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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017
Today’s Main Event — Federal Communications Commission Open Meeting (April 2017) — https://www.benton.org/node/
COMMUNICATIONS & DEMOCRACY
Watchdog group to sue for Trump Tower wiretap records [links to Hill, The]
Joshua Muravchik and Jeffrey Gedmin: This is what the beginning of the end of democracy looks like. Across the world, our form of government may have already reached its zenith. [links to Washington Post]
Bill de Blasio’s Press Problem? Don’t Ask [links to New York Times]
FCC MEETING
Chairman Pai Moves to Roll Back Telecom Rules
Reps Pelosi, Pallone Urge Chairman Pai to Ditch UHF Discount’s Return
Attorneys Take Aim at FCC’s Main Studio Rule [links to Benton summary]
Maximizing Investment (and Jobs) In Broadband Networks – AT&T blog [links to Benton summary]
INTERNET/BROADBAND
Public Knowledge Video Urges FCC Chairman Pai to Stand Against Broadband Monopolies [links to Public Knowledge]
How the internet went from a hippie project to a game of Monopoly [links to American Public Media]
Facebook built a helicopter-drone to provide wireless internet to disaster areas [links to Benton summary]
Report: Fiber Gap Dropping, Fiber-Connected Buildings on the Rise [links to telecompetitor]
SECURITY/PRIVACY
Intelligence Community Pushes to Keep Surveillance Powers [links to Benton summary]
Bose headphones have been spying on customers, lawsuit claims [links to Washington Post]
Toys That Listen: A Study of Parents, Children, and Internet-Connected Toys [links to Technology Academics Policy]
Facebook wants to kill the password [links to CNN]
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
FirstNet Shares Best Practices With Global Peers [links to FirstNet]
JOURNALISM
US Press Freedom Tracker will keep tabs on the safety of journalists in America [links to Benton summary]
LABOR
Bill O’Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News
Poll: Nearly half think Fox News should cancel O’Reilly’s show [links to Hill, The]
More than 160 tech companies asked a court to reject Trump’s second travel ban [links to Vox]
Meet the Foreign Tech Workers Left in Limbo by Trump [links to New York Times]
LOBBYING
AT&T gave $2 million to President Trump’s inaugural committee [links to Benton summary]
FCC REFORM
Drama vs. analysis: Can we save regulation at the FCC? [links to American Enterprise Institute]
COMPANY NEWS
T-Mobile lights up 700 MHz in Chicago, vows to open 40 stores [links to Fierce]
Newspaper Decline Hurts AP Earnings [links to Benton summary]
Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network, of Course [links to New York Times]
The Nine and a Half Months That Shook Fox News [links to New York Times]
POLICYMAKERS
Rep Jason Chaffetz, Powerful House Republican, Won’t Run in 2018 [links to New York Times]
Sen Rubio’s longest serving staff adviser leaves for TechNet [links to Benton summary]
Spectrum Auction Guru Gary Epstein Exiting FCC [links to Benton summary]
Former FCC Commissioner McDowell Joins Mobile Future [links to Benton summary]
These Are the Science and Technology Policy Jobs President Trump Still Hasn’t Filled [links to Vice]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
Russia to Investigate US Media Over ‘Election Meddling’
Apple Faces Inquiry in China Over App Store Content [links to New York Times]
Smart bandages to use real-time 5G connectivity [links to International Telecommunication Union]
