DOJ smacks Google with antitrust lawsuit
Today, the Department of Justice smacks Google with an antitrust lawsuit that claims the big tech giant engages in anticompetitive...
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Senate Judiciary Committee considers subpoenas for Facebook, Twitter CEOs over censoring NY Post
The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Natl critical & emerging tech strategy aims to beat China with American innovation, democratic values
The White House unveils a national strategy that promotes American innovation and democratic values while protecting its critical and emerging...
‘Censor social media content & harvest data from banned accounts’: House Intel witnesses testify on combating misinformation
Expert witnesses tell the House Intelligence Committee how to best combat "misinformation" online with more content restriction on social media...
FAA lacks comprehensive avionics cybersecurity oversight program to protect commercial airplanes: GAO report
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lacks "key practices that are necessary to carry out a risk-based cybersecurity oversight program" with regards...
White House publishes quantum research strategies to benefit society, better understand the cosmos
The White House is looking to make quantum technologies beneficial to society while aiming to better understand the cosmos through...
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Landing first woman & next man on the moon ‘accelerates our path to Mars,’ space commercialization: NASA admin
NASA's Artemis program looks to land the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024, which will accelerate...
‘Social media services that I & others have built are tearing people apart’: ex-Facebook ads chief testifies
Facebook's former director of monetization testifies that the social media services he helped build are tearing people apart, and that...
Former FTC commissioners call for robust federal privacy law under FTC authority: Senate hearing
Four former commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testify that the US needs a robust federal privacy law, with...
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FBI views QAnon as a ‘complex set of conspiracy theories, less of an organization’: Dir Wray
FBI Director Christopher Wray tells Congress that the FBI views QAnon as being less of an organization and more of...
‘If you’re an American adult, it’s likely that China has stolen your personal data’: FBI director
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies that China has most likely stolen the personal data of nearly every adult in America...
Senators grill Google exec over ‘double standard’ on punishing publishers for user comments
Senators grill a Google exec over what they call a double standard where Google punishes publishers over their users' comments...
Big tech CEOs give Congress the 5 Ds of Dodgeball on anti-competitive behavior
Today, some 20,000 people on YouTube tuned-in on to a Congressional hearing where the CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple, and...
Tech tackling human trafficking should empower victims, enable law enforcement: House witness testimony
Children make up 20 percent of human trafficking victims worldwide, and sexual exploitation is the most common form of human...
Tribal leaders call on Congress to invest in tribal broadband infrastructure
Tribal leaders call on Congress to invest in broadband infrastructure in their territories as internet access in many tribal lands...
4 House members ask Facebook, Twitter & Google to give them COVID-19 disinformation reports monthly
Four House Committee on Energy and Commerce members are asking Facebook, Twitter, and Google to give them monthly reports about their...
‘Facebook’s business model is poison & its algorithms amplify misinformation’: digital forensics expert testifies
Facebook's business model is poison and its divisive algorithms are a driving force behind online misinformation, according to a digital...
House Intel Committee ditches script, grills big tech on polarizing users and toxic civic discourse
Today, representatives from big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified remotely in a virtual hearing before the House Intelligence...
DOJ proposes legal reforms to promote free speech, address illicit content on online platforms
Today the US Department of Justice (DOJ) publishes four reform proposals to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that...
Cybersecurity leaders urge Congress to protect seniors, financial sector from widespread fraud during pandemic
Cybersecurity leaders urge Congress to enact legislation that would protect senior citizens from online fraudsters, educate American citizens about cyber...
