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Senate confirms Lina Khan to Federal Trade Commission
The Senate confirmed Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission, elevating one of the tech industry’s most prominent antitrust critics to the government’s top Silicon Valley watchdog. The vote was 69-28 in a Senate split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, signaling the growing bipartisan interest in reining in large tech companies’ power. It came just days after House lawmakers from both parties unveiled bills that could force Silicon Valley companies to change their business practices and in the most severe cases, break up the companies.
Microsoft President Brad Smith: The secret gag orders must stop (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 06:33Russia, U.S. and other countries reach new agreement against cyber hacking, even as attacks continue (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sat, 06/12/2021 - 17:05House Bills Seek to Break Up Amazon and Other Big Tech Companies
House lawmakers proposed a raft of bipartisan legislation aimed at reining in the country’s biggest tech companies, including a bill that seeks to make Amazon and other large corporations effectively split in two or shed their private-label products.