Three States Have Age Verification Requirements To Access Internet Pornography: Why Not Tennessee?

In Three States, Utah, Mississippi And Louisiana, A Person Must Present Identification Showing That They Are Over The Age Of 18 To Access Internet Pornography. Four More States, Florida, Kansas, South Dakota And West Virginia Are Introducing Similar Legislation; Why Not Tennessee?

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Tennessee To Hand Out $185M In Broadband Grants With Federal Funds

Tennessee Plans To Hand Out $185 Million In Broadband Grants From Federal Funds Assigned To The Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development.

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Johnson City’s Struggling Broadband Program Should Be A Warning To Tennessee [Op-Ed]

There’s A New Trend Sweeping Across Tennessee, And It’s Not A New Dance High Schoolers Have Learned On Social Media. In Fact It’s An Even Bigger Waste Of Time And Could Negatively Affect You And Your Neighbors. I’m Talking, Of Course, About Government-Owned Internet.

To Some, It Sounds Nice On Paper. Who Doesn’t Want More Internet Offerings? Isn’t Increasing Internet Access Critical In An Increasingly Online Society? Yes, But Like Any Government Project, The Devil Is In The Details, And The Details Have Been Grim For Consumers. That’s Not Conjecture, It’s Fact: Just Look At The Numbers In Johnson City.

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City Of Knoxville Forcing Netflix, Hulu Fee Case To Tennessee Supreme Court

The City Of Knoxville Is Leading An Effort In Tennessee To Use The Judicial System To Try To Force Video Streaming Providers Netflix And Hulu To Pay Local Governments The Same Operational Fees Assessed To Cable Television Firms, Court Records Show.

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Blackburn, Hagerty Vote Against $1.2T Infrastructure Bill

The U.S. Senate Passed A $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Tuesday Despite The Objection Of Both Of Tennessee’s U.S. Senators. The Bill, Which Passed 69-30, Would Add $256 Billion To The Federal Debt, According To The Congressional Budget Office.

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Blackburn Calls On Biden To Back Peaceful Protestors Against Communist Cuban Regime

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Recently Called On President Joe Biden To Draw A Line In The Sand Against The Communist Cuban Regime And Back The Peaceful Protestors Who Are Facing A Deadly Assault.

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Internet Journalism Did Not Kill The Daily Fish Wrap

Today’s New Free Press Is Online Newspapers. Internet Journalism Did Not Kill The Daily Fish-Wrap. It Committed Suicide. This New Era Of Real Reporting Was Just The Fatal “Whack In The Face” For Liberal Media. Government And Liberal Media Will Do Everything They Can To Try And Protect Their Turf. So, Information Thirsty Citizens Must Do The Same And Keep Striking Back! Whether The Internet Will Sustain This Quantity Of New Internet Newspapers Is Up To Readers. These Online Papers Must Have Reader Support To Survive. Although These New Editors And Reporters Work Almost For Free, Bandwidth Is Expensive And Someone Must Pay For It. With Limited Or No Advertising Revenue, When They Ask For A Small Donation It Is Out Of Necessity Not For Profit Like The Media Giants.

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New Report Shows Failure Of Biden-Proposed Heavy-Handed Internet Regulation

A New Report Debunks Claims That The Heavily Regulated Internet Of The European Union Has Resulted In A Superior Experience For Its Consumers. Instead, That Study Finds That The U.S. Bests The EU In Both Broadband Deployment And Adoption, Showing That The Lighter Touch Approach Has Yielded Better Results.

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Nearly $15 Million in Broadband Accessibility Grants Awarded Across Tennessee

The Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development Recently Announced Nearly $15 Million In Grant Money To Help Provide Broadband Access To A Number Of Unserved Residents.

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