Congress is finally taking a look at deepfakes
The House subcommittee wants to discuss how to ‘combat harmful deception and manipulation’ online.
On Jan 7, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
Why one senator stopped a vote on net neutrality
The working group has been criticized as a way to delay or weaken the Save the Internet Act.
On Dec 11, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Pelosi calls for House to proceed with impeachment against Trump
Pelosi’s request comes after several hearings and a detailed report being released.
On Dec 5, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Republicans, Dems split over right to sue Facebook
Democrats and Republicans talked about a possible online privacy bill on Wednesday.
On Dec 4, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Senate Democrats propose sweeping online privacy bill
The bill aims to give consumers more control over the data collected by tech companies.
On Nov 26, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Stephen Miller should be fired, more than 100 lawmakers say
The members of Congress sent President Donald Trump a letter.
On Nov 22, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
The U.S. Army is reevaluating its use of TikTok after security concerns
This isn’t the first time the government has raised some concerns about the popular app.
Congress is concerned Amazon isn’t safeguarding Ring videos
The letter comes after one of the senators published Amazon’s responses to his questions about Ring.
On Nov 20, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Amazon says police can hold on to Ring videos indefinitely
Ring’s relationship with law enforcement has faced scrutiny.
Congress thinks Facebook is misleading you about its location tracking
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday.
On Nov 19, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Joey Salads suggests Democrats carried out Santa Clarita mass shooting
The YouTuber turned politician tweeted out the conspiracy theory in meme form.
On Nov 14, 2019 by Libby Cohen
Why today’s new facially recognition bill is being called ‘woefully’ inadequate
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the bill.
On Nov 14, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
This group is scanning thousands of faces in Congress today to protest facial recognition
As of mid-morning on Thursday, the group had scanned more than 6,000 faces.
QAnon-touting congressman sneaks ‘Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself’ into tweets
Paul Gosar’s anti-impeachment tirade contained a secret message.
On Nov 13, 2019 by Tiffanie Drayton
Why ‘Jim Jordan Knew’ is back in the news
Jim Jordan gets accused (again!) of covering up Ohio State sex abuse.
On Nov 8, 2019 by David Covucci
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