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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey warns of actions 'much bigger' than Trump ban in Project Veritas video

In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) **FILE**

Twitter CEO doubles down on banning Trump: 'I believe this was the right decision'

YouTube blocks Trump for at least 7 days

Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf makes an opening statement at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Acting Homeland Secretary Chad Wolf announces resignation

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., at Valdosta Regional Airport, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Big Tech faces backlash as stocks tumble after Trump bans

Screen capture from Parler.com. The Twitter-alternative microblogging service, while aiming to be a freewheeling center for discussion, has strict rules forbidding pornography, threats of violence, and scatological imagery. (Parler.com) ** FILE **

Parler knocked offline, warring with Big Tech

In this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP, File)

'Pre-disaster declaration': D.C. mayor presses DHS for increased security at inauguration

FILE - In this Thursday, June 18, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Though stripped of his Twitter account for inciting rebellion, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

'Wipe people out': Republicans blast Big Tech's bid to 'erase' Trump, supporters

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter's actions around the closely contested election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Facebook blocks Trump indefinitely, at least 'until the peaceful transition of power is complete'

President Donald Trump arrives in the early morning hours, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after returning from a rally in Dalton, Ga. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump executive order bans 8 Chinese apps

Adm. Charles A. Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, said that he has "seen no indications of any compromise" in the security of America's nuclear stockpile rising out of the SolarWinds hack, which the intelligence community believe is linked to the Russian government. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Top admiral: SolarWinds computer hack didn't harm U.S.-based nukes

Slack kicks off 2021 with a global outage

T-Mobile customer data breached

In this May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

U.K. judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Tech wars: Fight over Big Tech's legal protection to continue

A man wearing a mask looks at this phone outside the Microsoft office in Beijing, China in a Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 file photo. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Microsoft says company's internal source code was accessed in SolarWinds hack

This July 25, 2017, file frame grab from video shows the Nest Cam IQ camera. (AP Photo/Ryan Nakashima, File)

FBI says hackers are breaking into home cameras to watch SWAT teams respond to bogus emergency calls

In this Sept. 17, 2020, file photo Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Capitol Hill Washington. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File)

FBI blames Iran for 'Enemies of the People' site depicting its director in crosshairs: Reports

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden vows response to SolarWinds hack

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Legislation targeting illegal streaming websites included in spending bill set to be signed

The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Ron Wyden: Hack comprised email of 'highest-ranking officials' in Treasury Department

Officials working to find out extent of SolarWinds hack

'Not just sanctions': Ron Klain says Joe Biden weighing measures to 'degrade' foreign actors

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin congratulates Russia's intel service after U.S. hit with massive cyberattack

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at Georgia Tech, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Pompeo says Russia 'pretty clearly' behind cyberattack on U.S.

In this March 6, 2019, file photo, House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., waits for the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House lawmakers rip federal officials for lack of specificity in briefing on cyber hack

In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, center, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is joined at left by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member, at a hearing on the high price of prescription drugs, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senators request urgent briefing with IRS commissioner over SolarWinds hack

A poster showing the seized website screen of Deep.Dot.Web is displayed as law enforcement officials leave a news conference about the shutting down of the website and the arrest of the people running it, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The investigation was led by the United States Attorney's Office in Western Pennsylvania and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) **FILE**

FBI lacks comprehensive strategy to combat darknet activity, DOJ watchdog says

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Killswitch discovered to help stop SolarWinds hackers' malware, say cybersecurity pros

A masked man looks out near a national flag outside a traditional medicine hospital in Beijing on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Mushrooming outbreaks in the Mideast, Europe and South Korea contrasted with optimism in China, where thousands of recovered patients were going home and new virus cases drop to a new low. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China infiltrates Western embassies, defense contractors and drug makers with communist operators

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