U.S. government data shows that home-internet customers pay more each year, but cable and telecom lobbies keep claiming that broadband prices are getting lower.
The report criticizes the Trump FCC’s response to the devastating communications outages in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricane Maria.
A new bill aims to prevent Big Tech companies from using algorithms that discriminate on the basis of ability, age, gender, race and other protected classes.
Tech giants are facing increasing pressure aimed at expanding whistleblower protections, investigating potential civil-rights violations and curbing hate speech online.
The legislation from Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Doris Matsui would prevent the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms like Facebook and Google.
During the late 2010s, 21 rural Massachusetts towns voted to build their own fiber networks. A broken process from the Trump FCC nearly imperiled these networks.