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Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delrahim leaves the federal courthouse Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Washington. A federal judge approved the $85 billion mega-merger of AT&T and Time Warner on Tuesday, a move that could usher in a wave of media consolidation while shaping how much consumers pay for streaming TV and movies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

State attorneys general circle Big Tech firms over antitrust concerns

Attorneys Eric Dubelier, left, and Katherine Seikaly, right, representing Concord Management and Consulting LLC, leave federal court in Washington, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, after pleading not guilty on behalf of the company, which has been charged as part of a conspiracy to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Indicted firm: Mueller meddling accusations 'at best misleading and at worst demonstrably false'

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., is shown in this file photo from a Sept. 4, 2018 news conference in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Facebook bias review: Gaining conservatives' trust is 'elusive'

In his June 6, 2013, file photo, the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump administration seeks permanent reauthorization of NSA phone data program nearing expiration

In this Dec. 4, 2018, file photo, locals cast their vote in Georgia's runoff election at the Lake Park Community Center in Athens, Ga. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP, File)

Judge rules Georgia's electronic voting system too dangerous to use in 2020

President Donald Trump salutes a Marines honor guard as he disembarks from Marine One upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

EXCLUSIVE: Probe clears pro-Trump Pentagon analyst, report withheld from defense team

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Elizabeth Warren asks FTC to investigate 'misleading' Equifax settlement

In this Friday, March 8, 2019, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Nancy Pelosi slams 'Moscow Mitch' McConnell over blocking election security bills

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. Facebook says it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users' audio clips

This July 1, 2019, file photo shows the Manhattan Correctional Center, in New York. Financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, a former law enforcement official said Saturday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

4chan user posted details about Jeffrey Epstein's death before news outlets: Report

A surveillance camera is shown at a gas station in Detroit, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Police in Detroit are considering a plan to tap into feeds from outdoor surveillance cameras at gas stations, stores and other businesses to help officers respond more quickly to crime. The video feeds may be linkable to police headquarters, where they would be monitored.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit police use of facial recognition violates privacy, leads to false arrests, critics say

This Jan. 17, 2017, file photo shows a Facebook logo displayed at a business gathering in Paris. On August 8, 2019, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a class action lawsuit against Facebook over its face-recognition software to move forward. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) **FILE**

Lawsuit against Facebook over facial recognition software may move forward: 9th Circuit

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper briefs the media at a press conference following annual bilateral ministerial talks in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

No-win situation: Defense secretary to referee JEDI war cloud deal after Trump's Amazon attack

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Dr. Garen Wintemute, an emergency room physician at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, shows the website of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, on a computer in the hospital in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

Health care leaders seek cybersecurity protections amid medical records breaches

In this Thursday, June 21, 2018, photo, air passengers heading to their departure gates enter TSA pre-check before going through security screening at Orlando International Airport, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

TSA supervisors racially profiled passengers at Orlando airport, DHS inspectors find

A Virgin Mary painting, flags and flowers adorn a makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Online providers knock 8chan offline after mass shooting

Huawei Canada is helping connect more than 70 rural and remote communities in the next five years, including communities in the Arctic, northeastern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador. (Associated Press/File)

Huawei's internet deal with Canada will expand Chinese presence in polar region

A security breach at Capital One Financial, one of the nation's largest issuers of credit cards, compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained Social Security and bank account numbers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Capital One data breach tied to cloud computing vulnerability

In this July 16, 2019, file photo, a man walks across the street from a Capital One location in San Francisco. Capital One says a hacker got access to the personal information of over 100 million individuals applying for credit. The McLean, Virginia-based bank said Monday, July 29, it found out about the vulnerability in its system July 19 and immediately sought help from law enforcement to catch the perpetrator. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Feds make arrest in massive Capital One data breach

FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Facebook unveiled a broad plan Tuesday, June 18, to create a new digital currency. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Most federal agencies lack cybersecurity strategies, says report

A Maryam Rajavi poster hangs from an overpass in a major expressway in Tehran. After stealing the identity of a French diplomat in Jerusalem, Iran had him tweet that Ms. Rajavi, head of the biggest Iranian dissident group, had visited archenemy Israel to set anti-Iran strategy.

Iran uses fake tweet about Israel in ploy to stoke confusion, strike back at West

Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FBI director follows attorney general in raising encryption concerns at cyber conference

Presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, addresses an audience during a meet-and-greet, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's campaign sues Google over post-debate ad account suspension

In this file photo dated Wednesday, May 1, 2019, buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

WikiLeaks: 'Unthinkable' that Boris Johnson will support extraditing Julian Assange to the U.S.

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Federal regulators are fining Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding Zuckerberg personally responsible in a limited fashion. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Record $5 billion fine 'utterly fails to penalize Facebook,' critics charge

In this June 6, 2013, file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NSA creates cybersecurity directorate to unify offensive, defensive operations

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Federal regulators are fining Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding Zuckerberg personally responsible in a limited fashion. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FTC fines Facebook $5B, adds oversight for privacy mishaps

U.S. Attorney General William Barr addresses the International Conference on Cyber Security, hosted by the FBI and Fordham University, at Fordham University in New York, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

William Barr demands tech companies help law enforcement in digital decryption efforts

In this April 1, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr attends the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

AG William Barr says encryption creates security risk

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