News of the Week; November 14, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Net Neutrality News: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Telecom Industry Appeals  Why Democrats Didn’t Campaign More on Net Neutrality Oh Look, Wireless Sector Investment Is Declining Despite Tax Cuts, Repeal Of Net Neutrality Colorado Voters Continue To Opt Out Of State’s Protectionist, ISP-Written Broadband Law AT&T CEO: State net neutrality […]

News of the Week; November 7, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY CRTC Chair Opens the Door to Weakening Canadian Net Neutrality Rules (Michael Geist) Supreme Court rejects industry challenge of 2015 net neutrality rules Supreme Court Rejects Telecom Industry Calls To Hear Net Neutrality Case… For Now California Net Neutrality Law Put On Hold Pending Federal Litigation   As The “Net Neutrality” […]

News of the Week; October 31, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Net neutrality delay: Calif. agrees to suspend law until after court case California Agrees To Delay Net Neutrality Law Pending Outcome Of Federal Lawsuit California Delays Implementation of Its Net Neutrality Law Pending Challenge of FCC’s Order  FCC Falsely Declares Community Broadband An ‘Ominous’ Attack On Free Speech Texas, Arkansas, […]

News of the Week; October 24, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Consumer Groups Say FCC Deregulatory Fever Harming Hurricane Michael Recovery Ajit Pai killed rules that could have helped Florida recover from hurricane  Ajit Pai, Telecom Lobbyists Are Now Coordinating Their Lies In Perfect Symmetry Entire broadband industry sues Vermont to stop state net neutrality law 3 states try to help […]

News of the Week; October 17, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Up to 9.5 million net neutrality comments were made with stolen identities  99.7% Of Original Comments Opposed FCC Repeal Of Net Neutrality Oh Look, The FCC Is Lying Again In Its Latest Court Filings On Net Neutrality FCC tells court it has no “legal authority” to impose net neutrality rules […]

News of the Week; October 10, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Major US telecom was infiltrated by backdoored Supermicro hardware, Bloomberg says AT&T-Time Warner appeal: How liberal judges could help the DOJ’s case HBO, CNN, DC Comics, and more could join a streaming video service under AT&T Ajit Pai’s 5G plans make it harder for small ISPs to deploy broadband Ajit […]

News of the Week; October 3, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY  Application Denied: CRTC Rejects Bell Coalition Website Blocking Proposal (Michael Geist) Canadian Music Group Calls For Copyright Tax on Broadband Data Use (Michael Geist)  California Net Neutrality Bill Signed Into Law Calif. enacts net neutrality law—US gov’t immediately sues to block it [Updated] The DOJ’s New Net Neutrality Lawsuit Is […]

News of the Week; September 26, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY NYT sues FCC, says it hid evidence of Russia meddling in net neutrality repeal: FCC broke law by hiding net neutrality comment records, lawsuit alleges.  New York Times Sues FCC With Eye On Bogus Russian Net Neutrality Comments Court Orders FCC To Hand Over Data On Bogus Net Neutrality Comments FCC […]

News of the Week; September 19, 2018

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Court Rules FCC Must Release Records That Could Explain Fraudulent Net Neutrality Comments Judge: FCC can’t hide records that may explain net neutrality comment fraud Ajit Pai calls California’s net neutrality rules “illegal” Ajit Pai Whines About California’s Net Neutrality Effort, Calls It ‘Radical,’ ‘Illegal’ Scott Wiener Paints Ajit Pai […]

Public Talk for the Emerging Media Lab Lecture Series – Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018

Just in case anyone is interested I’m giving a talk at 4 PM on Tuesday September 25, 2018 in Room 205 of the West Mall Swing Space. Everyone is welcome….See the above poster for more details…. Jon