company with its biggest fine ever, $100 million. the beef? the fcc accuses at&t severely slowed down the speed for its highest paying customers, the ones opting for unlimited plans. and after they used a large amount of data making it more difficult to stream movies or make video calls. at&t told abc news in a statement today, it will vigorously dispute the charges, saying it has been fully transparent with its customers. the fcc called the company s warning vague. there is a way to tell if you re getting the speed you re paying for. download a speed app and test your phone. and you can save money by restricting which applications on your phone can use cell data and by prohibiting apps from operating in the background on cell data when you aren t using %-pthem. and of course use wi-fi whenever possible. jim avila, abc news, new york. bad news about this is that customers are unlikely to receive any money.
has a broad range of questions over the secret programs to track our cell data and what we do online. the group is the privacy and civil liberties oversight board. it reports to congress about how government s anti-terror measures affect our personal privacy. the president nominates each of the five members and erecently acknowledged the board include some fierce civil libertarians. i want to set up and structure a national conversation, not only about these two programs, but also about the general problem of big data. the critics in congress say the president is fast losing his moral authority. it s a government that is drunk on power. a government that has allowed so much power to gravitate to the presidency well, today is the president s first meeting as far as we know with the board. jennifer griffin is at the
supersecret nsa, saying this in front after senate committee yesterday saying quote. there are certain circumstances where the authority may exist to use your cell data to track locations of americans inside the country. the trouble right now there are no definitive laws or guidelines as what the government can access as pertains to your cell phone information, jenna. right now lawmakers are working on a couple of things to define it more clearly. jenna: it would be interesting if you got a text message from the government, right? i haven t received that yet. we ll keep on the story, shibani. good one. 2:00 p.m. eastern time we ll see you on fox business. thanks a lot. we have to get to our must-see moment of the day, rick. our viewers have been voting which one they want to see more of. say hello. he was born july 4th at the antwerp zoo in belgium. this is your must-see moment of the day. i never heard of okapi before today. i must admit. they are related to giraffes. they have a li
a chief lawyer for the supersecret nsa, saying this in front after senate committee yesterday saying quote. there are certain circumstances where the authority may exist to use your cell data to track locations of americans inside the country. the trouble right now there are no definitive laws or guidelines as what the government can access as pertains to your cell phone information, jenna. right now lawmakers are working on a couple of things to define it more clearly. jenna: it would be interesting if you got a text message from the government, right? i haven t received that yet. we ll keep on the story, shibani. good one. 2:00 p.m. eastern time we ll see you on fox business. thanks a lot. we have to get to our must-see moment of the day, rick. our viewers have been voting which one they want to see more of. say hello. he was born july 4th at the antwerp zoo in belgium. this is your must-see moment of the day. i never heard of okapi before today. i must admit. they are related to