A look at draft AI policies from Trump allies at the America First Policy Institute and the Heritage Foundation against “unnecessary and burdensome regulations”
[images] X: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : The plan to ‘make America first in AI’ would favor Silicon Valley investors, who are now flocking to support the former president. Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_...
EU regulators approve Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition after Microsoft made concessions to keep rivals' access to Call of Duty and other games
but the saga is ‘unlikely to end soon’ Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : EU approves Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar Activision Blizzard acquisition despite UK and US opposition Arjun Kharpal / CNBC...
The FTC sanctions Uber-owned alcohol delivery company Drizly and its CEO for data privacy abuses; Drizly will have to implement new data controls and training
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A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges a Senate floor vote for FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to end a 21-month deadlock and enable Biden's agenda
Almost 250 groups will send a letter Friday to congressional leaders, calling for the Senate to vote to confirm Democratic nominee Gigi Sohn Tweets: @digiphile , @efffalcon , @cat_zakrzewski , and @ev...
At a WH summit, tech companies, including YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, and Meta, announce new policies and tools to combat the spread of extremism on their sites
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Democrats and Republicans in Congress are investigating Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims and seeking a meeting for further information
including fines https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : If these claims are accurate, they may show dangerous data privacy & security risks for Twitter users around t...
The House Oversight Committee demands data from eight social media firms about their response to online threats against law enforcement after Mar-a-Lago search
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The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children
on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security practices. https://ww...
The White House launches a task force to examine whether existing federal laws are adequate to address online abuse and recommend changes by the end of 2022
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Oracle says it has “already suspended all operations” in Russia, following Ukrainian minister Mykhailo Fedorov's request of Oracle and SAP to do so
faster peace restored in Ukraine! I've addressed to @SAP and @Oracle for support! https://twitter.com/... Anton Barbashin / @abarbashin : Oracle stops working with Russia. If Microsoft does it as well...