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Drug Enforcement Administration seeks to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 13:06Maryland bans TikTok in state agencies, latest state to act (Associated Press)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 11:10Facebook still banning Trump — for now — despite campaign (Associated Press)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 11:30Musk says he expects to find a new Twitter CEO “over time” (Associated Press)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 11:29White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 06:32House approves antitrust bill targeting Big Tech dominance
The House of representatives approved antitrust legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in competition cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act passed by a 242-184 vote. It was separated from more ambitious provisions aimed at reining in Meta, Google, Amazon, and Apple and cleared by key House and Senate committees. Those proposals have languished for months, giving the companies time for vigorous lobbying campaigns against them.
Internet service providers drop challenge of privacy law (Associated Press)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 09/07/2022 - 15:48
Facebook parent Meta settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook corporate parent Meta has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed in court documents filed Aug 26. The filing in San Francisco federal court requested a 60-day stay of the action while lawyers finalize the settlement. That timeline suggested further details could be disclosed by late October.