DOJ
Biden DOJ’s proposal to stop surveilling members of the press appears to only apply to traditional media
Not updated for today’s media landscape.
House Democrats get targeted in surveillance operation made legal through laws they voted for
The same members are happy for such surveillance to be used against others, but not them.
Draft antitrust bills against Big Tech circulate Washington
2021 should be the year a bill is submitted.
Members
Justice Department seized phone records of WaPo journalists
Increasingly common in recent decades.
Google-sponsored report recommends subverting online “conspiracy” groups from within
A new way for tech giants to suppress content they deem to be a conspiracy.
Roku blows the whistle on YouTube’s “anti-competitive” demands
Roku may be forced to drop YouTube TV.
Daily Mail owner sues Google, says the tech giant retaliated after it sought non-Google monetization options
The Daily Mail says its search visibility has been deranked by Google.
Obama administration refused to act on 2013 FTC report that proved Google’s wildly anticompetitive behavior
How the monopoly came to be.
Vanita Gupta, Biden’s pick for Associate AG, is questioned over past statements about free speech online
Critics say Gupta has called for more censorship.
Biden AG pick Merrick Garland says he wants to look at “online misinformation”
The Capitol riot could be used to push for new internet laws.
Biden looks to former Obama staffers, Amazon and Google advisers, for top antitrust roles
A conflict of interest for an administration saying it wants to regulate Big Tech.