Missouri recently banned student-teacher Facebook friendships under a law preventing students from having social relationships with their teachers. The law specifically prevents ‘exclusive’ access to students, which bans using Facebook for things like private study groups. Some teachers believe the ban will prevent students who wouldn’t otherwise seek their counsel from reaching out. In other news, a group of five telecomm companies have proposed a plan to the FCC that could bring broadband Internet to almost every American, within five years. The proposal would overhaul how subsidies are handed out and prevent multiple companies from collecting money where there is no actual service being provided. And finally, AT&T recently announced that heavy users of its unlimited mobile data plan would see their speeds throttled starting October 1st. This won’t affect the average user, but AT&T is using it as another example of why its T-Mobile buyout should be approved.
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