So I was intrigued when Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called me recently to say he wants lawmakers to stop pretending like we do. “Nobody reads the small print,” he said. “You end up giving up far too much data.” Congress has been debating a consumer privacy law since before there were Web browsers, but the […]
Officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Getty Images Officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter signaled to lawmakers Thursday that the companies are more prepared to deal with misinformation on their platforms during the 2020 US presidential election, even as bad actors change tactics to try to evade detection. Foreign interference has been
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“One of the biggest weaknesses in the American economy is the decline of our scientific and innovation industrial base, and we must invest in academic institutions and industries to rebuild it,” Mr. Schumer said. “There’s bipartisan support to do so and it’s growing each day.” The shift in Congress mirrors one in the Trump administration,
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The European Parliament on Wednesday blocked a diluted proposal by the 28-nation bloc’s executive arm on protecting bees from pesticides, arguing it didn’t go far enough. European lawmakers adopted a resolution urging the European Commission to “table new legislation based on the latest scientific and technical knowledge.” They said the Commission weakened its initial proposal
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22 female entrepreneurs from across the U.S. met in Washington D.C. last week at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Roundtable, hosted by the newly created bipartisan U.S. Senate Caucus on Entrepreneurship. (Center for American Entrepreneurship Photo) Only 2.5 percent of venture capital funding goes to companies with all-female founders. As a female entrepreneur, I find this extremely
Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.). Ctrl + N Rep. Michael Waltz called for Navy to beat Army in this year’s football game. That’s essentially treason for a former Army Green Beret. And it’s not something he’d ever say in real life: The statement came from a newly released political deepfake — a video doctored with artificial intelligence. Waltz
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up three days of discussions with Washington movers and shakers on Friday, with few if any indications he had won new “friends” to help the top social media company deal with multiple probes by Congress, state attorneys general and federal regulators. FILE PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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California Assemblyman Phil Ting has never been arrested, but he was recently mistaken for a criminal. He’s not surprised. Ting (D-San Francisco), who authored a bill to ban facial recognition software from being used on police body cameras, was one of 26 California legislators who was incorrectly matched with a mug shot in a recent
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Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.), left, chair of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, speaks alongside Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) during a hearing with representatives from major tech companies July 16 on Capitol Hill. (Patrick Semansky/AP) A congressional antitrust investigation into Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google entered a new phase Friday, after lawmakers called
Taking one of the toughest stands in the nation against police use of facial recognition technology, California lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation barring police from installing it on body-worn cameras for three years. The legislation, which now awaits action by Gov. Gavin Newsom, was scaled back at Newsom’s request from an original proposal that called
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