Sources: dozens of VC firms, including Bain Capital, Lux, Mayfield, and IVP, are working with the US Commerce Department to develop “responsible AI” guidelines
Dan Primack / Axios : X: @digiphile X: Alex Howard / @digiphile : Dear @SecRaimondo, How many academic, nonprofit, and human rights groups is @CommerceGov working with to develop these responsible AI...
A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges a Senate floor vote for FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to end a 21-month deadlock and enable Biden's agenda
Almost 250 groups will send a letter Friday to congressional leaders, calling for the Senate to vote to confirm Democratic nominee Gigi Sohn Tweets: @digiphile , @efffalcon , @cat_zakrzewski , and @ev...
Nearly eight months into his term, Biden has yet to pick new leaders at the FCC and NTIA, delaying action on key agenda items, like reinstating net neutrality
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post : Tweets: @cendemtech , @viacristiano , @masspirates , @robpegoraro , @digiphile , and @karlbode Tweets: @cendemtech : “'The commission can't really move forward on t...
Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend Trump's accounts to the Oversight Board and says the accounts will remain suspended in the meantime
but I love what they are doing with their Oversight Board (even if it's a CYA move & 10 years too late). https://twitter.com/... Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie : Just in time for the 2016, I mean 2...
Parler CEO confirms that Amazon will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST, says Parler may be unavailable on the internet for up to a week
from apps down to infrastructure — the higher the bar for banning content/users. Amazon booting Parler off AWS > Apple/Google banning Parler from app stores > Twitter banning Trump Would be more worri...
A list of platforms that banned or limited Trump-affiliated accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Apple, Snapchat, TikTok, Shopify, Pinterest, and more
The first inkling I had that something was very wrong … Cameron Peters / Vox : Every online platform that has cracked down on Trump Will Chamberlain / New York Post : Rein in abusive Big Tech republic...
Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing
every case is different. https://www.techdirt.com/... And inciting an attack on your own government that leaves five people dead is a far graver assault on free speech than anything you're complaining...
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
Pranshu Verma / New York Times : Tweets: @zacharykeck , @digiphile , @ewong , @deborahamos , @moisesnaim , @donmoyn , @tmclaughlin3 , and @frankpallone Tweets: Zachary Keck / @zacharykeck : Michael P...
As Facebook and Google continue to ban political ads, Republican super PACs are spending millions on other platforms that offer no advertiser transparency
Facebook and Google are still banning political ads on their platforms, but that hasn't stopped Republican super PACs from spending millions … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @brendan_fischer , and @digiphil...
Twitter says it will transfer @POTUS to Joe Biden when he is sworn in as president, along with other official accounts; Facebook says it will do the same
which allows rule-breaking tweets to remain up, with warning labels — the moment that Biden is sworn in to office.” https://twitter.com/... Alex Howard / @digiphile : Good to know. We haven't heard an...