Podcasts about Securus

In this episode, the girls sit down with Aaron Mitchom, founder of Our Freedom AI, to talk about the latest and greatest AI tech for prison communication. Currently, there are 50 million Americans who have a loved one incarcerated, and in this episode, Paige and Gigi talk with Aaron about the importance of staying connected, the special feelings of receiving mail, and the game-changing ability to leave voice messages and voice memos/notes. This is new technology that not even companies such as JPay, Securus, or GTL can offer. Our Freedom AI is a company dedicated to revolutionizing prison communication and bringing families closer together. They are also pushing back against the companies that prioritize profiting off families and friends of incarcerated individuals. As always, the ladies end the pod with your questions, comments, and Speaky Pipes.

In this episode, the hosts discuss a news article about Kentucky inmates hacking prison-issued devices to steal credits. The inmates found a way to trick the system into believing they had more credits than they actually had, allowing them to use services and make phone calls. The company responsible for the devices, Securus, had previously experienced similar incidents. The hosts discuss the lack of security measures in place and the potential implications of such hacks. They also explore the balance between providing inmates with technology for communication and entertainment and ensuring the security of these devices. Article: Kentucky inmates hack prison-issued devices in $1M digital heist https://cybernews.com/news/kentucky-inmates-hack-prison-tablets-1-million-digital-heist/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFDV6dleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa2SxbXf67C5A0CVD6xtHZjxXercdRZTNo4GSms2eK5kJ7GpUA2oNlDDUg_aem_bvOFkHq62qW5g1jbRXksEg Please LISTEN

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Episode Summary:In this episode, we delve into the transformative power of giving back, highlighting our latest initiatives to support inmates and adopt children. Join us as we explore how small acts of kindness can create a ripple effect, making a lasting impact on both individuals and communities. Follow Antonio Here:https://www.facebook.com/theatsjrhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/Antonio-T.-Smith-Jr/author/B00M3MPVJ8https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniotsmithjrhttps://antoniotsmithjr.comhttps://www.instagram.com/theatsjr Meeting Introduction· Good morning everyone. Welcome to today's daily meeting. Today is Friday.· Glad to see you all on.· Everything is perfect tour day.· We got a show today. Not as good as you think.· The name of the show: "Not as good as you think."· Experience with Mr. Antonio Teachman Junior is unique and cannot be described, must be experienced.Highlighting Opportunities and Initiatives· Appreciate all of you who donated tickets to other people during down seasons.· Highlight future opportunities for giving:o Inmates at the Terrell Unit have tablets.§ Tablets come with e-messaging, costing $21 for 50 stamps (maximum price).§ Securus runs the American prison system in Texas, responsible for e-messaging services.o Support for indigent people through donations.o Focus on two areas moving forward:1. Inmates.2. Adopting children.o A company should contribute to the community, otherwise, it becomes like a casino, taking resources without giving back.o Quote about the importance of giving: "A company ought to do something for the community."Community and Charity Work· Compassion International supports adopting children for about $21-31.· Inmates and children adoption initiatives:o Gift stamps for inmate communication.o Support adoption through Compassion International.Business Strategy and Social Impact· Company profits allocation:o 10% of company profits to various charitable causes.o $0.10 from every subscription towards ending world hunger, supporting domestic issues, and paying student loans.· The competitive advantage lies in drawing people who want to make a difference, knowing the company will be feeding homeless and supporting student loans.Marketing and Social Media Strategy· Importance of social proof and social currency in business.· Plan for leveraging social media influencers and YouTubers for promotion.o Use popular YouTubers and social media personalities to draw attention to the company's initiatives.· Develop a network of leaders and contacts in different cities to support local initiatives.· Promote visibility and engagement through social media and other public platforms.Future Plans and Goals· Implementing a sustainable giving model through subscriptions.· Maintaining focus on the company's mission and competitive advantage.· Engaging with communities both online and in-person to foster a sense of belonging and support.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-secret-to-success/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

