Congress is on the verge of passing a major federal data privacy law that will finally put some guardrails on what information companies can gather from Americans and how they can use it. But the lucrative industry that has arisen around the monetization of such data has launched a lobbying ...
by Julie Hollar Most Americans don’t think much about the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC. But if you watch TV, use the internet, or own a phone, it plays a major role in your life. The FCC regulates the airwaves, including the corporations that own your local TV and ...
A survey by Redact.dev, a software company whose program can help you remove previous “contentious” posts from your social media, found that 27% of social media users in West Virginia admit to trolling other people online — the highest of any state. By comparison, the national average ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate approved a bill on Tuesday to allow people who've had nude photos of themselves posted on the internet without their permission to sue. The House of Delegates passed one to enable first responders to vote if they're away from home on duty. SB 452 is the ...
KINGWOOD -- Should a Preston County ISP be awarded a pair of broadband improvement grants funding 11 projects with a cost of about $10.3 million, the required matching funds -- about $1.7 million -- will be there. The Preston County Commission voted unanimously to earmark the money using ...
KINGWOOD -- Preston County Schools was awarded $235,967 from the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support remote learning. Assistant Superintendent Bradley Martin announced the funding award at the Preston County Board of Education’s regular meeting on Monday. The ECF is a $7.17 billion ...