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- Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, June 28, 2007
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday weighed in on the critical issue of net neutrality — or, more accurately, it indicated it had no intention of weighing in on this critical consumer protection issue. That’s bad news for consumers.
- Murdoch Makes the Case for Media Ownership Rules
With media baron Rupert Murdoch now waving his oversized checkbook in front of the owners of Dow Jones — publisher of the venerable Wall Street Journal – the New York Times has spent the last couple of days delving into Murdoch’s business and political dealmaking. The result is a fascinating and troubling pair of articles
- Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, June 14, 2007
A huge battle is taking place in Washington right now over a seemingly arcane issue with a very intimidating name — the 700 MHz Auction. Although most consumers don’t know it, they have a huge stake in this fight. It could determine whether a whole new generation of “Gee Whiz” wireless devices will be developed, and how much they will cost. It will help determine whether you can use your wireless devices virtually anywhere, and how much that will cost.
- Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, May 31, 2007
It shouldn’t take an act of Congress for the Federal Communications Commission to collect better data on broadband availability — and share it with the public.
- Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, May 17, 2007
Pssst. We want to let you in on a dirty little secret. Your cell phone has probably been electronically “locked” by your carrier so it won’t work should you decide to switch service providers.
- Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, May 3, 2007
Change the channel or turn off the television.
- Live From National Conference for Media Reform
We’re blogging to you live today from the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis. This is the third NCMR conference and the biggest yet, with more than 3,000 media activists, journalists and various hangers on attending the three days of speeches, seminars and schmoozing about everything from net neutrality to media ownership.
- Memo To FCC: Conduct the Public’s Business in Public
Associated Press Reporter John Dunbar is out with a story about a private meeting with FCC officials that should infuriate anyone who cares about open government.
Tell Facebook to strengthen privacy!
Busy people can still keep up with one another, thanks to tools like Facebook. But managing relationships and managing privacy have always gone hand in hand. Companies like Facebook must create easy to use privacy tools so consumers know how to control who sees what.
Creator Mark Zuckerberg hopes investors will pay $100 billion for Facebook. While the IPO spotlight is on the company, act now to improve privacy. Take action now!