When people ask who makes money off prisons, our number one answers goes to the people running the phone system. On this episode, we explain how the prison phones operate, who runs them, and who ends up paying the tab (it might be you!). About Securus: https://securustech.online/ The Texas Tribune article about prison phones: https://www.texastribune.org/2011/01/12/prison-phones-generate-less-money-than-hoped/#:~:text=Credit%3A%20Todd%20Wiseman-,Texas%20prisoners%20have%20made%20and%20received%20more%20than%204.7%20million,phone%20and%20e%2Dmail%20access. The positive impacts of contact from loved ones while people are incarcerated: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/12/21/family_contact/#:~:text=Consistent%20phone%20calls%20to%20family%20improve%20relationships&text=As%20with%20visitation%2C%20family%20phone,odds%20of%20returning%20to%20prison. More about The Shakedown at: https://shakedown.show Find Shakedown merch and support us at: https://wayword.press More about Nina the Pitbull at: @nina_is_a_pitbull Ryan/Rainforest on IG: @lorax4life Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone Dave on IG: @sociallydistorted1 00:00 - Start 00:12 - Introductions 00:34 - Today's topic: The Phones in Prisons 00:58 - Why talk about prison phones 05:00 - Dave's history of prison phones 06:22 - The disadvantages of phones in prisons 07:28 - How many facilities have Securus 11:28 - Where do inmate cell phones come from? 12:17 - Getting phones n medium custody 14:40 - Who owns Securus? 15:19 - Securus' value and the year it skyrocketed 16:22 - Guess who owns JPay (and profits off all inmate's communication from loved ones in most states) 17:05 - Who makes money off of prisons? 18:16 - The argument for and against getting rid of physical mail in prisons 21:20 - Prison contraband even during COVID 22:09 - How charging for phone calls and searching mail increasing recidivism 25:36 - Why prison phone calls should be free

Entrepreneur and educator Lewis Sheats shares his origin story with host Jason Shupp.  In this episode, Lewis takes us through his serial entrepreneurship journey and parallel path in academia.  He talks about the value in opportunity recognition, launching the student, and the clinical approach to piercing the entrepreneurial bubble.Lewis Sheats has an extensive background in new venture planning, concept consulting, opportunity creation, marketing and strategic planning.As an entrepreneur, Sheats is focused on opportunity identification, execution and education. His leadership has guided the opportunity creation and development of several unique new ventures from launch to profitability, and he has raised venture funding and bootstrapped several ventures from concept to exit. Interstate Logistics, A Sweet Reminder, Securus and Malartu are among the companies he launched, serving as founder and member of the management team that took the startups through the entrepreneurial process. Sheats has leveraged his experience to develop and lead an entrepreneurship curriculum based on experiential learning and individual student development. As an educator and consultant, he has been involved in the launch of many other ventures with foundations in non-tech and high technology, venture backed or bootstrapped, and high growth to lifestyle start-ups.As director of the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship at St. Louis University, Sheats drives initiatives to expose students to experiential learning, embed them in the entrepreneurship community and provide the space and tools needed to execute their own ideas.To learn more, visit:linkedin.com/in/jason-Shupp-18b4619bListen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/Jason-Shupp/

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This week, our guest is Bianca Tylek, who fills us in about the prison phone industry. GTL and Securus among others profit off of prisoners and their families by charging them exorbitant fees for access to the phone lines which are so key for surviving prison. Recent coverage confirming that Sesame Street had entered a …

15 Minutes With... Tells our listeners if they have any questions, comments, etc to contact us and we will reach out to an incarcerated individual and ask their questions for them and share them with all of the listeners. Our listener Deborah, contacted us after watching the "Cheshire Murders documentary" and had several questions for Steven Hayes (who now identifies as "Linda"). We made contact and here are the answers to her questions.Remember, If you have and questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us at: insidetherazorwire@gmail.com or you can snail mail us at: P.O. Box 162, West Haven, CT 06516. You can also contact us if there is someone you might want us to try and interview.If you like the content and would like to see the show become better as well as more frequent, please donate at paypal.me/joetomaso.The prisons use companies like Securus, GTL, JPay and others for telephone calls and calls can cost anything from $1.00 to $15.00 per 15 minutes depending on the prison, location and company used. Thank You and Thank You for being part of the community.PS- 15 Minutes With is also in the process of starting a second channel which will be dealing with True Crime stories as well. That channnel will be covering both closed cases as well as cold cases. Keep your eye out for more information (Our True Crime channel will be available in both Audio and Video formats)--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joseph-tomaso5/support

