Category: Politics

April 20, 2019

CIA believes that Chinese state security funds Huawei

April 18, 2019

Read here: The Mueller report is out

April 15, 2019

EU Copyright Directive law officially passed

April 11, 2019

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion

April 10, 2019

Net Neutrality bill passed by House Democrats

March 31, 2019

DEA failed to check if their mass surveillance data was legal

March 29, 2019

Notorious ‘Call of Duty’ swatter, Tyler Barriss, to serve 20 years in prison

March 24, 2019

Petition calling for cancellation of Brexit reaches five million signatures

March 15, 2019

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was a member of hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow

March 4, 2019

Huawei is getting ready to sue the U.S. government

February 27, 2019

Statement: Michael Cohen’s opening words in Congressional hearing

February 26, 2019

FTC’s new Tech Task Force will keep an eye on tech monopolies

February 24, 2019

Report: Julian Assange has received an Australian passport

January 23, 2019

U.S. prosecutors pushing harder in probe against Julian Assange

January 19, 2019

President Trump now proposes a wall-for-DACA deal to end government shutdown

December 31, 2018

Austria is planning its own tax for tech companies like Apple and Google

December 25, 2018

New act approved by Congress grants open access to US government data

October 11, 2018

Kanye West wants Trump to have an ‘iPlane’ created by Apple

October 3, 2018

California sued by Internet industry groups over net neutrality law

June 4, 2018

Before leaving office, Missouri governor signs revenge porn law

June 2, 2018

President Trump nominates Geoffrey Starks for vacant FCC commissioner position

May 7, 2018

Democrats from House Intelligence Committee to release 3,000 Russian-bought Facebook ads

April 30, 2018

Iran instructs ISPs to block Telegram

April 24, 2018

Senate bill would require companies to have clearly worded terms regarding online data

April 20, 2018

DNC suing Trump campaign, Russia and WikiLeaks over 2016 hack

April 17, 2018

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has stepped down

April 16, 2018

UK is reportedly preparing for a Russian-backed cyberattack

April 11, 2018

It’s Official: Trump has signed controversial FOSTA-SESTA bill into law

April 11, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s data was accessed by Cambridge Analytica

April 10, 2018

Uber executives could face criminal charges in France

April 9, 2018

Oregon governor has signed net neutrality bill into law

April 7, 2018

Department of Homeland Security suggests database to track ‘media influencers’ around the world

April 6, 2018

Feds take down America’s premier prostitution website

April 6, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg to testify at joint Senate hearing on April 10th

April 6, 2018

Russia inches closer to banning Telegram

April 4, 2018

Google employees are petitioning for CEO to get out of Pentagon AI project

April 4, 2018

Most White House email domains appear to be vulnerable to phishing

March 28, 2018

Ecuador has cracked down on Julian Assange’s internet access

March 26, 2018

Cambridge Analytica now faces accusations of violating US election laws

March 26, 2018

Malaysian government proposes law that would make it illegal to spread fake news

March 26, 2018

Senate committee has asked Facebook, Twitter and Google to testify on privacy

March 26, 2018

FCC now aiming to block purchases from non-US firms posing ‘security threat’

March 26, 2018

To help curb excessive overtime, Seoul will turn off workers’ PCs

March 23, 2018

For all New Yorkers, a proposed law would assist you in work-life balance

March 23, 2018

Craigslist closes personal ads section due to anti sex-trafficking law

March 21, 2018

EU has proposed new taxes for tech companies

March 20, 2018

New York has joined Massachusetts investigation into Facebook’s data usage

March 20, 2018

UK seeks answers about Cambridge Analytica directly from Zuckerberg

March 19, 2018

Trump has banned Venezuelan cryptocurrency in the US

March 17, 2018

More states are now considering net neutrality rules

March 17, 2018

Democrats looking to subpeana tech companies over private chats

March 17, 2018

FCC’s robocall rule gets axed by court because it’s too broad

March 16, 2018

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-linked data firm

March 15, 2018

US issues sanctions against Russians for election meddling and cyberattacks

March 14, 2018

Broadcom has given up on Qualcomm buyout after veto from Trump

March 14, 2018

Facebook has banned hate group Britain First

March 14, 2018

President Trump wants to create something called a military ‘Space Force’

March 13, 2018

Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via tweet

March 13, 2018

New bill could finally fix the exorbitant cost of inmate phone calls

March 12, 2018

FCC is accusing startup for launching satellites without permission

March 11, 2018

FBI has arrested CEO of company for selling custom BlackBerrys to gangs

March 9, 2018

Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in prison

March 9, 2018

It appears Trump’s video game meeting may not lead to any future action

March 9, 2018

Senate to approve bill that would bring free credit freezes to all

March 8, 2018

Efforts to combat Russian meddling aren’t going well, says US general

March 8, 2018

Japan is cracking down on exchanges amid illegal activity

March 8, 2018

Trump’s video game meeting excludes those that study it

March 8, 2018

Lawmaker in California has introduced a ‘right to repair’ bill

March 7, 2018

To help curb violence, Sri Lanka has cut off access to social networks

March 7, 2018

Report: Russians apparently used fake social accounts to gather personal data on Americans

March 7, 2018

Report: Geek Squad found to be working with FBI for at least a decade

March 7, 2018

White House to request that law enforcement be allowed to disable civilian drones

March 6, 2018

Creator of Pepe The Frog is suing Infowars for copyright infringement

March 6, 2018

FCC is proposing $954 million in order to restore Puerto Rico’s telecom networks

March 6, 2018

Washington state passes laws protecting net neutrality

March 6, 2018

Six more tech companies have joined the right to save net neutrality

March 5, 2018

Confirmed: President Trump to meet video game industry leaders on March 8th

March 5, 2018

Pennsylvania is suing Uber over 2016 data breach

March 5, 2018

UK broadcast regulator will let customers walk away from broadband contracts over slow speeds

March 5, 2018

U.S. Government has intervened in Broadcom’s bid to takeover Qualcomm

March 4, 2018

European Union provides details for taxes on tech companies’ revenue

March 3, 2018

Meet AgeID, Pornhub’s new age verification tool for the UK

March 2, 2018

ESA apparently hasn’t received an invite from Trump to discuss video games

March 1, 2018

President Trump to meet with video game execs to discuss school violence

February 28, 2018

German court says cities are allowed to ban diesel cars

February 27, 2018

Former president Barack Obama warns Facebook and Google to check themselves

February 27, 2018

Oregon legislators move to enact their own net neutrality legislation

February 27, 2018

Senate officially introduces the CRA resolution to restore net neutrality

February 26, 2018

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks at MWC 2018, talks 5G and net neutrality repeal

February 24, 2018

Apple, Amazon and Google are under pressure to cut ties with NRA

February 22, 2018

After FCC published its order to the Federal Register, 23 attorney generals refile to challenge repeal

February 22, 2018

In hopes of boosting innovation, FCC is opening up communication airwaves

February 22, 2018

Remember the net neutrality repeal? It will go into effect April 23rd

February 21, 2018

US Attorney General announces a new ‘Cybersecurity Task Force’

February 19, 2018

Facebook’s solution to election meddling is to send out postcards and verify US advertisers

February 16, 2018

Special counsel Robert Mueller charges Russian ‘troll farm’ with election interference

February 15, 2018

FCC investigating if changes Pai made helped Sinclair-Tribune merger

February 13, 2018

Hawaii legislators looking to put age restrictions on loot crates in gaming

February 7, 2018

Group of US Senators introduce bill to give feds sole power on issuing missile alerts

February 5, 2018

Samsung boss Jay Y. Lee escapes prison, now on probation

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