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Four Kids "Safety" Bills, Supporting Online Digital ID Agenda, Hit Senate Floor
KOSA and the CHATBOT Act say they do not require age verification. Their duties still revolve on knowing a user's age.
Markey’s AI Bills Could Force Online Age Verification Digital ID
The slogan is taking power back from Big Tech. The fine print asks for your ID before you are allowed to say a word.
Democrats Demand Apple and Google Ban X From App Stores
Lawmakers’ demands reveal how easily they think an excuse can eclipse the First Amendment in the age of AI.
Supreme Court Upholds Law Forcing ByteDance to Divest TikTok or Face US Ban, Leaving Decision to Incoming President Trump
Trump’s return to the White House could decide whether TikTok stays or disappears for 170 million US users.
Democrats Target Twitter Over Data Privacy
Another letter to Twitter.
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Amazon Has Been Handing Ring Footage Over to Police Without the Owner’s Permission
So who owns the data?
Senator Markey Calls for Twitter Regulation After Elon Musk Ignored His Letter
Senator Markey wants social media regulated for “safety.”
Senator Ed Markey Issues Threat to Elon Musk’s Twitter
Says Twitter will “pay a price” if it doesn’t add “guardrails.”
Digital ID Companies Thrived During the Pandemic. Only Now Are Their Privacy Claims Being Challenged.
One of the pandemic “winners” – a member of a large group of companies that appeared and grew exponentially to serve the needs of the government in its chosen way of handling the situation, as most of the economy was standing still – now appears to be in trouble. ID.me’s business is digital ide
Almost All of the Senators Supposed to Be Holding Big Tech Accountable Are Bankrolled by Google
11 of the 12 senators at this week’s subcommittee hearing are accepting cash from Google.
Senator Ed Markey Claims Facebook Groups Are “Echo-Chambers of Misinformation,” Demands More Censorship
Markey wants details of how Facebook plans to censor political groups in the future.