The NBA is a global game and BLM is a global movement, with this in mind I'm honored to be joined by Bianca Tylek, the executive director of Worth Rises, to discuss The NBA, Black Lives Matter & the carceral capitalism of Detroit Pistons' Owner Tom Gores. Our conversation touches upon: - How Mr. Gores PE firm, Platinum Equity , owns one of the nation's largest and most vicious prison Telecom companies: Securus. Who through price-gouging and exploiting the suffering of black, brown and poor incarcerated families, earns over $700 Million dollars a year. - How Detroit Pistons stars like Jerami Grant (who joined the Pistons, in part, to help represent the Majority Black city of Detroit) can try to pressure Pistons Ownership to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to supporting Black Lives Matter. - And larger conversations on racial capitalism, inequality and the problematic politics of NBA owners. For more, I recommend the following resources: - Worth Rises main website and more information on their campaign against Tom Gores' Carceral Capitalism: https://worthrises.org/ - James Edwards III incredible article on Jerami Grant, Black Empowerment and the NBA: https://theathletic.com/2297656/2021/01/06/jerami-grant-detroit-pistons-denver-nuggets-nba-basketball-free-agent/ - John Gonzalez & Zach Kram of the Ringer and his reporting on the conservative politics of NBA owners: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/9/24/21453818/nba-owners-political-donations-trump-gop Music by Gold Streak Beats : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPEP1rX_9zb_77z-56Ysprw Episode Art by Worth Rises

The Pistons concluded the preseason and Brother Brian braved malware risks to report the highlights for us. We also revisit the Tom Gores controversy with Securus, as it was brought into the light again on Sunday. The Pistons also made a roster cut on Sunday to effectively give Bruce Brown away for nothing. Good times!Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you'll get 20% off your next order.BuiltGoVisit BuiltGO.com and use promo code “LOCKED,” and you'll get 20% off your next order.BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Christian Wood has #PistonsTwitter up in arms, and host Matt Schoch weighs in. This is another heavy episode for Brother Brian, who has an Almost Legends look at Arron Afflalo, as well as a deep dive into the shady business practices for Securus, a company owned by Tom Gores.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you'll get 20% off your next order.BuiltGoVisit BuiltGO.com and use promo code “LOCKED,” and you'll get 20% off your next order.RomanGo to getroman.com/lockedon TODAY. If approved, you'll get fifteen dollars off your first order of ED treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christian Wood has #PistonsTwitter up in arms, and host Matt Schoch weighs in. This is another heavy episode for Brother Brian, who has an Almost Legends look at Arron Afflalo, as well as a deep dive into the shady business practices for Securus, a company owned by Tom Gores. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get 20% off your next order. BuiltGo Visit BuiltGO.com and use promo code “LOCKED,” and you’ll get 20% off your next order. Roman Go to getroman.com/lockedon TODAY. If approved, you’ll get fifteen dollars off your first order of ED treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for another episode of the "C.R.E.W. Love Podcast", where "Happy Hour meets radio" with Billy "T" Williams, Creole, and Big Tip!! This weeks episode features President and C.E.O. of the Securus Foundation, Dawn Freeman!! Also, we discuss current events, and a "Serious Question" that we all can relate to!! VIBE WITH US!!  https://www.thesecurusfoundation.org/  

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*Previously recorded on March 13th***Boston Royale: the very creative, melodic, descriptive and often storytelling artist, joins Charlie MaSheen this week to share his piece of work. With close ties to North Carolina and also being born and raised in Boston, Royale has a very unique flow which is mixed with southern drawl and also the East Coast grit that Charlie MaSheen loves as a consumer. The artist first hit the major stage in Boston with the release of his single "Securus" which details a call from county jail and also the calling service that allows inmates to dial out. Unfortunately, Boston Royale ran into some issues with the law back in 2016 and will have to serve his time again, but he surely has enough work to keep his fans satisfied during his time away. He is definitely one of Boston's most slept on!Be sure to check out Boston Royale's latest body of work, "Trials & Tribulations" OUT NOW ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS!https://music.apple.com/us/album/trials-tribulations/1504725683

