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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are now restrained from
searching the phones and other digital devices of international
travelers at border checkpoints in U.S. airports, Photo; Eric
Risberg/AP

 

* A Rival for Twitter and Facebook
* Cities Fight FCC on Local Regulation
* Corbyn’s “Communistic” Broadband Plan
* Federal Court Curbs Personal Tech Searches
* Coup? What Coup?
* The Streaming Wars
* The Poor Lose Cellphone Service
* Who Controls WBAI?
* How My Video Went Viral on Rightwing Outlets

 

A Rival for Twitter and Facebook
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By Tim Bradshaw
November 13, 2019
Financial Times

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a rival to
Facebook and Twitter that he hopes will combat “clickbait”
and misleading headlines. WT:Social, his new social-networking
site, allows users to share links to articles and discuss them in
a Facebook-style news feed.

 

Cities Fight FCC on Local Regulation
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By Jon Brodkin
November 14, 2019
Ars Technica

The Federal Communications Commission faces a legal battle against
dozens of cities from across the United States, which sued the FCC to
stop an order that preempts local fees and regulation of
cable-broadband networks.

 

CORBYN’S “COMMUNISTIC” BROADBAND PLAN
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By Greg Ritchie
November 15, 2019
Bloomberg

The promise to provide universal free fiber broadband by nationalizing
BT Group Plc’s Openreach unit dominated broadcasts and sent
telecommunications shares plunging. It’s a continuation of
Labour’s plan to take control of key utilities, with taxes from
large multinational companies -- in this case the likes of Amazon.com
Inc. and Facebook Inc. -- helping to foot the bill.

Federal Court Curbs Personal Tech Searches
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By Tim Cushing
November 14, 2019
Techdirt

A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled border agents can no
longer perform suspicionless device searches. The lawsuit was filed
by 11 travelers whose devices were seized and searched by CBP and ICE
agents. For some of the plaintiffs -- represented by the ACLU --
this happened multiple times. 

 

Coup? What Coup?
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By Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz
November 15, 2019
FAIR

For all the supposed threat Trump represents and the enthusiasm
sparked by his possible impeachment, Western media continue to march
lockstep behind his administration’s coups in Latin America.

 

The Streaming Wars
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By Lauren Katz
November 12, 2019
Vox

In addition to traditional cable, we’ve also got streaming
players like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO Now, and CBS All Access. And
more platforms are either coming or already here: Apple TV+ launched
in early November, Disney+ arrives today, HBO Max is coming in May
2020, and Peacock from NBC Universal will arrive in April of next
year.

 

The Poor Lose Cellphone Service
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By Jared Bennett and Ashley Wong
November 5, 2019
USA Today

Trump is purging subscribers from a program designed to provide poor
people with cellphone access.

 

WBAI is Back from the Dead, Again
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By Nayaba Arinde
November 14, 2019
Amsterdam News

The embattled New York radio station went back on air with local
control, by court order of NYS Supreme Court Judge Melissa Crane. The
restoration of live local broadcasting, access to their website,
archives and live stream came after a month of legal wrangling in the
courts.

 

How My Video Went Viral on Rightwing Outlets
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By Andy Mannix
November 14, 2019
Columbia Journalism Review

Tony Shaffer, a former intelligence officer and advisory board member
for Trump’s 2020 campaign, shared 
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screenshot of the video with his 88,000 followers. Shaffer’s tweet
was reshared nearly 9,000 times. Conservative news sites such as _The
Blaze_ picked up the story; so did countless blogs and message boards
I’d never heard of.

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