News of the Week; April 29, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Ajit Pai uses bad data to claim ISPs are deploying broadband to everyone As Pandemic Exposes US Broadband Failures, FCC Report Declares Everything Is Fine TV ‘Cord Cutters’ Will Be The Majority By 2022 Pandemic Builds Momentum for Broadband Infrastructure Upgrade: Coronavirus crisis shows need for widespread high-speed internet in U.S. homes Corona in […]
The Right to be Paid for Data
Hi Everyone, I hope your paper writing is going well. I recently submitted my paper on privacy in the data economy, and whether there should be a right for individuals to be paid for providing data. In my paper, I argue that there is substantial unfairness in the current bargain between Big Data companies and […]
News of the Week; April 22, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Fox News hosts have measurable effect on COVID cases, study finds: Comparison of Fox News hosts reveals effect of disinformation on COVID-19 deaths. Misinformation During a Pandemic (Leonardo Bursztyn, Aakaash Rao, Christopher Roth, David Yanagizawa-Drott) Charter has 230 infected employees after resisting work-at-home requests Why the Murdochs backed Donald Trump’s COVID-19 denialism: Fox News […]
What does COVID-19 mean for the future of sports broadcasting?
Obviously COVID-19 has put a stop to large gatherings of people, and this has also meant that for now, all major sports events have been cancelled. Originally some of the sports were playing played behind closed doors without spectators, but now all sports have either cancelled their competitions or suspended them indefinitely. The sports broadcasting […]
News of the Week; April 15, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Fox News Set the Stage for America’s Poor Coronavirus Response: The network has conditioned its viewers to hate experts and to trust miracle cures for 25 years. Charter still hates broadband competition, asks FCC to help prevent it Citing BGP hijacks and hack attacks, feds want China Telecom out of the US Trump Administration […]
Apple and Google’s Contract-Tracing Specifications
(For a tweet-sized take: https://twitter.com/sanchom/status/1250508266171437056) Apple and Google have collaborated to create specifications for tracing COVID contacts using Bluetooth and cryptography ( https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-BluetoothSpecificationv1.1.pdf, https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-CryptographySpecification.pdf). These protocols look like they would actually preserve privacy. Your phone would generate a unique key each day. Your phone would also generate and transmit a unique ID (based on the […]
News of the Week; April 8, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS SLAPP Suit Filed Against Fox News Over Awful & Dangerous COVID-19 Coverage TV stations don’t have to correct Trump’s COVID-19 statements, FCC says Ex-FCC Staffer Says FCC Authority Given Up In Net Neutrality Repeal Sure Would Prove Handy In A Crisis How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory tore through the internet: From an interview […]
What Will Upcoming Elections Look Like?
Like everything else in the world, the (at least short-term) future of elections has been significantly shook by COVID-19. Alaska and Wyoming have shifted their primary and caucus, respectively, to be entirely by mail. South Korea has mandated all voters wear gloves and masks, get their temperature checked, and be “sprayed with hand sanitizer” before […]
Could COVID-19 Finally Spell the End of the Movie Theater? And What Does That Mean for Netflix?
Following up on Tristan’s post from a few days ago, it seems that one person’s crisis is another’s opportunity. As Netflix seems to be outperforming the market (at least in the short term), brick and mortar movie theatres seem to be looking into the face of oblivion. Already struggling to remain relevant in a world […]
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