NAB Worries About Radio in Repack Process
Association says current transition plan ‘operates as if radio stations do not exist’ –Radio World
Congress just voted to strip away FCC rules that protected your internet privacy
Congress took its final step today to scrap online privacy rules imposed by the FCC last year on the likes of AT&T, Comcast*, Charter and Verizon, delivering a victory for the nation’s telecommunications industry — and a blow to consumer-protection advocates –Recode
Pai Signals Title II Rollback Is Best Privacy Protection
Says FCC overreach was the problem Congress had fixed –B&C
NMA to FCC: Stronger Industry Is Best Fake News Defense
The News Media Alliance, the principal newspaper association, has told the FCC there is no “rational explanation” for the commission to continue to preserve the 1975 newspaper-broadcast crossownership ban and that to do so limits their ability to be the counterpoint to the current spate of “fake news.” –B&C
Vote to repeal U.S. broadband privacy rules sparks interest in VPNs
The vote by the U.S. Congress to repeal rules that limit how internet service providers can use customer data has generated renewed interest in an old internet technology: virtual private networks, or VPNs. –Reuters
Facebook Says It’s Not Responsible For Discriminatory Ads
Facebook plans to argue that it is not legally responsible for ads on its platform that may violate civil rights laws, the company said in a court filing submitted late last week. –Media Post
Comcast Plans to Launch Low-Cost Broadband Skinny TV Bundles Across U.S. Footprint in Q3
Comcast, looking to build another TV on-ramp for subscribers, is rebranding its broadband-delivered “skinny bundle” service as Xfinity Instant TV and plans to roll out the service across its U.S. footprint in the third quarter of 2017, sources confirmed to Variety. –Variety
High Court Ruling Likely to Spur 3-D Printing Copyrights
A U.S. Supreme Court decision on cheerleader uniform design copyrights will expand the number of 3-D printed objects with intellectual property protection, attorneys told Bloomberg BNA March 22. –BNA
Watch Hackers Use a Drone-Mounted Laser to Control Malware Through a Scanner
Researchers in Israel have shown off a novel technique that would allow attackers to wirelessly command devices using a laser light, bypassing so-called air gaps. –Motherboard
Computers learn to cooperate better than humans
For the first time, computers have taught themselves how to cooperate in games in which the objective is to reach the best possible outcome for all players. –Science
FCC’s Pai to Eliminate Federal Lifeline Eligibility Program
Saying the FCC will still include broadband in its Lifeline low-income subsidies program, FCC chairman Ajit Pai will return the eligibility portion of that program to the states and will not authorize nine federal lifeline authorizations he rescinded last month. –B&C
Democratic Senators Introduce Muni Broadband Barriers Preemption Bill
A federal court overturned the FCC’s attempt to preempt state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina that limited municipal broadband buildouts, so some Democratic Senators (and one independent) are trying to do it themselves. –B&C
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The Digital Daily Dozen is distributed weekdays (usually) by Dom Caristi or Heather Vaughn as a service of the BSU Digital Policy Institute. The articles are culled from various e-newsletters. The content is not original – only their compilation in this mailing is. ________________________________________________________________