Ron Wyden
IRS accused of buying smartphone data from unsuspecting surveillance targets
Data was collected without the targets’ knowledge.
Senator Ron Wyden wants to know why Twitter DMs still aren’t end-to-end encrypted
It’s been two years since Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said they were working on it.
Senator Ron Wyden asks FTC to investigate pay-for-play ad blocking whitelisting
Wyden suggests its anti-competitive.
Senator Wyden and others question private equity firm’s .org takeover
Congress is addressing the controversy.
Memes are safe for now, as the “anti-meme” bill is blocked from Senate vote
Senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul have saved the day.
AOC, Ted Cruz, and Ron Wyden slam Apple’s censorship “at the behest of the Chinese government”
Apple rejected the app from its App Store last week after telling Senator Josh Hawley that it would be made available.
Epic Games says it wont censor for China, but Chinese Tencent owns 40% of the company
Unlike Blizzard, Epic is pledging not to introduce censorship on political grounds.
Senator Ron Wyden suggests “the possibility of a prison term” for Mark Zuckerberg’s lies
Facebook was recently fined $5 billion by the FTC for privacy violations – a fine that many saw as a slap on the wrist.
Senator Ron Wyden calls on Facebook and Google to end political micro-targeting
Sen. Wyden suggests that Google and Facebook should prevent politicians from uploading lists of specific voters for targeted adverts.
Senator Wyden calls for US wireless carriers to stop helping government spy on its own citizens
Section 215 of the Patriot Act is going to expire at the end of this year. Wyden underlined the importance of civic participation, by contacting their senators through mails and calls to ask them not to renew section 215.
White House proposal to combat online censorship may allow FCC to remove Section 230 protections
Critics are concerned that the proposals may go too far and could be unconstitutional.
Attorney General William Barr says people will just have to get used to encryption backdoors
The proposal will weaken security for all citizens.