Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
then walked back the policy and said it was an ‘error’ Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow David Matthews / TechSpot : Amazon bans TikTok citing ...
Bernie Sanders unveils a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan with $150B to build publicly owned broadband networks, wants to break up ISPs like Comcast and AT&T
When Bernie is president … Alex Hernandez / Techaeris : Bernie Sanders promises high-speed internet for all Clyde Hughes / UPI : Bernie Sanders unveils ‘High-Speed Internet for All’ plan Jeff Baumgart...
Seattle's City Council passes legislation to establish minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers and raise per-ride taxes to fund programs like affordable housing
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire :
FTC announces a new task force to monitor competition in “technology-related sectors” and says that it will look into previous mergers
Trump Turns on China Hawks as Huawei Doubles Down Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Critics Are Wary of the FTC's New Tech Antitrust Task Force Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast : Lina Khan, a Top Antitrust Thi...
USCIS tells Senate of its plans to stop letting spouses of H-1B visa holders apply for work permits and is working to rescind “International Entrepreneur Rule”
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire :
Judge overturns Trump administration's delay of Obama-era ‘startup visa,’ siding with investor group
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire :
Judge overturns Trump administration's delay of Obama-era ‘startup visa,’ siding with investor group
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire : … A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter the U.S. under the Internati...
In an interview, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is committed to helping Congressional investigators publicly release Russia-linked ads and info on user targeting
CEO Daily, Friday, 13th October David McCabe / Axios : Facebook isn't changing its business because of Russia Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg : Twitter Deleted Data Possibly Crucial to Russia Probes: Politi...
In an interview, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is committed to helping Congressional investigators publicly release Russia-linked ads and info on user targeting
CEO Daily, Friday, 13th October Steve Kovach / Business Insider : Sheryl Sandberg got everything wrong about Facebook's role as a media company Edward Graham / Morning Consult : Congressional Black Ca...
Trump unveils STEM and coding education push, with $200M grant target from Dept. of Education; sources: tech firms including FB, Google pledge financial support
computer science education as a launching pad to a promising future Donald J. Trump / The White House : Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Education Anna Hensel / VentureBeat : Amazon, Googl...