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Monday April 29, 2024 The FCC voted last week to adopt an order that would restore net neutrality rules adopted in 2015, then overturned in 2017 by the Trump administration, that reclassifies broadband as a telecommunications service and gives the FCC regulatory oversight of internet providers. “Broadband is now an essential service. Essential services — […]

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Monday April 8, 2024 Meta filed a motion Friday requesting the dismissal of a Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit that could require Meta to divest Instagram and/or WhatsApp. “Antitrust laws are supposed to promote competition and protect consumers, not punish companies for innovating to give people greater value and choice,” said chief legal officer Jennifer […]

Monday April 1, 2024 Move along, Google told users of its Podcast app. Google is shutting it down in the US, and users will have to move their subscriptions to YouTube Music by tomorrow if they want to stream from the Podcasts app directly. The move is part of a plan to centralize audio services […]

Monday March 25, 2024 Reddit stock jumped 48% for its IPO on Thursday. The initial offering price was $34 per share; shares opened at $47 and closed at $50.44. While the company has not turned an annual profit since launching in 2005, it is touting the potential of selling its users’ data to information-hungry AI […]

Monday March 18, 2024 Meta announced it is shutting down data insights tool CrowdTangle, which has been used to track conspiracy theories and viral content on Facebook and Instagram. In its place will be Meta Content Library, available to academic and nonprofit researchers, but not to for-profit news outlets. “Our data-sharing products are evolving alongside […]

Monday March 11, 2024 Apple was hit with a $2 billion fine by the European Union for violating antitrust rules. “Apple’s conduct, which lasted for almost ten years, may have led many iOS users to pay significantly higher prices for music streaming subscriptions,” said the European Commission. Spotify, which filed a complaint in 2019 about […]

Monday March 4, 2024 X owner Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman for breach of contract, claiming a perversion of the initial mission to develop technology for the benefit of humanity rather than for profit. “This case is filed to compel OpenAI to adhere to the Founding Agreement and return to […]