Frontier Communications has accepted $283 million in broadband subsidies from the U.S. government, which it will use to deliver broadband to 650,000 rural locations throughout its 28-state service area, according to DSLReports. The company hasn't yet said what speeds users will receive, but FCC standards call for at least 10 Mbps downstream.

The Belgian Privacy Commission will sue Facebook this Thursday for allegedly violating European privacy laws. The regulators previously expressed concern over Facebook policies that allegedly allow it to track users without their explicit consent.

The Federal Communications Commission today appointed staffer Parul Desai to field complaints that broadband providers are violating the new net neutrality rules. Desai previously worked on telecom issues at Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, and the now-defunct consumer group Media Access Project, according to Re/Code.

A dispute between Fox News and the North Jersey Media Group, which publishes The Record and the Herald News, took a new turn this week when Fox News accused the publisher of wrongly posting clips of the network's coverage of events including Gov. Chris Christie's “Bridgegate” scandal. Fox made the accusation as a counterclaim in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the North Jersey Media Group over Fox's use of a photo of three firefighters raising the American flag the World Trade Center site on Sept. 11, 2001, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

AT&T is refusing to sell DSL broadband service to some would-be subscribers, even though their homes are already wired for the service, ArsTechnica reports. The telecom reportedly told potential subscribers that all “ports” in their area are full.

Seven out of 100 U.S. homes subscribe to broadband and an online video service, but eschew traditional pay TV, according to a new Parks Associates study. More than half (57%) of U.S. homes with broadband also subscribe to an over-the-top service, according to the study.

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is demanding that cable operators provide information related to over-the-top video service, Multichannel News reports. One source told Multichannel News that lawmakers have subpoenaed information about video pricing.

Law enforcement officials in New York and Connecticut are investigating whether Apple potentially violated antitrust law when it talked with the major record labels about launching a new streaming service. One aspect of the investigation centers on whether Apple pressured the record labels to stop backing the freemium model offered by companies including Spotify, according to The New York Times.

CTIA-The Wireless Association is suing the City of Berkeley over a requirement that cell phones come with a warning about radiation. The lawsuit stems from recent Berkeley City Council measure requiring retailers to warn anyone who buys or leases phones that carrying phones close to the body might result in exposure to excessive radiation. CTIA argues the law is invalid for several reasons, including that the warning lacks a scientific basis, Ars Technica reports.

The U.S. tech industry could lose more than $35 billion by next year due to concerns about surveillance, according to the think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says in a new report. The study's authors say that American companies have already lost contracts with foreignc ompanies due to privacy concerns.