Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions, and it's unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Again NZ Herald : Trump gives TikTok 90 more days to find buyer, again delayed ban Joe DePaolo / Mediaite : ‘Brazenly Illegal’: Conservatives Lash Out at Trump for Executive Order Sidestepping TikTok ...
An analysis of two years of episodes by nine prominent podcasters shows how they became mainstream sources for young men and rallied support for Trump's agenda
In an effort to understand … John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine : The Trump Immigration Fire Hose David Aaron / Just Security : The Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened Series, Trump's Immigrat...
Donald Trump signs an EO ending “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to investigate if the Biden admin censored US citizens' free speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [image] Ryan Goodman / @rgoodlaw : This Executive Order appears to be the executive branch taking up the work of Jim Jordan's weaponization of government select sub...
Sources: Trump plans an EO to elevate crypto to a national imperative or priority and create a crypto advisory council to advocate for industry priorities
As Crypto Experts Push For Stockpile On Day One Gustaf Kilander / The Independent : A crypto council? Trump plans to make cryptocurrency a national priority with executive order Ronaldo Marquez / News...
Sources: Biden considers EOs to limit US investments in China, collection of US citizens' data by Chinese companies, and selling of US tech to Chinese customers
and generally treat app developers as strategic allies, not adversaries: the failure of fauxpenness Tweets: Ben Smith / @semaforben : NEWS: Biden will crack down on Chinese tech with a new executive o...
Microsoft removes Positive Technologies from a list of vendors it gives early access to vulnerability info; IBM also lists Positive as a security partner
MAPP Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: How the FBI Finally Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : US government strikes back at Kremlin for SolarWind...
As POTUS, Biden will overturn Trump's immigration EOs, support net neutrality, and may not prioritize Section 230 reform, but his antitrust approach is unclear
For the first time in years, US will have someone who likes evidence, governs using science, won't peddle quack theories and drugs, will fact check statements and accept fact check corrections, & will...
US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department's order banning downloads of WeChat from Sunday
one with a deal, the other with a judge's help Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg : Trump's WeChat Curbs Halted by Judge on Free Speech Concerns David Shepardson / Reuters : Wall Street Journal : WeChat B...
White House: draft EO ordering probes into practices of Facebook and Google is not an official document; sources: Yelp sent email with the draft EO to WH aides
Immigrant kids are in cages and U.S. no longer part of the Paris Accord but it's declaring FB/GOOG monopolies that's insanity?http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Btw if th...
A roundup of how technology companies and executives are reacting to President Trump's executive orders on immigration
“People across the company are freaking out.” — On Friday, President Trump signed an executive ordered temporarily halting the US refugee program for 120 days.