Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it ~tech apple Article 817 words 67 votes
A new bill would force internet companies in the USA to spy on their users for the Drug Enforcement Administration ~tech internet privacy Article 1935 words 45 votes
French government could cut off social media during unrest, says Emmanuel Macron ~tech social media Article 894 words 12 votes
Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone app payments to competition ~tech apple google Article 193 words 8 votes
Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants ~tech google Article 284 words 27 votes
Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen wrote part of a speech using OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to highlight the risks of artificial intelligence ~tech Article 396 words 3 votes
Brazilian supreme court Minister to take legal action against Telegram ~tech Article 346 words 3 votes
Norway's $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI – Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ethical use of AI ~tech Article 290 words 4 votes
Office of Science and Technology Policy issues guidance to make US Federally funded research freely available without delay ~science Article 682 words 12 votes
Two US senators propose ban on data caps, blasting ISPs for “predatory” limits ~tech Article 659 words 18 votes
"Letter in Support of Responsible Fintech Policy" - Twenty-six well-known computer scientists send letter to Congress urging them to resist crypto lobbying ~tech Article 1887 words 11 votes
Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition ~tech internet Article 5 votes
A fight over the right to repair cars turns ugly in Massachusetts ~transport Article 659 words 12 votes
2021 was the year US lawmakers tried to regulate online speech ~tech internet Article 897 words, published Dec 26 2021 10 votes
King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software ~tech privacy Link 15 votes
Supreme Court of the United States Justice Clarence Thomas argues for regulating large internet platforms as common carriers ~tech internet Article 535 words 21 votes
Big Tech critic Tim Wu joins Joe Biden administration to work on US competition policy ~tech Article 419 words 9 votes
Indian government restricts foreign mapping services to one metre accuracy ~news india politics Article 856 words 5 votes
Joe Manchin's bid to pierce US tech's shield ~tech internet Article 234 words, published Feb 1 2021 4 votes
Italy takes action against TikTok following girl’s death ~tech social media Article 246 words 5 votes
US President Joe Biden's Federal Communications Commission appointment is a big step toward net neutrality's return ~tech internet Article 736 words 10 votes
Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology ~tech Article 365 words 14 votes
European Commission proposes Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: New rules for all digital services, including social media, online marketplaces, and other platforms operating in the EU ~tech social media internet Link 10 votes
EARN IT Act introduced in US House of Representatives ~tech internet security privacy Article 247 words 37 votes
President Trump is continuing his war on Section 230 and the right for the open internet to exist ~tech privacy internet social media Article 1029 words 8 votes
A crash course in CDA Section 230, and a discussion between two lawyers about the EARN IT Act and what it means for free speech and privacy online ~tech privacy security internet Video 1:08:34, published Aug 22 2020 5 votes
US phone carriers may soon be able to block all calls from robocallers' carriers ~tech Article 593 words, published Jul 17 2020 16 votes
United Kingdom to ban Huawei equipment in 2021 and remove it from 5G networks by 2027 ~tech Article 388 words 6 votes
Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons ~tech security Article 348 words 11 votes
Terrible, dangerous EARN IT act set to move forward in the senate; attack on both encryption and free speech online ~tech social media internet privacy Article 511 words 27 votes
Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data ~tech internet privacy Article 606 words 18 votes
CDA Section 230 explained: The important and often-misunderstood legal foundation of the social internet ~tech social media internet Article 3539 words 6 votes
Amazon may face EU antitrust charges over merchant data in coming weeks ~finance business Article 243 words 5 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms ~tech social media Article 527 words 31 votes
Our neophobic, conservative AI overlords want everything to stay the same ~tech Article 968 words, published Jan 1 2020 11 votes
Alex Stamos on legal issues for US tech companies sharing with foreign governments ~tech social media facebook Link 5 votes
'Ban kids from loot box gambling in games,' MPs say ~games Article 622 words, published Sep 12 2019 11 votes
US Senator says Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘possibility of a prison term’ ~tech social media Article 309 words 14 votes
Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video ~tech social media Article 482 words 13 votes
GitHub restricts developer accounts based in Iran, Crimea, and other countries under US sanctions ~tech microsoft Article 612 words 6 votes