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A key CA Senate committee is considering AB 1366, which would renew a law that allows Comcast and AT&T to duck regulation and maintain monopolies. eff.org/deeplinks/2019…
AT&T and Verizon have abandoned building fiber to the home to compete with cable, which means policymakers need to rethink how the laws promoted that result, and about what needs to change. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
The existing law, which AB 1366 would renew, hurts Californians' privacy by opening up a loophole that allows Internet companies to record phone calls without consent, just because those calls use Internet infrastructure. eff.org/deeplinks/2019…
Meanwhile, we need the state to be able to regulate the prison telecommunications industry, religious and human rights groups have highlighted how AB 1366 allows the industry to exploit inmate families. eff.org/document/incar…
AT&T has also used the law AB 1366 would renew to argue in court that its actions can't be regulated by the government, even for critical services, such as Next Generation 911 emergency calls. eff.org/deeplinks/2019…
