House passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US, sending it to the Senate ~tech social media Article 795 words 45 votes
European Union approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology ~tech Article 26 votes
EU fines Apple €1.8bn over App Store restrictions on music streaming ~tech apple Article 348 words 26 votes
White House urges use of type safe and memory safe programming languages and hardware ~tech security.cyber PDF 38 votes
Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within twenty days ~tech apple ios Article 1950 words 37 votes
"By all means, go after big tech. But for the love of the next generation, don’t pretend that it’s going to help vulnerable youth." ~tech social media Article 3142 words 33 votes
India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications ~tech apple security Article 3836 words 19 votes
Norwegian state-run telco Telenor announced plans to sell its satellite division to Space Norway, part of the country's space agency ~space satellites Article 433 words 6 votes
Fact sheet: US President Joe Biden issues executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence ~tech Article 1522 words 24 votes
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook ~tech facebook microsoft google social media Article 746 words 34 votes
UK's Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed ~tech social media Article 741 words 27 votes
France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet ~tech internet.open browsers Article 924 words, published Jun 26 2023 49 votes
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on. ~tech social media Article 916 words 81 votes
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
Sweden is banning equipment from Chinese telecommunication firms Huawei and ZTE from its new 5G network ~tech security.cyber Article 365 words 7 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