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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016

Community Connectivity Initiative-Webinar Series https://www.benton.org/calendar/2016-08-11

 
ELECTION 2016
   
Do menacing comments about Hillary Clinton cross the First Amendment line? – op-ed
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Donald Trump Confronted by Secret Service Over Second Amendment Comment [links to Wrap, The]
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Op-ed: Media slams Donald Trump, ignores Clinton 2008 RFK gaffe [links to Hill, The]
   
What is the tone of the 2016 presidential campaign on Facebook? – Brookings research
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Where Clinton’s really ahead of Trump: TV ads [links to Media life]
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Lessons from a digital mercenary: Beware the ‘October Surprise’ [links to Christian Science Monitor]
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Op-ed: Government regulation becomes increasingly difficult once communication moves online, thus, large Internet platforms such as Google, Facebook and Twitter will become the primary regulators of political campaigns [links to Washington Post]
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Science Consortium Calls On U.S. Presidential Candidates to Address Key Science and Technology Questions [links to American Association for the Advancement of Science]

 

BROADBAND/TELECOM
   
States win the right to limit municipal broadband, beating FCC in court
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The State of the Urban/Rural Digital Divide – research
   
US broadband: Still no ISP choice for many, especially at higher speeds
   www iconFCC Receives Comments on BDS/Special Access Price Rules [links to Multichannel News]
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FCC Releases Preliminary List and Map of Eligible Census Blocks for the Connect America Phase II Auction [links to Federal Communications Commission]
   
Google Fiber wants to start testing wireless broadband to homes in over a dozen US cities [links to Benton summary]
   
CenturyLink Broadband Roadmap: Funding Shifting From the Cloud [links to Benton summary]
   
AT&T Fixed Wireless Planned for CAF-Funded Rural Areas [links to Benton summary]
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Internet access is now a human right: part 3 [links to Guardian, The]

 

WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
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Can We Get Better Wi-Fi Without Jeopardizing Traffic Safety? – analysis
   
The Incentive Auction Moves “Forward” – Here’s How to Follow Along – FCC press release [links to Benton summary]
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AT&T CFO: Our 40 MHz of unused spectrum will ‘dramatically improve our capacity’ [links to Fierce]

 

PRIVACY
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Virtual ID “cards” will dramatically change how quickly and easily we use web services, make online transactions and more, while dramatically decreasing the potential for fraud and identity theft [links to Revere Digital]

 

CYBERSECURITY
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The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity Wants to Hear from You [links to National Institute of Standards and Technology]
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Plan to boost cybersecurity workforce fails to impress professionals [links to Christian Science Monitor]

 

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
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Two Years of the U.S. Digital Service [links to Medium]

 

GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS
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Now you can message President Obama on Facebook [links to White House, The]

 

LOBBYING
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Number of registered lobbyists plunges as spending declines yet again [links to Medium]
   
Emails show Google’s close relationship with the White House [links to Benton summary]
   
AT&T’s Jim Cicconi to retire [links to Benton summary]
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What do we know about the independence of think tank research that we didn’t a week ago? [links to Washington Post]

 

COMPANY NEWS
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One year later, Alphabet is a tale of two Googles [links to Revere Digital]

 

STORIES FROM ABROAD
   
‘Countries with strong public service media have less rightwing extremism’
   Google Maps Palestine row: why neutrality in tech is an impossible dream – analysis [links to Benton summary]
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New powers to cut off illicit mobile phones used in prisons [links to Guardian, The]
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Australia Stops Online Collection of Census Data After Cyberattacks [links to New York Times]