Lawmakers demanding an end to the liability shield for Big Tech should have thought about that when they enshrined it in the new version of NAFTA.
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Big Tech Finds Competent Defenders Hard to Come By
You don’t want the guy who said there would be 500 total deaths from COVID-19 in the United States as your champion.
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Silicon Valley’s Big Apple Gambit
The four biggest tech firms are all opening offices in a very specific section of Manhattan, which happens to be the home district of one of their chief antagonists in Washington.
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Tech Companies’ Big Reveal: Hardly Anyone Files Arbitration Claims
Responding to Congress, they make clear that forced arbitration gives them the means to sidestep the law.
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Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: A Facebook Warning for Congress
A Capitol Hill event from the social media giant gives lawmaker staffs direct access to executives.
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Following Mark Zuckerberg’s Hearing, FACEBOOK’s Libra Project Hangs in the Balance
The FACEBOOK CEO takes a beating before Congress, while dodging several key regulatory and governance issues about the virtual currency.
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Zuckerberg Confronts the Reality of Libra’s Demise
Today on TAP: Libra isn’t happening, and the Facebook CEO knows it
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FTC Policy: Commissioner Phillips Downplays Potential Use of Sherman Act Section 2 to Block Mergers
The agency’s antitrust investigation of Facebook is ongoing.
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How Neoliberal Policy Shaped the Internet—and What to Do About It Now
Unrestrained digital markets have given us monopoly, pervasive surveillance, and powerful vectors of disinformation. But a new agenda is emerging to turn things around.
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The Hacked States of America
Netflix’s ‘The Great Hack’ director Karim Amer discusses how stolen personal data are manipulated to advance demagoguery and disinformation.