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*The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a United States federal law enacted by the 104th United States Congress on January 3, 1996, and signed into law on February 8, 1996, by President Bill Clinton.[1][2] It primarily amended Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the United States Code. Heavily supported and lobbied for by major corporations in the telecommunications sector,[3] the act was the first significant overhaul of United States telecommunications law in more than sixty years. It amended the Communications Act of 1934, and represented a major change in that law, because it was the first time that the Internet was added to American regulation of broadcasting and telephony.[4]. (more)

The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first notable attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In the 1997 landmark case Reno v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court struck the act's anti-indecency provisions. The Act is the short name of Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as specified in Section 501 of the 1996 Act. Senators James Exon and Slade Gorton introduced it to the Senate Committee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation in 1995.[1] The amendment that became the CDA was added to the Telecommunications Act in the Senate by an 81–18 vote on June 15, 1995.[2] As eventually passed by Congress, Title V affected the Internet (and online communications) in two significant ways. First, it attempted to regulate both indecency (when available to children) and obscenity in cyberspace. Second, Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (Section 9 of the Communications Decency Act / Section 509 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996)[3] has been interpreted to say that operators of Internet services are not publishers (and thus not legally liable for the words of third parties who use their services). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act

The Glitch web application launched in the spring of 2017 as a place for people to build simple web applications using JavaScript.[9] Pitched as a "view source" tool that lets users "recombine code in useful ways".[9] Glitch is an online IDE for JavaScript and Node.js with and includes instant hosting and automated deployment and live help from community members.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_(New_York_company)#Glitch_(application) https://glitch.com/ Created by FogCreek. Later the company was renamed to Glitch! Fastly acquired the company in 2022. Shutting down in 2025.

Note-spaces that are "like" wiki but might not be TrulyWiki (more)

Robert Heron "Bob" Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A law professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General from 1973 to 1974 and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Senate rejected his nomination after a contentious and highly publicized confirmation hearing... He became a prominent advocate of originalism, calling for judges to adhere to the original understanding of the United States Constitution, and an influential antitrust scholar, arguing that consumers often benefited from corporate mergers and that antitrust law should focus on consumer welfare rather than on ensuring competition. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork

Anil Dash: It's Time for Something New. After nine years, most recently at Fastly and before that at Glitch (and Fog Creek), I am very soon (finally!) going to be taking some time off from working to catch my breath and clear my mind and focus on the new Mario Kart. And, you know, spend time my family and friends and all that good stuff. (more)

Glitch's WebApp Hosting is shutting down. There are a couple of reasons we’re making this decision right now. It takes a lot of time and money to run millions of apps, and that has greatly increased as the platform has gotten older and bad actors try to misuse the platform. (more)

David Maister frame for how to think about yourself as an advisor. (consultant, personal finance advisor, lawyer, doctor... any expert?) One key frame is that you have to care more about your client than yourself. (more)

David H. Maister (born July 21, 1947) is a former Harvard Business School professor, American writer and expert on business management practices and the management of professional service firms (incl consulting). He is best known for writing Managing the Professional Service Firm and co-writing The Trusted Advisor with Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford. Born and raised in London, England, Maister became a citizen of the United States in 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Maister

creator of edge.org

John Brockman's now-online salon, aka Edge Network. http://www.edge.org (more)

Capital Gains that haven't been turned into cash yet

David Gerard: Crypto is going great: KuCoin busted, how Kickstarter shot itself in the foot with blockchain, Tether goes AI. (more)

Martina Lauchengco: I’m a great director of marketing. Why am I not a VP? Years ago, I watched a talented director of marketing take a high-profile startup from stealth to launch to millions in revenue (more)

Why Ben and Felicia Horowitz made a shocking political U-turn. In July 2018, at one of Ben Horowitz and Felicia Horowitz’s annual star-studded backyard barbecues at their Atherton estate, Black entertainment and media luminaries Gayle King, Tina Knowles, Terry Crews, and Van Jones mingled with Silicon Valley royals Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan... These kinds of gatherings — of liberal politicians dancing and partying with left-leaning celebrities and tech moguls — were typical for the Horowitzes, who became Silicon Valley power players through Ben’s role in the influential venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz. And their guest list made sense: The Horowitzes were committed Democratic donors. Flash forward to today, and Ben Horowitz has publicly endorsed Donald Trump and — in partnership with co-founder Marc Andreessen — plans to give a “significant” amount of money to his campaign. (more)

Casey Winters: Fire Every Bullet. In crisis situations, a new style or management and prioritization has to occur. Andy Grove famously called this “wartime”, and he and others like Ben Horowitz have described what it’s like to be a “wartime” CEO. I haven’t ever seen anything written about being a wartime CPO though. (more)

How Saudi money returned to Silicon Valley. It was in late March that Silicon Valley decided that it’s no longer shameful to accept massive investment dollars from Saudi Arabia. (more)

Andreessen-Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Donald Trump. ...boils down primarily to one major issue – he believes Trump’s policies are much more favorable for tech, specifically for the startup ecosystem. (more)