Tag: Politics

April 20, 2019

CIA believes that Chinese state security funds Huawei

April 18, 2019

Read here: The Mueller report is out

April 16, 2019

T-Mobile and Sprint merger ‘unlikely’ to happen without major changes

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 15, 2019

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

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

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

May 1, 2018

Facebook’s F8 opening keynote will go live at 1PM ET

April 30, 2018

Iran instructs ISPs to block Telegram

April 25, 2018

Report: DOJ is investigating Huawei for violating Iran sanctions

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 13, 2018

Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in the UK

April 12, 2018

Facebook no longer opposing California privacy law

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

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

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 23, 2018

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

March 22, 2018

Best Buy has ‘ceased ordering’ smartphones from Huawei

March 21, 2018

Facebook now faces a lawsuit from user for disclosing data to Cambridge Analytica

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 17, 2018

Qualcomm’s ex-chairman will leave company and plans to take company private

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 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 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

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

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

March 5, 2018

Reddit says users unknowingly spread Russian propaganda during US election

March 5, 2018

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

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

February 28, 2018

New YouTube moderators may have mistakenly purged right-wing channels

February 28, 2018

German court says cities are allowed to ban diesel cars

February 27, 2018

Oregon legislators move to enact their own net neutrality legislation

February 21, 2018

US Attorney General announces a new ‘Cybersecurity Task Force’

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

January 29, 2018

White House says they’re not considering any plans for a national 5G network

January 27, 2018

Saudi Arabia has released a major tech investor after corruption probe

January 24, 2018

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs executive order to protect net neutrality

January 24, 2018

AT&T wants ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ after tearing down net neutrality laws

January 24, 2018

GAO agrees to investigate fake net neutrality comments

January 23, 2018

New evidence sheds more light on fake net neutrality comments debate

January 22, 2018

Montana becomes first state to enact its own set of net neutrality rules

January 18, 2018

NSA’s warrantless surveillance program gets green light from Senate

January 14, 2018

Chelsea Manning has filed to run for US Senate as a Democrat

January 14, 2018

FCC is investigating Hawaii’s false missile alarm

January 13, 2018

Jeff Bezos and family donate $33 million to Dreamers scholarship program

January 13, 2018

A new bill will ban Huawei from getting any US government contracts

January 11, 2018

Trump announces the sale of non-existent F-52 planes

January 10, 2018

FBI chief Christopher Wray says phone encryption is a ‘major public safety issue’

January 9, 2018

President Trump signed an executive order to promote broadband in rural areas

January 8, 2018

State legislators in Nebraska and California are introducing net neutrality laws

January 8, 2018

WikiLeaks apparently promoted a pirated copy of Trump book Fire and Fury

January 6, 2018

The Internet Association representing big companies joins the fight for net neutrality

January 5, 2018

Comcast fires 500 employees even though it claimed tax cuts would help create thousands of jobs

January 4, 2018

FCC has released the text of its order to take away net neutrality protections

January 2, 2018

Google apparently used a popular tax loophole to shield $19.2 billion

December 31, 2017

UK may consider taxing internet giants to help fight online extremism

December 19, 2017

New proposed net neutrality bill would ban throttling and blocking

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