Dawn Freeman takes a vision and makes it reality through comprehensive strategy development and tenacious ambition. She intuitively identifies an opportunity with purpose, evaluates its impact on a long-term goal or objective, develops a path to completion, and drives the opportunity and goal to the finish line. She is an inspirational leader whose passion and determination motivates and encourages others to step outside of their comfort zone and aspire to do more. Respected as a credible voice in business and on a personal level, Dawn earns a seat at the table wherever she serves. Dawn is not a stranger to incarceration or recidivism. She has experienced several of her immediate family members go in and out of jail and prison over the years. Some of the stints of incarceration were due to poor decision-making, and some were due to the harsh realities of mental illness and their inability to stay motivated to get and keep their lives on the right path. Additionally, Ms. Freeman has several family members who dedicated 20+ years to law enforcement and corrections, which provides her with an even greater perspective on the challenges of pre-release programming and reentry, not just from the viewpoint of the incarcerated individual, but that of the corrections and law enforcement family. Since 2008, Ms. Freeman has financially supported the reentry efforts of her church and local non-profit organizations. In 2016, Dawn expanded her community service efforts beyond a monetary contribution and began volunteering her personal time to a local reentry focused non-profit organization as a Facilitator. After engaging with individuals with backgrounds like her own family members and due to her decade long tenure in the corrections industry, the concept of The Securus Foundation was born. With the guidance and support of the Executive Team at Securus Technologies, The Securus Foundation is a reality. Dawn holds an M.B.A. with an Accounting specialization and B.A. in Business Administration with a specialization in Management from Saint Leo University.  She is the mother of three children, a product of a military and faith-based upbringing, and she is active member of The Potter’s House in Dallas.

Welcome to “The ESOP Podcast Summer School” series. We've selected highlights from our archives featuring employee-owners that we'll re-release all summer. (Because these episodes are from the archives, please remember that the links and email addresses mentioned in the podcast may no longer be valid.) As you enjoy summer school, we are working hard behind-the-scenes to bring you new content and services that are better than ever, starting in the fall of ‘19! Our featured guest is Jeff Gelburd, Vice President, ESOP Program Manager at Murray Securus and then-President of the Pennsylvania Delaware Chapter of the ESOP Association. Jeff sat down with Bret Keisling during the September 2017 ESOP Association Multi-State Conference – PA/DE and NY/NJ Chapter Meeting in Scranton, PA for a discussion of ESOPs, fiduciary insurance, and cyber insurance. Murray Securus [www.murrayins.com] is a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, insurance broker serving the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern States Regions of the U.S. They have partnered with The ESOP Association to provide a special insurance program specifically for employee-owned companies. This program offers effective protection for the ERISA liability exposures ESOP companies and their executives face, as well as the other exposures in their capacity as directors and/or officers. [You can hear the original release of this episode in full in "Episode 5" of The ESOP Podcast.]

Josh talks with Bianca Tylek and Michael Crowley about prison privatization and private prisons I forgot to mention that Decarceration Nation was mentioned in the online publication Bustle this week. Thanks to Taylor Maples for including us on the list of "7 Criminal Justice Podcasts to Listen to." If you are a long-time fan of Orange Is the New Black, the guide to all of my recaps covers every season to date. If you are just starting to watch Orange Is the New Black, the first recap covers the first episode of Season 6 from the perspective of formerly incarcerated folks. Bianca Tylek is the Director of the Corrections Accountability Project. Michael Crowley worked at the Office of Management budget under both the Bush and Obama Administrations, he currently works at the Brennan Center for Justice. He was written recent articles on funding priorities for criminal justice reform and about model state movements towards criminal justice reform. I asked the most renowned expert in prison abolition that I know the question, "if you could only suggest one book people should read if they wanted to learn more about abolition, what would you suggest?" She quickly responded, "Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y Davis." I have also recently written a breakdown of my own experiences in Solitary Confinement. Private Prisons are seeing incredible growth in immigration enforcement contracts. Private Prisons are often shielded from FOIA requests. Privatization of public prisons should be an equally large concern as Bianca's research at the Correction Accountability Project has proven. The University of Pennsylvania produced a pretty good study summarizing the problems with medical contracts in prisons. Securus has moved to acquire ICS which will create a near duopoly on telephone communication in the correctional market. New York City just made many phone calls in jail free. Many of the companies who operate in the private prison and prison privatization space are buying up community correction and reentry services to take advantage of the movement towards criminal justice reform. Carl Takei's article addresses the move by private companies into mass supervision and surveillance. Obviously, I disagree with Michael on the First Step Act but I do agree that one of the risks of the legislation is that it widens the net of supervision and surveillance. Meek Mill is a textbook case in how expanded surveillance and supervision can be dangerous. I have covered the evidence behind the question of violence many times, here on the podcast, on Medium, on Medium again, and on Daily Kos. The breakdowns of prison costs were broken down in a Vera Institute of Justice study "The Price of Prisons."

