Media Bits and Bytes – Great Disorder Edition

FCC snafu; Net fight goes on; Targeting telecoms; Who uses what; Dog bites man; Great firewall

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Trump FCC Commissioners Face Federal Investigations Over Ethics Violations

By Paul Resnikoff
February 27, 2018
Digital Music News

FCC Commissioners Michael O’Rielly and Ajit Pai now face serious allegations over improper conduct, ethics violations, and even bribery.  Multiple federal investigations are now expected to widen outside of an internal FCC review.

Mayors of America Demand Net Neutrality Protections… Again

By Kieren McCarthy
March 2, 2018
The Register

This is not the first, or even the second letter that these mayors have sent on the matter. It is, in fact, the third in just seven months.

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5G Wireless Pits Cities Against Telecoms and Their Friends in the FCC

By Allan Holmes
March 2, 2018
Center for Public Integrity

Local governments and residents fight to retain control over millions of new small cells.

Social Media Use in 2018

By Aaron Smith and Monica Anderson
March 1, 2018
Pew Research Center

A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram.

Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’

By Adam Johnson
March 1, 2018
FAIR

Well, that settles that.

'Immortality,' 'Disagree,' 'Emigrate,' and 'Personality Cult' — Here's Every Word and Phrase China Censored After Criticism of Xi Jinping's Potentially Unending Reign

By Tara Francis Chan
March 1, 2018
Business Insider

The amount of censored content has grown to encompass popular terms that are both positive and critical of Xi.