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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017
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COMMUNICATIONS AND DEMOCRACY
Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer
Rep John Conyers calls for investigation into Sec Sessions [links to Hill, The]
Sec Sessions didn’t disclose meetings with Russian officials on security clearance form [links to Washington Post]
Rep Maxine Waters: ‘Sessions should be fired’ [links to Hill, The]
Lawmakers Seek Deutsche Bank Details on Russia Trades, Trump Loans [links to Wall Street Journal]
Montana GOP candidate Greg Gianforte accused of assaulting reporter on eve of special election [links to Hill, The]
Another elected official cites ‘the Internet’ in defense of his bad arguments [links to Benton summary]
Sen McCain decries ‘media frenzy’ around Capitol [links to Benton summary]
President Trump wasn’t always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change? [links to STAT]
NETWORK NEUTRALITY
Breaking down the FCC’s proposal to destroy net neutrality – Gigi Sohn analysis
2.6 million comments in, the FCC has changed almost nothing about its net neutrality proposal [links to Vox]
The FCC’s case against net neutrality rests on a deliberate misrepresentation of how the internet works
FCC Chairman Pai Doesn’t Know How to Measure Investment [links to Free Press]
A Majority of Americans Endorse Net Neutrality Protections [links to Consumer Reports]
Net Neutrality Debate: Businesses Favor Rules Despite FCC Chairman Pai’s Claims
Dear Congress: Please don’t make us live through the net neutrality nightmare again – Application Developers Alliance op-ed [links to Benton summary]
Don’t Freak Out About the FCC’s New Approach to Net Neutrality – R Street Institute op-ed
MORE INTERNET/BROADBAND
The Emerging World of Broadband Public–Private Partnerships: A Business Strategy and Legal Guide – research
Municipal Fiber in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Financial Performance – research
Cleveland Broadband Consumers Pledges Multi-Front Campaign Against AT&T
Frontier CAF Investments Support Broadband Expansion in Four States [links to Benton summary]
Mediacom Boots Up 1-Gig Broadband in Illinois [links to Multichannel News]
A brief definition of the web [links to Benton summary]
JOURNALISM
“My” Media Versus “The” Media: Trust in News Depends on Which News Media You Mean – Media Insight Project research
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to deploy $1 Million Bezos gift, its largest ever, on local level [links to Benton summary]
Cable news is careening toward a defining moment [links to Benton summary]
Texas journalists collaborate on nonprofit to share data, enrich reporting [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
Harvard-Harris poll: Majority says mainstream media publishes fake news [links to Hill, The]
CONTENT
Facebook’s moderation is of public interest. It should be public knowledge. [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
Whatever You Do, Don’t Let Your Snapstreak End Tonight [links to Wall Street Journal]
ADVERTISING
Facebook Claims It Has a Better Way to Prove Ads Work on Facebook [links to Wired]
SECURITY/PRIVACY
In Modern Cyber War, the Spies Can Become Targets, Too [links to Wall Street Journal]
Apple: National security requests for data skyrocketed in second half of 2016 [links to Hill, The]
Telco-Backed Politician Wants to Restore Privacy Rules She Helped Kill [links to Wired]
Blackburn’s new privacy bill in Congress has some companies preparing for a long political fight [links to Vox]
The Internet Association is skeptical about Blackburn’s new privacy bill [links to Hill, The]
Google and Facebook lobbyists try to stop new online privacy protections [links to Ars Technica]
Your Data Is Way More Exposed Than You Realize [links to Wall Street Journal]
ELECTIONS AND MEDIA
Republicans want to leave you more voicemail — without ever ringing your cellphone [links to Benton summary]
President Trump records robocall for GOP candidate in Montana race [links to Hill, The]
How to secure your political campaign in a hack-heavy world [links to CNN]
EDUCATION
Chairman Pai’s Response to Senator Markey and Senator Sullivan Regarding E-Rate [links to Federal Communications Commission]
FCC Directs USAC to Fully Fund Eligible Category One and Category Two E-rate Requests [links to Federal Communications Commission]
ClassDojo, an app that gives parents a real-time view of the classroom [links to CNN]
LABOR
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn — Closing the Skills Gap: Preparing our Workforce for the Jobs of Tomorrow [links to Federal Communications Commission]
Serena Williams takes job on Silicon Valley board, wants to improve tech diversity [links to Hill, The]
Hollywood Writers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract With Producers [links to Wrap, The]
Apple now has a VP for diversity [links to San Jose Mercury News]
SPECTRUM/WIRELESS
Thomas Hazlett: FCC “Incentive Auction” marks progress and pitfalls towards freeing wireless spectrum [links to Brookings]
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why is telecommunications taxed like a sin? – Mark Jamison op-ed [links to Benton summary]
BUDGET
Trump’s 2018 budget calls for phasing out public broadcasting funds [links to Current]
LOBBYING
How the White House is shredding its own rules against lobbyists [links to Vox]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
China censored Google’s AlphaGo match against world’s best Go player [links to Guardian, The]
MORE ONLINE
Before Twitter and Facebook, there was Morse code: Remembering social media’s true inventor [links to Washington Post]
