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House Condemns Trump’s Attack on Four Congresswomen as Racist
The House voted to condemn as racist President Trump’s attacks against four congresswomen of color, but only after the debate over the president’s language devolved into a bitterly partisan brawl that showcased deep rifts over race, ethnicity and
House Antitrust Subcommittee Grills Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple at Hearing
The House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee grilled executives from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a hearing as part of their wide-ranging investigation into big tech companies and the threats they may pose to competition.
Break up Facebook? There are smarter ways to rein in big tech.
In this anti-big tech moment, the slogan “break them up” is simple, catchy and has been adopted by some politicians and other observers to capture the emotion of the era.
Analysis: House Republican campaign arm to offer candidates free cybersecurity help (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 12:30President Trump threatens to ‘take a look’ at Google for China ties
President Donald Trump appeared to threaten that his administration would “take a look” at Google, opening an investigation into the search giant out of concern that it has been breached by the Chinese government. “Billionaire Tech Investor Peter
Twitter says President Trump’s tweet didn’t violate its rules against racism but won’t say why (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/15/2019 - 14:56
Apple preaches privacy. Lawmakers want the talk to turn to action.
When Apple CEO Tim Cook privately hosted six Democratic lawmakers at the company’s space-age headquarters spring 2019, he opened the conversation with a plea — for Congress to finally draft privacy legislation after years of federal inaction.