Google's top lobbyist Mark Isakowitz departs to become GOP Senator-elect Dave McCormick's chief of staff, leaving a power vacuum in the company's lobbying team
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SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges
The First Amendment was written in the 18th century … The Hill : Morning Report — Is a Trump election interference trial off the table? CCIA : Supreme Court Issues Ruling in CCIA, NetChoice Challenge ...
Investigation: Amazon backs three advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft's government cloud contracts; an Amazon executive wrote a public FTC comment
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Eddie Cue's US v. Google testimony: Cue said Google was the only “valid” search choice for a deal; the DOJ noted Apple railed against Google's privacy policies
When court resumed today for the start of the third week … Adi Robertson / The Verge : Apple's Eddy Cue will take the stand Tuesday in the Google antitrust trial Thomas Barrabi / New York Post : Top A...
SCOTUS turns away an appeal by victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit facilitated and benefited from CSAM, after two Section 230 rulings in early May
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A look at Twitter v. Taamneh and the US Supreme Court's struggle to determine whether social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism
depending on how you count the Justices? Would be a 5-4 decision, Thomas, Jackson, Kagan, Sotomayer & Alito. Josh Gerstein / @joshgerstein : For 2nd day in a row, tech seems likely to get a reprieve f...
Filings: Apple's US lobbying spend grew 44% YoY to $9.4M in 2022; Amazon's grew ~2% to $19.7M, Meta's fell 4.6% to $19.2M; Google spent $10.9M, Microsoft $9.8M
and engaged in astroturfing on top of it all Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg : Meta Lobbying Spending Dips as Job Cuts, Costs Surge Tweets: Amit Kumar / @akumar : lol lobbyist: what's our budget? functiona...
The White House plans to push for antitrust legislation in the post-midterms lame duck session, perhaps a final shot for AICOA, Open App Markets Act, and others
Bills are stalled after $100 million lobbying https://www.bloomberg.com/... // the bills couldn't possibly be stalled because they are a bad idea. Emily Birnbaum / @birnbaum_e : The White House tells ...
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...
Apple is on track for its biggest year of US lobbying, spending $4.6M in H1 2022, as Tim Cook becomes one of the country's most politically active tech CEOs
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