Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
For reasons you can guess at, debanking has been the topic du jour in my Twitter feed. Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News : FinTech CEOs Expose How Feds Colluded In ‘Debanking’ Schemes After Andreessen ‘Op...
President Biden signs legislation that will exempt some US chip manufacturing facilities receiving government subsidies from federal environmental reviews
Here's What To Know X: Aaron Levie / @levie : It's increasingly clear that to lead in many critical industries of the future like chips, climate tech, energy, biotech, space, or AI, America is going t...
YC is lobbying in Washington to support “Little Tech” over concerns that AI regulations meant to head off harms will instead help Big Tech maintain its lead
Venture capital firms are bringing San Francisco's startup culture to Washington as they try to tip the regulatory scales away from giants in the sector. X: @typewriters , @gilduran76 , @lindsayaamos ...
US lawmakers, TikTok staff, and others detail how TikTok lost the war in Washington, including CEO Shou Zi Chew's failure to build support on Capitol Hill
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The US Senate is set to vote on RISAA, which reauthorizes FISA's Section 702 and could force new types of businesses to eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant
Critics on Capitol Hill are calling it the “Stasi provision” … X: @savingprivacy : 1/ 🚨🚨🚨WATCH: Senator @RonWyden's floor speech on a terrifying provision in the FISA Section 702 bill (RISAA) that wil...
Twitter asks a US federal court to terminate an FTC order that puts restrictions on its data security practices and to stay a deposition of Elon Musk
The company asked the federal court to terminate an order with the agency hours before Chair Lina Khan testified on Capitol Hill
The US will find banning TikTok difficult due to its massive userbase, political ramifications, possible alienation of young voters, legal challenges, and more
The tensions over the Chinese-owned social media app will come to a head on Thursday, when the company's chief executive testifies on Capitol Hill.
Source: TikTok is paying dozens of creators to visit DC next week and lobby lawmakers against a forced sale, ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony on March 23
TikTok's planning to flood the nation's capital with “dozens” … The Economic Times : US justice department investigating TikTok's owner for ‘spying’ on journos: report Rebecca Falconer / Axios : TikTo...
Frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill, tech privacy advocates are turning to legislation at state level to bolster online privacy, including in Illinois and NY
Tech privacy advocates frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill are looking to mine state capitals for legislative victories. Mastodon: @alng@journa.host . Tweets: @jduballreports , @kyleschmauch , @alf...
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are investigating Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims and seeking a meeting for further information
including fines https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : If these claims are accurate, they may show dangerous data privacy & security risks for Twitter users around t...