If you need to buy a new monitor, you'll have several questions to consider: The physical size and the number of pixesl are two of the key considerations. The number of options has increased a lot, so let's take a look. Also: A company with the ironic name Securus was hacked and thousands of accounts have been exposed. This is the 600th TechByter podcast. In Spare Parts: Virtual private network technology can reveal geographically blocked content. Travel industry sites are under attack and the torrent is increasing.

So today we are discussing the SECURUS and the data/location breaches of Cellphone Carriers with Ajit Pai and then join the space program --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The future (that I don’t want): https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/switchs-resident-evil-7-port-is-only-playable-as-online-livestream/ The real story is that this company sells this info to Securus, a prison telecom co.: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/fcc-investigates-site-that-let-most-us-mobile-phones-location-be-exposed/ So Disney just wants to be the sole proprietor of entertainment in America: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/comcast-closing-in-on-plan-to-challenge-disneys-fox-bid/ Apple on top of it: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/apple-introduces-new-privacy-portal-to-comply-with-gdpr/ Less tech but interesting nonetheless: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/verifly-launches-a-business-insurance-product-for-gig-economy-workers/ Start investing in masks: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180522/10395139880/aclu-obtains-documents-showing-amazon-is-handing-out-cheap-facial-recognition-tech-to-law-enforcement.shtml We’ve beat this ISP fuckery horse pretty darn dead but here it is again: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180518/09350339861/verizon-begins-testing-dsl-usage-caps-it-refuses-to-call-usage-caps.shtml Spectre V4: Speculative Store Bypass https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/speculative-store-bypass-explained-what-it-how-it-works

Google Project Zero call Windows 10 Edge Defense ACG flawed, Wapiti Web Application vulnerability scanner 3.0.1 packet storm, CIA's "Vault 7" Mega-Leak, and Trump eliminates national cyber-coordinator! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode560 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/securityweekly Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.comsecurityweekly

Google Project Zero call Windows 10 Edge Defense ACG flawed, Wapiti Web Application vulnerability scanner 3.0.1 packet storm, CIA's "Vault 7" Mega-Leak, and Trump eliminates national cyber-coordinator! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode560 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/securityweekly Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.comsecurityweekly

This week, Facebook purges sketchy apps, net neutrality wins in the Senate, robot dogs are coming to work, congratulations...podcasting is free again!... and much, much more. What We're Playing With Andy: TOPGREENER TU21558A3 Ultra-High-Speed Three Port Type-A USB Outlet 5.8A-29W Dwayne: Hatch Baby Grow Tosin: I, Tonya Headlines Facebook suspends ~200 suspicious apps out of “thousands” reviewed so far EFF has comprehensively killed the bullshit podcasting patent Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US Audible Book of the Week The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Fight the Power by Public Enemy Hot Topic: US Government Tech Senate approves bill in bid to retain U.S. net neutrality White House eliminates top cyber adviser post Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract Music Break: Atomic Dog by George Clinton Final Word SpotMini -- the cute, agile, dog-like robot and YouTube star -- will go on sale next year The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Boston Dynamics SpotMini Autonomous Navigation Getting some air, Atlas? Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter Geeks Of Doom's The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

Our guest is Jeff Gelburd, Vice President, ESOP Program Manager at Murray Securus and President of the Pennsylvania Delaware Chapter of the ESOP Association. Jeff sat down with Bret Keisling of Captial Trustees, LLC during the September 2017 ESOP Association Multi-State Conference – PA/DE and NY/NJ Chapter Meeting in Scranton, PA for a discussion of ESOPs, fiduciary insurance, and cyber insurance. Murray Securus partners with The ESOP Association to provide a special insurance program specifically for employee-owned companies. This program offers effective protection for the ERISA liability exposures ESOP companies and their executives face, as well as the other exposures in their capacity as directors and/or officers.

