ISPs are painting over US broadband problems, and the FCC is letting it happen

The digital divide is compounding equity problems within U.S. schools, which also stands to impact access to higher education.

How do physical digital inequalities persist as technology becomes commonplace? We consider this question using surveys and focus groups with U.S. college stude...

Inaccurate data makes it hard to get broadband money to where it's most needed.

Fast, reliable internet service has become broadly essential. But 24% of rural U.S. adults say access to high-speed internet is a major problem in their community.

Pai's FCC wants to kick resellers out of Lifeline, citing waste and fraud.

Last week we noted how an FCC "oversight" hearing fell well short of anything actually resembling, well, actual oversight...

AT&T and Verizon have generally built fiber only where they face competition.

The offline population is bigger than you think it is — and most are getting along just fine without the web

This article applies economic principles to an exploration of how information is produced for, acquired by, and utilized by low-income individuals in the United States. Low values placed on changing decisions by those with less income translate through supply and demand into lower quantities and qualities of content created for their benefit. The geography of poverty may mean less accountability journalism in poor communities. Behavioral economics helps explain the particularly challenging choice architectures and cognitive loads faced by decision makers with low incomes. When companies target individuals with low literacy rates and education, fraud and deception can leave them worse off. In government information policies aimed at redistribution, subsidies often flow to intermediaries rather than the intended beneficiaries. Many central research questions about the information lives of low-income individuals remain open, though policies and programs taking these economic factors into account can aid in their decision making.

Facebook enabled ethnic-cleansing-related hate speech in Myanmar; many died and thousands fled. Rather than take responsibility, it’s turning away.

In every single state, a portion of the population doesn’t have access to broadband, and some have no access to the internet at all.

Many people in rural America don’t have access to fast, affordable internet access. How might those communities connect to the global exchange of goods, services and ideas?

What are you assuming people already know?

70% of low-income wireless subscribers in Lifeline could have to find new ISPs.

Doc says her paper records are just fine—state medical board disagrees.