Digital rights groups are asking Twitter to reverse a recent decision that made it harder to access politicians' deleted tweets. Twitter said that politicians have the same right to delete their tweets as other users, but digital rights groups say there are good reasons to treat politicians' tweets differently than those of private citizens. "When public officials use Twitter to amplify their political views, they invite greater scrutiny of their expression," the digital rights groups say in a letter to Twitter.

The city of Peoria will pay $125,000 to man whose home was raided after he parodied the town's mayor on Twitter. The ACLU, which represented Jon Daniel said the agreement also requires Peoria to tell the police department that a law that makes it a crime to impersonate a public official doesn't extend to parody and satire.  

A federal judge agreed to accept a $415 million settlement to resolve an antitrust lawsuit filed by employees against Apple, Adobe, Google and Intel. The workers said the companies forged a secret pact that prevented employees from changing jobs.

Residents of Salisbury, North Carolina can now obtain broadband service at speeds of up to 10 GB per second, thanks to its municipal broadband network. The city-owned Fibrant network charges $400 a month for its 10 GB service. Residents who don't want that fastest tier can pay $105 a month for 1 GB service, or $45 a month for 50 MB per second.  

This week, Comcast told some Florida residents that they would now have data caps of 300GB, but could pay an extra $30 a month for unlimited data. After DSLReports wrote about the news, the company defended the new pricing as "part of our ongoing effort to create a fair, technologically-sound policy in which customers who use more data pay more, and customers who use less pay less." DSLReports' Karl Bode disagrees. "Comcast's usage caps are effectively a price hike, and price hikes are only easily deployed in a market that lacks serious competition," he writes. "In short, Comcast's taking advantage …

Comcast will start allowing subscribers in some markets to pay an extra $30 a month in order to avoid data caps, according to DSLReports. Currently, the company is testing a cap of 300GB a month, with overages of $10 per 50 GB, in several markets. The new "unlimited" option will cost an additional $30 a month regardless of the amount of data consumed, the company says in an FAQ. "Note that customers enrolled in the Unlimited Data Option who use less than 300 GB in a given month will still be charged $30 for that month," Comcast writes.

Comcast's new chief financial officer Mike Cavanagh suggests that the company will explore the feasibility of offering a "quad play" bundle of TV, Internet, wireline and wireless phone services. "In Europe, the flavor of the month is quad-play," Cavanagh reportedly said. "It's something we should pay attention to, and you can count on us putting some time into the issue."