By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-25-22 The head of the Consumer Technology Association said Friday (Feb. 25) that it stood in solidarity with Ukraine and was fully behind the Biden Administration's export controls on communications equipment. “The invasion of Ukraine is a tragic and illegal assault on the people and independent nation of Ukraine [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-24-22 High-tech communications technology exported to Russia is one of the categories subject to controls under newly imposed U.S. sanctions due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden announced the sanctions Thursday (Feb. 24) in a speech to the nation. The White House said the sanctions would impose [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-24-22 The Department of Commerce is urging states to use some of their collective $42.5 billion in broadband infrastructure subsidy funds to help build the workforce needed to build out fiber-based broadband and close the digital divide. That was one of the recommendations in a new report on information [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-22-22 The Federal Communications Commission is launching an inquiry into how it can “prevent internet providers from engaging in digital discrimination.” The agency was under a directive from Congress related to the tens of billions of dollars being handed out for broadband deployment and adoption in the Biden administration‘s [...]
Participated in a letter (with the National Press Photographers Association and other amici) sent to the Arizona House Appropriations Committee concerning HB 2319, a bill under consideration that would prohibit recording a law enforcement officer from within 15 feet without permission. The letter explains that the proposed legislation plainly violates the free speech and press [...]
Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Are Top Trends Profiled in New ‘Primer’ FOR RELEASE: February 18, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., February 18 – Among a new array of technologies destined to have a profound impact on the media industry, two stand out in 2022: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. [...]
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By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-16-22 In a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a trio of senators called on the agency to flex its metaverse muscle to make sure children are protected from potential manipulation. “While some platforms state their VR devices should not be [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-16-22 Alan Davidson, head of the National Telecommunications & Information Association (NTIA), told Congress Wednesday that closing the digital divide was priority number one for the Biden Administration’s chief communications policy arm. That is according to his prepared testimony for a House Communications Subcommittee NTIA oversight hearing February 16. [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-16-22 In another shot across the bow at Big Tech, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) have teamed up on a new bill to protect children online, citing “Big Tech’s repeated failures to protect children & teens from serious dangers on their platforms.” The Kids Online Safety [...]