Facebook, Twitter and YouTube’s business models could get crushed if a law called Section 230 gets repealed. Trump and Congress are rushing to do exactly that. Aaron Holmes 28 okt 2020
Facebook and Google are back in the spotlight ahead of key earnings and a possibly testy congressional hearing. Here’s what to expect during tech’s big week. Aaron Holmes 27 okt 2020
Police in all 50 states are using secret tools to break into locked phones — and they’re using them for cases as low-level as shoplifting, records show Aaron Holmes 21 okt 2020
The US and 6 other countries are pressuring tech companies to weaken encryption and make it easier for police to snoop on apps like iMessage or WhatsApp Aaron Holmes 21 okt 2020
Justice Department officials say their antitrust lawsuit against Google is not politically motivated — but Trump’s shadow will continue to loom over the case, especially if he’s reelected Aaron Holmes 21 okt 2020
The US charged 6 Russian hackers with a string of ‘destructive’ cyberattacks that shut down hospitals in Pennsylvania, crippled Ukraine’s power grid, and targeted the Olympics and French elections Aaron Holmes 19 okt 2020
Big tech’s biggest shield is under fire from all 3 branches of government — here’s how repealing Section 230 went from a Trump threat to an impending reality Aaron Holmes 16 okt 2020
GOP senators plan to subpoena Jack Dorsey to testify about Twitter’s decision to block the link to an unverified and dubious story about Hunter Biden’s emails Aaron Holmes 15 okt 2020
Lawmakers say Facebook and Google are hoarding people’s personal data and using it to grow in a ‘feedback loop’ of market power — with no intention to stop Aaron Holmes 14 okt 2020
Microsoft said it thwarted a sprawling network of bots that could have been used to target election infrastructure Aaron Holmes 12 okt 2020
