<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4f9b8eac-7fff-c11f-0680-f7b5dd834f67"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - OCTOBER 2020</span><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:179px;height:65px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/vSIDWdpj9NeayXCTAmRv-VyeIWsOgnj2gXiNLJfRKFcchN4dNt_DqknwTc-l11iBSFwspwiTspyxkTDIn16muOtB7PayUv-K0ZxD6h9OsYyw3j60e34WROd2fEDETjwPVl9MNUhn" width="179" height="65" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Protests & Elections</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/activists-sue-san-francisco-wide-ranging-surveillance-black-led-protests-against" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Activists Sue San Francisco for Wide-Ranging Surveillance of Black-Led Protests Against Police Violence</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/politics/spanish-election-2020-disinformation.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As the Election Nears, Spanish Disinformation Targets Latino Voters</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - New York Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2020/Mail-in-Voter-Fraud-Disinformation-2020" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Diversity at Harvard University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/members-congress-join-fight-protest-surveillance-transparency" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Members of Congress Join the Fight for Protest Surveillance Transparency</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://eshoo.house.gov/sites/eshoo.house.gov/files/Eshoo-Rush-Wyden%20ltr%20to%20PCLOB%20re%20protests%20-%2010.15.20.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 October 15, 2020 Eshoo - Rush - Wyden Letter to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Eshoo House</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Amendment, Censorship & Freedom of the Press</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/technology/timpone-local-news-metric-media.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - New York Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/04/919266194/political-aides-investigate-voa-white-house-reporter-for-anti-trump-bias" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">VOA White House Reporter Investigated For Anti-Trump Bias By Political Appointees</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/10/07/colleges-cancel-diversity-programs-response-trump-order" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleges cancel diversity programs in response to Trump order</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Inside Higher Ed </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - American Library Association </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/books/2020/09/banned-books-week-is-here-see-what-books-were-challenged-in-oregon-in-2019-20.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned Books Week is here: See what books were challenged in Oregon in 2019-20</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Oregon Live</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3450020/us-department-of-justice-push-for-encryption-backdoors-might-run-afoul-of-first-amendment.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">US Department of Justice push for encryption backdoors might run afoul of First Amendment</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - CSO </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/30/whistleblowers-allege-misconduct-agency-for-global-media-423758" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6 whistleblowers allege misconduct by government media boss</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Politico</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Social media, fake news & misinformation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/technology/congress-big-tech-monopoly-power.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">House Lawmakers Condemn Big Tech’s ‘Monopoly Power’ and Urge Their Breakups</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - New York Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926168583/hey-google-are-you-too-big" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Department of Justice (DOJ) just filed an antitrust complaint against Google : Planet Money</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/05/1009231/social-media-facebook-tobacco-secondhand-smoke/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion - Thank you for posting: Smoking’s lessons for regulating social media</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - MIT Technology Review</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/president-trump-calls-section-230-repeal-as-facebook-twitter-tag-his-covid-posts-1234592385/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President Trump Calls For Section 230 Repeal As Facebook Yanks, Twitter Tags His COVID Posts</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Deadline </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/03/twitter-banished-worst-qanon-accounts-more-than-93000-remain-site-research-shows/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">QAnon still rampant on Twitter despite July takedown</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Washington Post</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/918520692/facebook-keeps-data-secret-letting-conservative-bias-claims-persist" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook Keeps Data Secret, Letting Conservative Bias Claims Persist</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NPR</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords-court-docs-show/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - CNET</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2020/10/privacy_covid_parents_technology.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teachers Need Help With Protecting Student Privacy Amid Explosion of Tech Use</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Education Week</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/10-actions-that-will-protect-people-from-facial-recognition-software/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10 actions that will protect people from facial recognition software</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Brookings Institute</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/27/ucsd-state-prisoners-privacy-breach/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UCSD Squashes Attempts to Tell State Prisoners About Privacy Breach</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - KPBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/hacker-threaten-release-therapy-notes-patients/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Hacker is threatening to release patients' therapy notes </span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Wired</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/27/why-diversity-training-has-been-suspended-at-usaid/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why Diversity Training has been Suspended at USAID</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - KPBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/business/corporate-diversity-black-employees.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Their Bosses Asked Them to Lead Diversity Reviews.  Guess Why.</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NY Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/26/as-the-future-of-obamacare-heads-to-the-supreme-court-so-does-trans-rights" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As the future of Obamacare heads to the Supreme Court, so do trans rights</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - The Guardian</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access  & Net Neutrality</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/life-in-atts-slow-lane-millions-left-without-fiber-as-company-kills-dsl/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Ars Technica</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://yubanet.com/usa/tricks-not-treats-oti-slams-fccs-unhinged-october-surprise-on-net-neutrality/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tricks, Not Treats: OTI Slams FCC’s ‘Unhinged’ October Surprise on Net Neutrality</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - YubaNet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/357238/fcc-affirms-net-neutrality-repeal.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FCC affirms decision to scrap  Obama-era net neutrality rules</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Media Post</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-s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