While Instagram prepared to defend itself at a Wednesday Senate hearing by announcing new child-safety measures, the libertarian-minded TechFreedom argued that parents are the ones who need to step up. Ari Cohn, free speech counsel at TechFreedom, said…
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Feds investigating Trump’s social media start-up deal, business partners say
Business partners of former President Trump’s social media start-up revealed Monday that the Biden administration is investigating their business, according to regulatory filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The…
Klobuchar: Pro-choice Republicans interested in codifying Roe v. Wade’s abortion protections
Pro-choice Republicans are interested in codifying abortion protections into law as the Supreme Court considers overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat. Ms. Klobuchar told NBC’s “Meet the…
Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for House to discipline Rep. Lauren Boebert over comments
Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday she is certain House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will do something to discipline Rep. Lauren Boebert for her comments, which Ms. Omar has described as anti-Muslim. “We should punish and sanction Boebert by strippin…
Elizabeth Warren sicced SEC on Trump’s social media start-up deal
Former President Trump’s social media start-up is in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crosshairs. The Massachusetts Democrat urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the Trump Media & Technology Group’s merger agree…
Instagram CEO to testify before Congress next week on alleged harms to kids
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri will testify before a Senate subcommittee next week about his company’s impact on children, two senators announced Thursday, as lawmakers probe the platform’s alleged dangers for kids. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Co…
Former Facebook workers’ testimony spotlights lawmakers’ disagreement over censorship
Two former Facebook workers’ testimony to House lawmakers on Wednesday revealed that a major barrier to any new crackdown by Congress on big tech is the divergent views of Democrats and Republicans on censorship. One former Facebook worker c…
U.K. antitrust watchdog orders Facebook to sell Giphy
The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog ordered Facebook on Tuesday to sell Giphy, the GIF-sharing platform, because it says the combination would diminish competition in the advertising market. Facebook, which has reorganized as Meta, move…
Tea Party Patriots go local with candidate-training classes for school board, county council races
Tea Party Patriots plan to help conservative candidates win county and municipal elections next year similar to the way the group helped usher in a new class of Republicans in Congress a decade ago. The grassroots group is teaming with American M…
Italy hits Amazon and Apple with more than $225 million in fines
Italy’s regulatory watchdog hit American tech behemoths Amazon and Apple with fines on Tuesday totaling more than $225 million for alleged anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple products. The Italian Competition Authority said Tu…