The White House meets with corporate, government, and academic experts to begin developing strategies for 6G, as the US seeks to build an early lead over China
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Google says the FEC dismissed GOP claims that Gmail was filtering campaign ad emails, after the company showed the spam filter was for “commercial reasons”
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Sources: negotiations between Congressional lawmakers on online privacy policies include limits on tech giants' collection, storage, and use of personal info
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kent_walker Tweets: Kent Walker / @kent_walker : As @johndmckinnon says, hurdles still loom to getting privacy passed before the midterms. There is a...
Sources: Biden admin plans to allow a Trump-era rule in March enabling Commerce Dept. to ban tech business transactions with China it feels are security threats
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @michaelxpettis and @niubi Tweets: Michael Pettis / @michaelxpettis : A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy said that “altering economic law with pol...
FTC announces a new task force to monitor competition in “technology-related sectors” and says that it will look into previous mergers
Trump Turns on China Hawks as Huawei Doubles Down Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Critics Are Wary of the FTC's New Tech Antitrust Task Force Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast : Lina Khan, a Top Antitrust Thi...
After private White House meeting, Sundar Pichai agrees to attend an upcoming roundtable with Trump and “internet stakeholders”; details to be announced
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FCC limits the time local authorities get to review 5G applications to 90 days, caps annual fees to $270 per small cell, unless cities can prove higher costs
What Apple Pay Head Jennifer Bailey Learned at Netscape Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : Ajit Pai Couldn't Care Less About Rural America Marguerite Reardon / CNET : FCC limits fees cities can charge fo...
After receiving “increased level of interest”, DOJ has invited a bipartisan group of 24 state AGs to upcoming meeting on alleged speech stifling by tech firms
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Top GOP lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee write letters to Apple and Alphabet for more info on how they handle data from users' smartphones
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A look at what happens now that net neutrality rules have been rolled back, including its immediate implications and legal pushback
But It's Not Dead Yet Emily Price / Lifehacker : What Happens Now That Net Neutrality Is ‘Gone’ Sean Captain / Fast Company : Four ways to survive the end of net neutrality today Tony Romm / Houston C...