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O’Rourke campaign, stung by Twitter smear, implores tech firms to erase disinformation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 09/06/2019 - 10:03CEO of Palantir: Policy decisions should be made by elected representatives, not Silicon Valley (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 16:33Analysis: New NSA cyber lead says agency must share more info about digital threats (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 12:02Silicon Valley is facing a new enemy in antitrust push -- state attorneys general
Silicon Valley doesn’t just have to worry about antitrust action in Washington. States are becoming an important and perhaps more formidable force when it comes to addressing competition in the technology industry. “There’s been a tendency to just rely on the federal government to play the lead role,” said Gene Kimmelman, a senior adviser at Public Knowledge.
Federal judge to White House: Restore Playboy Journalist Brian Karem’s press pass (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 22:00More than half of the nation’s state attorneys generals are preparing to announce an antitrust investigation into Google Sept 9 (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 14:47
California adopted the country’s first major consumer privacy law. Now, Silicon Valley is trying to rewrite it.
Adopted in 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act grants Web users the right to see the personal information that companies collect about them and stop it from being sold. The law applies only to CA residents, but its backers hope it might someday spur regulators around the country to follow suit — and force the tech giants to change their practices nationwide. But powerful business organizations — representing retailers, marketers and tech giants — have responded by seeking sweeping revisions to the law before it goes into effect.