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© Greg Nash The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved guidelines Thursday for a new internet subsidy program that would provide low-income families with funds for their internet bills during the pandemic. Under the FCCs Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, low-income families who qualify can receive a $50 monthly credit toward their internet bills through their internet provider. Families that live on Tribal lands will be able to receive $75 per month and eligible families will a...

), for more coverage. Two House committees held the second major hearing this week on the Russian cyber espionage attack that has become known as the SolarWinds hack, and lawmakers are pushing for breach notification legislation. TikTok agreed to pay millions in a settlement over allegations it collected users’ private data, and Facebook apologized to a lawmaker for accidentally labeling and removing a post as "hate speech.” Here’s a behind the scenes draft of early versions of Hillicon V...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 includes billions of dollars to expand the deployment of broadband internet networks, consumer subsidies for service and equipment, as well as non-monetary provisions that could affect broadband service providers businesses. The broadband provisions alone of the massive Appropriations Act are dense and raise many questions about how they will ultimately be implemented. In the meantime, we of...