In this episode, we discussed: how traditional and social media platforms perpetuate stereotypes. the role of the advertising industry in promoting accurate portrayals of underrepresented groups in the media Resources: Reality TV: Entertaining But No Laughing Matter (AAF, 2015) American Advertising Federation (AAF) American Advertising Federation's Mosaic Council Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison NEWS ROUNDUP The tech sector and tech-related progressive thinks tanks are reeling following the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. At Benton.org, Robbie McBeath discusses the totally changed political landscape in which Republicans will now control all three branches of government. South Dakota Senator John Thune is expected to continue to Chair the Senate Commerce Committee. Three Congressmen--Greg Walden, John Shimkus and Joe Barton are expected to pursue the House Energy and Commerce Chairmanship, with Walden being the favorite since House speaker Paul Ryan credits Walden, who served as Republican Congressional Committee Chair, with helping Republicans maintain control of Congress. Anticipated legislative initiatives include rewriting the Communications Act and an effort to override the FCC's net neutrality rules, as well as expanding mobile and internet access to rural areas and capping Lifeline expenditures to $1.5 billion. President-elect Trump will of course nominate a new FCC Chair to replace Tom Wheeler who is expected to leave before the inauguration on January 20th. Tech sector stocks declined following last week's election, as investors anticipated a new administration that would be less friendly to tech than Obama. The tech sector opposed Trump vigorously during the campaign, contributing barely anything to his campaign, outside of PayPal founder Peter Thiel who contributed $1.25 million late in the election season. Companies like Apple are concerned about what a new Trump administration will mean for encryption and the company's resistance to law enforcement requests for access to iPhone data during criminal investigations. Almost all of the Valley is concerned about what the new administration will mean not just for things like net neutrality and science-based policymaking, but also the sector's influence in Washington, which had grown exponentially during the Obama era. ---- Facebook announced that it will no longer allow advertisers to exclude audiences based on their race and ethnicity for ads related to housing, credit or employment. The company will also require advertisers to pledge not to place any discriminatory ads on Facebook. The company had come under fire from civil rights activists, the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses, as well as several attorneys general after Pro Publica released a report showing how Facebook allowed advertisers selling real estate to exclude racial and ethnic groups. Two plaintiffs also sued Facebook under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ---- Following the 2016 presidential election, Facebook executives are now evaluating the role the platform plays in the dissemination of fake news, and the extent to which misinformation on the social network led to the election of Donald Trump. One piece of fake news shared over 1 million times falsely claimed that Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump. Facebook has been under fire for bias in its newsfeed over the past year, and earlier this year was accused of suressing conservative news from its trending news results. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies fake news on Facebook impacted the election in any way.  Mike Isaac has the story in the New York Times. ---- John Wagner reported in the Washington Post on Hillary Clinton's data driven campaign, one that was far more sophisticated than both Romney and Obama's, but which ultimate failed. It appears that both the Democratic establishment and the complex algorithm they used known as Ada, completely missed opportunities to campaign in Rust Belt states like Michigan and Minnesota, which Clinton lost. Campaign managers will look at this as a case study for many years to come into both how biases are reflected in algorithms and the extent to which campaigns should continue to rely on alogrithms to determine which states they should campaign in. --- A group of hackers known as Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear, widely believed to be affiliated with Russia, launched an attack on the servers of several NGOs, think tanks, universities, government agencies and other institutions on Wednesday, shortly after Trump claimed victory in Tuesday's election. The hackers sent phishing emails to the targets containing malicious links and zip files. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai at Motherboard has the story. ---- Finally, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit blocked the FCC's prison phone rate cap last week, granting a petition for stay by a company called Securus technologies. The rate caps were set at 13 cents to 31 cents per minute. The Court stated that these caps were significantly below what prison phone providers need to fulfill their contractual obligations to prisons. John Brodkin has the story in Ars Technica.  

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