In the aftermath of the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January, much was written about the role of social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in amplifying misinformation about the US election results and the violence that ensued.
I was struck by the words of Sarah Miller, the director of the American Economic Liberties project and a member of Joe Biden’s transition team, in an interview with the BBC later that month.
She said, “Facebook is broadly seen as the most prominent villain among all the tech monopolists.”
A tweet by Biden’s deputy head of communications, Bill Russo, emphasised the point: “If you thought disinformation on Facebook was a problem during our election, just wait until you see how it is shredding the fabric of our democracy in the days after.”
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FCC s Acting Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, and IFT s Commissioner Javier Juárez Mojica to speak at the DSA Global Summit
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Washington D.C., USA, 25 May 2021: The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) has today announced that representatives from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Mexico’s Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) will be speaking at its upcoming Global Summit. This year marks the ninth DSA Global Summit, which will bring together regulators, policymakers and industry stakeholders from around the world to deliberate spectrum sharing methods and models.
FCC’s Acting Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, will join Commissioner Javier Juárez Mojica from IFT Mexico and other speakers from the Office of Communications (Ofcom) in the UK, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (KOMINFO) in Indonesia, and the Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, and Telecommunications (BNetzA) in Germany.
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