane Irma is fake news [links to Washington Post]
Newsy to Launch as Cable TV Channel After E.W. Scripps Buys RLTV Contracts [links to Variety]
Judge dismisses Shiva “I Invented EMAIL” Ayyadurai’s libel lawsuit against Techdirt [links to Benton summary]
ENERGY
NCTA Audit: Broadband Tech Energy Efficiency Improves [links to Broadcasting&Cable]
GOVERNMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
White House spokeswoman: Having kids prepared me for dealing with reporters [links to Hill, The]
As a general rule, body cam footage across US is not a public record [links to Ars Technica]
POLICYMAKERS
FTC Acting Chairman Ohlhausen Announces Selection of Ian R. Conner as an Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition – press release [links to Benton summary]
Former FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez tapped to lead antitrust at global law firm [links to Benton summary]
Peter Rice Named President at 21st Century Fox [links to Broadcasting&Cable]
COMPANY NEWS
T-Mobile offers free Netflix to unlimited users with family plans [links to Fierce]
Huawei has surpassed Apple as the world’s second largest smartphone brand [links to Verge, The]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
Apple’s Refusal to Approve India’s Anti-Spam App Angers Regulators [links to Bloomberg]
Remarks of FCC Commissioner O’Rielly Before 7th Congreso Internacional de Espectro, Bogota, Columbia – speech [links to Benton summary]
Chinese billionaire sues social media accounts over ‘malicious rumors’ [links to CNN]
