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As young gunmen turn toward new social networks, old safeguards fail (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/27/2022 - 10:31Republicans are leaning on the courts to target social media, but losses are piling up (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/25/2022 - 12:41Remote learning apps shared children’s data at a ‘dizzying scale’ (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 05/25/2022 - 06:52Editorial: The Disinformation Governance Board’s collapse showcases the problem (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 23:22The midterms are here, and critics say Facebook is already behind on mitigating election-related misinformation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 09:33Texas and 12 states fire back at tech industry in Supreme Court filings (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 05/18/2022 - 20:33Department of Homeland Security "pauses" Disinformation Governance Board after its head was the victim of online attacks (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 05/18/2022 - 10:21Editorial | The Buffalo massacre shows how far social media sites still have to go (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 05/17/2022 - 15:06How Facebook quietly funded a war against regulation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 05/17/2022 - 07:09Elon Musk says he might try to renegotiate $44 billion Twitter deal for less (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 19:47Editorial | An appeals court ruling just threw online speech into disarray (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Sun, 05/15/2022 - 23:19Elon Musk doesn’t own Twitter yet, but conservatives are racking up followers (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 11:32Elon Musk seeks Twitter investors as Tesla sheds $400 billion in value (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 06:05Alvaro Bedoya is confirmed to the Federal Trade Commission
The Senate on May 11 voted to confirm law professor Alvaro Bedoya to serve on the Federal Trade Commission, solidifying a Democratic majority at the agency that will enable FTC Chair Lina Khan to move on her ambitious agenda to rein in Big Tech’s power. Fifty senators voted in favor while 50 voted against. Vice President Harris cast the tiebreaking vote in her role as president of the Senate.