Ryan Lovelace

TikTok can monitor users’ keystrokes, could collect passwords, credit card info, researcher claims

TikTok tracks people's internet activity when they navigate to other websites through links clicked on the China-owned platform, according to researcher Felix Krause. For its part, TikTok denies the charge as "incorrect and misleading."

August 19, 2022

Democrat, Republican groups picking up contributions from Twitter for attorney general campaigns

Twitter, under increasing scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators, is contributing to both Democratic and Republican party campaign efforts behind attorney general races across the country this fall.

August 18, 2022

Social media as valuable as classified info in fighting cyber threats, intel official says

Social media posts are as valuable as classified information in understanding cyber threats, according to Laura Galante, intelligence community cyber executive.

August 17, 2022

Facebook keeping Trump ban in place for midterm elections

Facebook is keeping its ban on former President Donald Trump in place for the 2022 midterm elections, saying January is the earliest the social media company would allow his return.

August 17, 2022

Meta to stop all new political advertising in final week before 2022 midterms

Meta said Tuesday it has begun preparing for the midterm elections, including by fighting White supremacists' interference and by planning to halt political ads in the final week before the November elections.

August 16, 2022

Musk closer to obtaining Twitter information on fake accounts

Elon Musk is moving closer to getting data on the number of fake accounts on Twitter, information that has become a sticking point that helped stall the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's takeover of the social media company.

August 16, 2022

Marsha Blackburn flags FTC for a ‘rule-making crusade’ that skirts Congress’ oversight

The FTC, an independent agency now chaired by one of President Biden's appointees, is picking fights with Capitol Hill and Big Tech as it looks to assert its influence on crucial tech and privacy issues.

August 15, 2022

Democrats spending nearly 8 times as much as Republicans on abortion ads: Analysis

Democrats are spending millions more dollars on abortion-themed ads for the midterm elections than Republicans -- and pro-choice liberals have plans to allocate many millions more for advertising than their pro-life opponents.

August 15, 2022

Writer claims Biden team pushed for his ban from Twitter

Writer Alex Berenson said Friday that internal Twitter communications show the Biden administration privately urged the social media platform to ban him from the site before the company did so.

August 12, 2022

New coalition fights Biden’s plan for LGBTQ rewrite of education rights: ‘We will block this’

More than 140 advocacy groups formed a new coalition to stop the Biden administration's proposed rewrite of regulations banning sex discrimination in education, saying the new LGBTQ-slant to the rules will harm children and limit parental rights.

August 11, 2022

Twitter now restricting shares of ‘misleading’ tweets ahead of 2022 elections

Twitter is enforcing a new policy for the 2022 midterm elections designed to restrict the spread of information that the social media platform deems misleading or harmful, signaling more censorship of online political speech.

August 11, 2022

Regulators scrap bid by Musk’s Starlink for $885 million in subsidies to deliver rural broadband

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday rejected an application for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet project to collect $885 million in subsidies to provide broadband to rural Americans.

August 10, 2022

Justice Department gearing up for new antitrust lawsuit against Google: Report

The Biden administration may launch a new offensive against Google this fall aimed at the tech giant's advertising business, escalating the government's battle with Big Tech to new heights.

August 10, 2022

Jury finds former Twitter employee guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia: Reports

A federal jury found former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi Arabia, using his access at the social media company to inform on the kingdom's critics.

August 9, 2022

Free speech group gives 43 states failing ratings

The Institute for Free Speech has given 43 states failing scores in its new Free Speech Index, underscoring the opposition facing people wishing to speak openly about politics and government nationwide.

August 9, 2022

Musk challenges Twitter CEO to public debate

Elon Musk has challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the number of fake accounts on his social media platform, a contentious issue that upended the SpaceX and Tesla CEO's planned takeover of Twitter.

August 8, 2022

Meta agrees to slow fitness app acquisition due to Biden administration complaints

The Biden administration's battle against big tech is expanding into the metaverse.

August 5, 2022

Chinese info operation uses false news and social media to hammer U.S., cyber firm says

A forged letter from Sen. Marco Rubio, false news sites criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip, and fake social media accounts are all part of a complex pro-China information operation revealed by the cybersecurity firm Mandiant on Thursday.

August 4, 2022

Senate’s antitrust crackdown on tech stalls

Tech critics' hopes for an overhaul of antitrust laws this summer are fading fast after Sen. Amy Klobuchar said the vote will not happen before Congress departs this month.

August 2, 2022

Let’s get ready to Rumble: Judge stops Google from limiting antitrust lawsuit by video platform

A federal judge has scrapped Google's effort to limit the video platform Rumble's antitrust lawsuit, teeing up a major fight that focuses on the tech titan's search and video products.

August 1, 2022