Ryan Lovelace

Meta’s Facebook settling DOJ lawsuit alleging discriminatory housing ads

Facebook agreed to stop using a digital advertising tool and change its algorithms in order to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department that alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act.

June 22, 2022

Left-leaning think tank pushes new effort to counter China online

Left-leaning think tank Third Way is kickstarting a new initiative to counter China online, emphasizing the need for "digital democracy" to triumph over "digital autocracy."

June 21, 2022

Twitter board unanimously recommends sale to Elon Musk

Elon Musk grew closer to completing his takeover of Twitter on Tuesday when the company's board unanimously recommended that shareholders approve the social platform's sale to the billionaire.

June 21, 2022

House Republican says lawmakers will consider forcing TikTok’s testimony on data security

TikTok said it has made changes to its storage of Americans' data following new allegations that the platform's China-based parent company accessed U.S. users' data.

June 20, 2022

Ad-tracking tool sent patients’ health information to Facebook: Report

Hospitals are allegedly sending patients' private information to Facebook, potentially sharing health information with the social network through an advertising tracker.

June 17, 2022

Gavin Newsom to troll GOP on Truth Social, says U.S. has ‘red state murder problem’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking to antagonize his Republican opponents in a new venue -- on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump's social media platform.

June 17, 2022

Schools increasingly weaponize ‘no-contact’ orders to censor speech, civil liberties groups say

Civil liberties groups say their efforts to fight censorship on college campuses are increasingly facing schools that weaponize discrimination and harassment policies to silence unwanted expression.

June 16, 2022

Trump’s Truth Social merger facing additional scrutiny from feds

Business partners of former President Donald Trump's social media start-up divulged this week that their business is facing additional scrutiny from federal investigators but the business remains committed to working with Mr. Trump's team.

June 15, 2022

Class-action privacy lawsuit against Google to proceed

A federal judge is allowing a class-action privacy lawsuit to proceed against Google, denying the tech giant's effort to dismiss claims that it invaded people's privacy.

June 15, 2022

Bipartisan House bill offers new data privacy protections but faces big hurdle in Senate

The House Energy and Commerce Committee kickstarted its push for new federal privacy law on Tuesday, reviewing a bipartisan proposal that faces an uphill battle with Democrats in the Senate.

June 14, 2022

Strange brew: Americans warned of China possibly spying through smart coffee makers

The worst part of waking up could be the Chinese spying in your coffee cup. An American researcher said he uncovered evidence that China is devouring data collected through smart coffee machines made in the communist country.

June 14, 2022

Musk to address Twitter employees this week following offer to buy company

Billionaire Elon Musk is set to address Twitter's workforce on Thursday for the first time since he offered to buy the social media platform, the company said.

June 14, 2022

Trump’s Truth Social denies banning users in censorship of Jan. 6 committee hearings

Truth Social disputed claims Monday that it is banning people because of posts about the Democratic-led Jan. 6 committee hearings.

June 13, 2022

AFL-CIO elects Liz Shuler new leader, first woman to hold position

The AFL-CIO elected Liz Shuler as its president, making her the first woman to hold the labor organization's top spot.

June 13, 2022

Taxpayer-funded research projects didn’t check for scientists taking money from China: IG

Federal internal investigators have uncovered alarming failures by universities to require scientists doing taxpayer-funded research to disclose when they also pocket money from China and other foreign countries.

June 10, 2022

Ken Buck blasts congressional leaders for not bringing Big Tech antitrust bills up for votes

Rep. Ken Buck on Wednesday criticized congressional leaders for failing to hold votes on antitrust bills targeting large tech companies.

June 8, 2022

Four representatives mount bipartisan push to criminalize dangerous use of drones

A new bipartisan bill would criminalize modifying drones with weapons or using them to interfere with police and the military.

June 8, 2022

IBM closing down Russian business, starts laying off workers

IBM is getting rid of its footprint in Russia amid the war in Ukraine, making it the latest American tech company to overhaul its work because of the war.

June 8, 2022

Lawmakers eye cryptocurrency laws to combat ransomware attacks

Cyberattackers have been holding hostage data and computer systems at American businesses, schools and hospitals until they receive digital payment from their victims, making cryptocurrency a key component of ransomware gangs' business model.

June 7, 2022

Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation over fake Twitter accounts

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating fake accounts on Twitter for potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, expanding the Lone Star State's push to look under the hood of the prominent social media platform to learn how it operates.

June 7, 2022