The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
for a Good Reason Alfonso Maruccia / TechSpot : White House consults experts, lays down a six-point plan to increase Big Tech accountability GovTech : White House Outlines Guiding Principles for Big T...
Sources: a bipartisan bill that would stop platforms from favoring their own products is facing resistance from some Senate Democrats worried about the midterms
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Biden signs $1T+ infrastructure bill into law, with $65B to boost broadband access, $475M in grants to help low-income Americans acquire computing devices, more
here's what $1T infrastructure bill means for Washington state Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : President Biden signs infrastructure bill into law, mandating broker reporting requirements Wall Street J...
Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel to officially lead the FCC, nominates Gigi Sohn as third Democratic commissioner, but it's unclear if Senate will confirm soon
On the surface — and maybe this is close to how the company wants … Diana Goovaerts / FierceTelecom : Biden taps Rosenworcel, Davidson to fill key telecom posts at FCC, NTIA Ben Brody / Protocol : Bid...
Craig Federighi says introducing two similar features at the same time, iMessage protections for children and CSAM scanning of iCloud photos, caused confusion
no need to call it the privacy feature. We are not that gullible. All cloud service providers scan images but come on Apple Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : In writing this op-ed for the Times, @ale...
Biden EO will encourage the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, asks FTC to draft right-to-repair rules, more
but it can't until he picks a third Democrat Pia Singh / CNBC : IAC CEO says Apple is ‘worse’ than Google and will be next target in U.S. antitrust crackdown Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : President Joe Bide...
Facebook attacks Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming iOS 14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses
and they should have the choice to allow that or not.” https://twitter.com/... @fbnewsroom : We're standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere. #SpeakUpForSmall https://about.fb.com/... Ralph...
Twitter and Facebook labeled a message from Trump alleging election theft; Twitter restricted sharing of the tweet, but Facebook didn't reduce the post's spread
Good morning! This Thursday, why it's hard … Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times : Twitter flags Trump election tweets as misleading Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News : Vote Watch: Twitter takes action on multiple...
Recording of Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 where Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai testified
bringing in Zuckerberg, Pichai, & Dorsey to defend their content moderation under threat of gutting Section 230, days before the election—feels like a last-ditch effort to spook them out of enforcing ...
Banning TikTok from US app stores but allowing it to operate until Nov. 12 prevents TikTok from patching any security vulnerabilities found in the meantime
a move which is shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/... SIX / @sixiaotang : Tiktok will be fine; the no-compromise loss of WeChat access in the US is devasta...