Tech newsletter: Internet provider sued for lying about speed
Here is a look at tech and politics news from the last week.
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Internet Insider
, where we dissect tech and politics unfolding online. Today:
FTC sues Frontier for misrepresenting internet speeds
Man targeted by D.C. police for sharing hacked data speaks out
1 million people signed up for FCC’s broadband discount program the week it launched
The
internet service provider (ISP), for allegedly not providing customers with internet speeds it promised.
They allege
Frontier Communications advertised and sold internet speeds based on download speeds but it
While Susan Berman had a successful career in journalism and inherited $4 million from her father s holdings, she died nearly broke (Wikipedia/Fair Use)
Prior to Durst becoming the prime suspect in the case, Susan s murder was believed to have had all the hallmarks of a mob hit. Some of her friends, according to the Daily Mail, even speculated that it could have been an act of revenge for some old crime committed by her father David The Jew Berman, reportedly one of the most notorious mobsters in Las Vegas history.
Susan and Robert met in the 1960s as students at UCLA and forged a close bond because of their similar childhoods. Both grew up with immense wealth and both had mothers who allegedly committed suicide, per the British newspaper.
Disability rights activists, performers and creatives have expressed dismay at the National Assembly’s Trade and Industry Committee’s deliberation on the long-awaited Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) which they believe will effectively relegate the Bill back to the starting blocks.
The National Assembly’s Trade and Industry Committee met on 12 May to discuss President Cyril Ramaphosa’s concerns about the Bill almost a year after the president sent the bill back to Parliament for review.
The CAB, drafted by the Department of Trade, Industry and competition (DTIC), amends the outdated Copyright Act of 1978 and was realised after a decade-long process of consultation. While the committee will adopt their final report about the Bill on Friday, supporters of the Bill feel that the direction of the committee’s discussion on 13 May is a major setback to their hopes of having the Bill signed into law.