Congress
Donald Trump Urges Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban Amid First Amendment Concerns
A delay could reshape the digital landscape while redefining government power over online platforms.
The NSA Tells Employees To Surveil People “With Dignity and Respect”
Orwellian levels of justification.
The White House Tells Social Media Platforms To Take A “Zero-Tolerance” Stance Against “Hate Speech”
The White House’s plan to tackle antisemitism is to make online platforms “accountable.”
Psaki: No options are “off the table” regarding regulating online speech
The White House isn’t toning down its rhetoric.
India demands Twitter stop labeling lawmakers’ tweets as “manipulated media”
The government wants Twitter to be “neutral and unbiased.”
Google accused of prioritizing YouTube in supposedly “organic” search results
Google is already facing antitrust scrutiny.
US Copyright Office proposes stripping YouTube of some of its DMCA safe harbor protections
The Copyright Office suggested that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm “may go beyond what Congress intended” when establishing the DMCA’s safe harbor protections.
ADL asks Congress for $60 billion coronavirus national non-profit bailout package
The ADL has consistently pushed tech platforms to implement policies that hurt independent creators.
Senior Google engineer suggests CEO Sundar Pichai’s statements to Congress on political bias were untrue
This follows former Google engineer Mike Wacker saying Pichai lied to Congress.