Government & Policy

Supreme Court rejects claim that Biden administration pressured social media firms into removing misinformation

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led challenge to the Biden administration’s communication with social media companies to combat online misinformation on topics related to COVID-19 and the 2020 election. The ruling overturns an injunction, which was currently on hold, that would have limited contact between government officials and social media companies. The Republican […]

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Internet goes dark in Kenya in the wake of major protests over finance bill

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London-based internet rights monitoring group NetBlocks has reported a major internet disruption in Kenya following a wave of demonstrations across the country, as police violently cracked down on citizens taking to the streets to protest a government bill to hike taxes despite tough economic times and widespread corruption. The interruption in access comes as the

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The EU’s DMA is coming for Apple, and X bots are on the loose

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Apple has been named the first of tech’s so-called “gatekeepers” to be charged for violating the EU’s Digital Markets Act. In a press release this morning, the European Commission alleged that Apple’s App Store rules, “prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content,” blocking developers from providing customers with

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EU Member States remain divided on controversial CSAM-scanning plan — but for how long?

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A key body of European Union lawmakers remains stalled over a controversial legislative proposal that could see millions of users of messaging apps forced to agree to their photo and video uploads being scanned by AI to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Critics of the plan include tech industry messaging giants like WhatsApp to

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Steve Case on why policy is crucial to make sure AI success isn’t concentrated to a few players

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Steve Case is no stranger to how policy can help aid innovation. His former company AOL would have been dead in the water if not for the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which required telecoms companies to open access to their tech. Now, Case is hoping the federal government will look to take the same stance

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US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions

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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Adobe alleging that the company deceives consumers by hiding the early-termination fee and making it difficult for people to cancel their subscriptions. In the complaint filed on Monday, the DOJ wrote that “Adobe has harmed consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription

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FTC Chair Lina Khan on startups, scaling, and ”innovations in potential lawbreaking”

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FTC Chair Lina Khan was the youngest person appointed to her position when she assumed the job in 2021. But once her term ends in September –  after which she’ll stay until a successor is named – her age might be the last thing that people remember about her reign. It’s more likely that Khan’s

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Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users’ data, bowing to regulatory pressure

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Meta has confirmed that it will pause plans to start training its AI systems using data from its users in the European Union and U.K. The move follows pushback from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), Meta’s lead regulator in the EU, which is acting on behalf of several data protection authorities across the bloc.

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DC’s political class doesn’t know Y Combinator exists, but it’s trying to change that

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Washington, D.C., may be the hub for legislation and regulation that affects startups, but many people in the city don’t know anything about one of the more prominent accelerators fueling the industry: Y Combinator. Speaking at a TechCrunch Strictly VC event on Tuesday evening, YC Head of Public Policy Luther Lowe said the startup incubator

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FTC Chair Lina Khan says the agency is going after the ‘mob bosses’ in Big Tech

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is focusing its efforts on going after Big Tech, according to FTC Chair Lina Khan, who spoke at TechCrunch’s Strictly VC event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.  Khan said the agency is focused on going after the players that are doing the biggest harm, as opposed to just increasing the

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