Microsoft takes aim at Google as it supports bill to give news publishers...
The House Antitrust Subcommittee debated an antitrust bill that would give news publishers collective bargaining power with online platforms like Facebook and Google, putting the spotlight on a...
View ArticleThat Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix It.
A year after the pandemic turned the nation’s digital divide into an education emergency, President Joe Biden, inheriting the problem, is making affordable broadband a top priority, comparing it to the...
View ArticleA Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived
Around the world, governments are moving simultaneously to limit the power of tech companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry had experienced before. Their motivation varies. In the...
View ArticleFacebook Faces a Public Relations Crisis. What About a Legal One?
The most pressing questions is whether the Securities and Exchange Commission — the federal agency where Ms. Haugen sent the documents — will significantly add to Facebook’s woes. Whistle-blowers have...
View ArticleAs Europe Approves New Tech Laws, the US Falls Further Behind
In just the last few years, Europe has seen a landmark law for online privacy take effect, approved sweeping regulations to curb the dominance of the tech giants and is nearing a deal on new...
View ArticleGoogle Agrees to $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States
Google agreed to a record $391.5 million privacy settlement with a 40-state coalition of attorneys general for charges that it misled users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their...
View Article‘Rip and Replace’: The Tech Cold War Is Upending Wireless Carriers
As the US and China battle for geopolitical and technological primacy, the fallout has reached small wireless carriers in dozens of states. They are on the receiving end of the Biden administration’s...
View ArticleFTC Chair Faces Criticism in Congressional Hearing
Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, faced more than three hours of criticism and ridicule from Republicans in a House hearing, as emboldened critics increasingly put pressure on the...
View ArticleFCC's Inspector General Looks Into Changes That Benefited Sinclair
In April 2017, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, led the charge for his agency to approve rules allowing television broadcasters to greatly increase the number of...
View ArticleAT&T’s Time Warner Takeover Wins Judge’s Approval in Defeat for Justice Dept
Private sector development: AT&T | Time WarnerOn October 22, 2016, AT&T and Time Warner announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire Time Warner in...
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