X announces new shows with former CNN host Don Lemon, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and sports commentator Jim Rome, amid a push into video
welcome to the family!!! Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : Tulsi Gabbard, who once unsuccessfully sued Google for “silencing” her campaign's ad account, announces a video partnership with Musk's X Tuck...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas the CEOs of X, Discord, and Snap to testify at a hearing on children's online safety on December 6
expects their CEOs will agree to testify voluntarily. Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : We promised Big Tech that they'd have their chance to explain their failures to protect kids. Now's that ch...
Despite broad support by the US public and lawmakers for child internet laws, Congress has done nothing, even after holding 39 hearings on the topic since 2017
Americans are broadly united in support of laws to make the internet safer for kids. So why doesn't Congress act? Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @justinhendrix , @superwuster , @evan_greer , @vi...
The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority
so they can do the crucial work of expanding access to high speed internet, protecting consumers from junk fees, and more X: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : 🚨 Breaking: Senate confirms Biden's FCC no...
A US judge dismisses an RNC lawsuit alleging Gmail's spam filters illegally suppressed their emails, saying the RNC hadn't shown that Google acted in bad faith
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A look at Stanford's bootcamp to educate Congress on deepfakes, how AI can potentially reshape education and health care, and the use of AI in national security
That's because it is a powerful tech giant. Stanford is BigTech and BigTech is Stanford. — By @nitashatiku — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Bluesky: Harbour Fordyce / @harbourfordyce.bsky.so...
A look at Stanford University's efforts to educate Congress on AI, including a boot camp covering AI's potential to reshape education and a primer on deepfakes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... X: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : D.C. aides get wined and dined at Stanford AI event, @nitashatiku reports https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Steven Overly / @s...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee advances the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0; critics highlight issues, like forcing companies to collect more user data
Policy Analyst, Free Expression Project — Aliya Bhatia is a policy analyst … Twitter: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : At Senate Commerce markup of KOSA/COPPA 2.0. Cruz, the top Republican, says he'...
Sources: Google hired a law firm for a civil rights and racial equity audit into its services and policies, after years of pressure from advocates and Democrats
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