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The Government Is Taking A Huge Step On Online Privacy

Some broadband providers aren't happy about it.
By David Shepardson, Reuters

Someone Wrote A Sketchy Guide For Evading New Rules On Prison Phone Costs

"The document is troubling because it encourages correctional authorities to adopt new taxes to be imposed on families," a lawyer for prisoners' families says.
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Political Advertising Is About To Become A Lot More Transparent

Political ad buys for cable, satellite and radio are heading to an online database.
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Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren May Have Just Saved Consumers $14 Billion

Cable rules are changing after months of pressure from liberal senators.
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U.S. Internet Connections Are Getting Faster

What a difference three years makes.
By David Shepardson, Reuters

US Court Will Hear Net Neutrality Challenge

Cable and telecom industry groups will urge a three-judge panel to throw out rules that require Internet providers to treat all Web equally.
By Sam Hananel, AP

NBC Agrees To Give Time To 4 Republican Candidates

The candidates will get the time on each of the 18 NBC stations in those three states, where early GOP nominating caucuses or primaries are being held.
By David Bauder, AP

It's Not Every Day A Dead Cat Is Mentioned At An FCC Hearing

But today was that day.
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Obama Administration Approves Plan To Make Prison Phone Calls More Affordable

"Today’s vote will never make up for the inactions of the past, but it is my hope that the order will finally bring relief to those that have waited for so long."
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Prison Phone Company Fights To Keep Profiting Off Inmates And Their Families

Securus Technologies says new regulation could be a "business-ending event."
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