The FTC files to block Meta's acquisition of VR company Within, saying Meta “chose to buy” instead of compete, the first antitrust lawsuit filed under Lina Khan
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. Lauren Feiner / CNBC : Facebook lawsuit delivers on FTC chair Lina Khan's progressive agenda Josh Sisco / Politico : Antitrust agency ta...
A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more
To provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights … Msmash / Slashdot : Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law Ben Brody / Protocol : Congress is actually taking a go at a real pri...
The US FCC approves “nutrition labels” forcing ISPs to show prices, speed, and more, plus network management practices like throttling, starting on November 15
so we can compare price, speed & data. No more fees in fine print. That's why the FCC is kicking off an effort to develop #broadbandnutritionlabels. Makena Kelly / @kellymakena : Nutrition-like labels...
Biden admin says Mina Hsiang will lead the US Digital Service, working on crises across the government; Hsiang previously worked on HealthCare.gov's rescue team
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Microsoft says an attacker gained access to one of its customer service agents and launched attacks against customers in a probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center is tracking new activity from the NOBELIUM threat actor. Tom Warren / The Verge : Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips Malcolm Owen / AppleInsid...
Ahead of House hearing, Mark Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reform that makes protections conditional on platforms' ability to identify and remove content
Want this newsletter delievered to your inbox? — Good evening, Aaron Mackey / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Facebook's Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But not for Thee Russell Brandom / Th...
Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that violates its rules but was left up because it was deemed newsworthy and of public interest
even Trump's Aaron Mak / Slate : Facebook Just Made Taking Down a Trump Post Inevitable Brian Fung / CNN : Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies Queenie Wong ...
TikTok announces the first members of its US content moderation committee, including experts in child safety, hate speech, and misinformation
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As coronavirus forces many activities online, the often-invisible digital divide in the US is exposed, with 21M Americans lacking access to high-speed internet
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios : Tweets: @axios , @franochillo , and @margarethmcgill Tweets: @axios : 🖥 DIGITAL DIVIDES: The crisis is offering vivid case studies of real world, everyday harms that...
As coronavirus forces many activities online, the often-invisible digital divide in the US is exposed, with 21M Americans lacking access to high-speed internet
As the coronavirus pushes more human activities online, it's forcing a reckoning with the often-invisible digital divide. Tweets: @axios , @margarethmcgill , and @franochillo Tweets: @axios : 🖥 DIGITA...