US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will take up the Kids Online Safety Act this week, signaling there's enough support among his colleagues
including children. The Senate should say NO to bills that undermine online privacy like KOSA. https://netchoice.org/... [image] Oma Seddiq / @omaseddiq : .@SenSchumer gets visibly emotional and tears...
A look at how the $42.5B US broadband infrastructure plan will be allocated: Texas leads with $3.3B+, California gets $1.8B+, Missouri gets $1.7B+, and more
find out how much your state will get Kris Holt / Engadget : The Biden administration's $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : U.S. to Invest $42 Bil...
Crypto advocates say recent written and unwritten polices by financial regulators are making it unfeasible or impossible for crypto firms to operate in the US
The industry sure thinks so — even as the White House denies it. — The crypto company was essentially reverse-engineered for Washington, D.C.'s stamp of approval.
Source: TikTok is paying dozens of creators to visit DC next week and lobby lawmakers against a forced sale, ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony on March 23
TikTok's planning to flood the nation's capital with “dozens” … The Economic Times : US justice department investigating TikTok's owner for ‘spying’ on journos: report Rebecca Falconer / Axios : TikTo...
The US' Berman amendments, passed during the Cold War to protect the free flow of content between the US and hostile countries, may complicate a TikTok ban
One can think of many reasons to worry about TikTok … Rose Horowitch / NBC News : TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March amid app security questions CNBC : Europe's crackdown on Big Tech omitt...
A profile of incoming GOP House majority whip Tom Emmer, a rare crypto advocate who has developed close ties to the industry in a skeptical Congress
and FTX collapsed — he has warned against aggressive crypto regulation. Emmer and the NRCC, which he led, also took money from FTX execs. They declined to say if he would return it https://www.washing...
US congressional aides say TikTok representatives have largely ignored Republican lawmakers, which could have serious consequences if the GOP retakes the House
Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @matt_schrader_ , @rmac18 , @caseymlewis , and @birnbaum_e Tweets: @business : TikTok is stepping up its charm offensive in D.C., but is sidestepping its loudest Repub...
A coalition including Amazon, Google, and Uber urges the DHS to let kids of high-skilled visa holders stay in the US past the age of 21 without a green card
when my time is up, will I be “forced” to leave? Michelle Hackman / @mhackman : Athulya moved here when she was 5. She competed on her HS debate team, graduated from UT Austin with a degree in journal...
Crypto firms and trade groups have filed over a dozen new disclosures to hire lobbyists in DC since the tax amendment to the US infrastructure bill this summer
Facing a head-spinning array of new legislative and regulatory action out of Washington, D.C., the crypto industry is reacting … Tweets: @coindesk , @coindesk , @coindesk , and @nikhileshde Tweets: @c...
Airbnb says it is canceling and blocking reservations made for the week of Biden's inauguration in the Washington, DC metro area
- Airbnb is canceling and blocking future reservations in the Washington, D.C., metro area during the week of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, the company said Wednesday.