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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016
INTERNET/BROADBAND
Comcast Announces 3 Million Low-Income Americans Have Crossed the Digital Divide Through Internet Essentials – press release
Letter to Editor: Pencils, Books … and Full Internet Access – FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel op-ed
Letter to Editor: Pencils, Books … and Full Internet Access – Michael Copps op-ed
Next Century Cities Mayors Oppose Anti-Municipal Broadband Decision
Obama Administration to Help Appalachian Communities Revitalize Downtowns through Broadband Service – USDA press release
Key House Republican to Unveil Sales Tax Plan for Purchases Across State Lines
CenturyLink sues Idaho for $37 million over state broadband project
What’s new in Salt Lake City? Think fast — it’s Google Fiber, up and running [links to Benton summary]
Comcast rolls out 100 Gbps Ethernet in Tallahassee [links to Fierce]
Suddenlink Expands 1-Gig Reach to Two More Cities in Louisiana [links to Multichannel News]
Why are the streets always under construction? [links to New York Times]
Verizon fiber cut in Oneida (NY) catches state PSC’s attention [links to Benton summary]
AT&T says Google Fiber’s bad info delayed pole attachments [links to Benton summary]
ELECTIONS 2016
Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine
Sean Hannity Has Given Donald Trump $31 Million In Free Publicity [links to Media Matters for America]
Jorge Ramos op-ed: Judgment Day Is Coming For Those Who Stay Silent on Donald Trump [links to Time]
Understanding Trump’s Use Of Language – George Lakoff [links to Huffington Post]
Clinton buries Trump in negative ads [links to Hill, The]
Snapchat Lures More Campaign Spending as Candidates Court Young Voters [links to Bloomberg]
SECURITY/PRIVACY
National Cyber Security Alliance Survey Reveals the Complex Digital Lives of American Teens and Parents – research
Consumer Groups Tell FCC Wireless Car Technology Unsafe and Violates Privacy [links to Public Knowledge]
Op-ed: Data protection should extend to virtual places and data objects [links to International Association of Privacy Professionals]
SURVEILLANCE
In Baltimore, the police and a private company are running surveillance flights like never before [links to Washington Post]
WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
Google bringing data-saving Wi-Fi Assistant to all Nexus phones [links to Verge, The]
Sprint to pay $2.3M to settle Illinois lawsuit over rebates [links to Fierce]
SATELLITE
Can Satellites Learn to ‘See’ Poverty? [links to Benton summary]
CONTENT
Most Americans streamed the Olympics from PCs, not mobile devices. Here’s why. [links to Benton summary]
NBC’s ratings dive may be a harbinger: deluge of content may be overwhelming viewers [links to Fierce]
HEALTH
Health systems: Improving and sustaining quality through digital transformation [links to McKinsey]