Ryan Lovelace

Free speech group changes name, plans to spend $75M to expand off-campus advocacy

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) said Monday that it is rebranding and planning to spend $75 million on a new effort to expand its off-campus advocacy.

June 6, 2022

Lawmakers unveil bipartisan proposal for new data privacy law, challenges loom

Two Republican lawmakers and one House Democrat said Friday they have developed a draft data privacy proposal after years of work, and they are beginning to court their colleagues' support.

June 3, 2022

Twitter hit with lawsuit alleging data privacy violations following penalty from DOJ and FTC

Twitter is facing a new lawsuit involving its alleged "surreptitious and undisclosed" use of people's data, following revelations about the social media company's actions identified by the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission.

June 3, 2022

Musk pausing hiring at Tesla over ‘super bad’ feeling on economy: report

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is halting new hires at the electric vehicle market leader as he has a "super bad feeling" about the economy, according to an email reviewed by Reuters.

June 3, 2022

Amazon to close Kindle offerings, other Big Tech players also shrinking footprint in China

Amazon said Thursday it will shutter its Kindle service in China next year, making it the latest big technology company looking to diminish its presence in the communist country.

June 2, 2022

‘End of an era’: Sheryl Sandberg announces Facebook resignation in surprise post

Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 exec at Facebook owner Meta, is stepping down, according to a post Wednesday on her Facebook page

June 1, 2022

Klobuchar’s push to retool antitrust bill attacked by big-tech defenders

A bipartisan antitrust bill to crack down on large tech companies is facing new attacks as Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat, revises the proposal in hopes of winning broader support needed to ensure a vote on the Senate floor.

June 1, 2022

Instagram to issue Amber Alerts after mounting criticism that the platform is dangerous to kids

Instagram said Wednesday it is rolling out Amber Alerts to share notices of missing children, following mounting criticism that the social media platform enables harm to kids.

June 1, 2022

Supreme Court blocks Texas from enforcing social media law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing its new social media law that intended to prevent digital censorship by directing platforms with more than 50 million active users to not discriminate against Texans' viewpoints.

May 31, 2022

Google search results elevate China’s narratives on COVID origins, human rights record: Study

Google search engines' results are boosting China's preferred narratives about COVID-19's origins and human rights abuses, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution and the Alliance for Securing Democracy.

May 31, 2022

FBI keeps rulebook for agents hidden from public view

The FBI has a rulebook restricting its agents' actions, but it does not want the American people to know what it says.

May 30, 2022

Twitter ordered to pay $150 million for data privacy violations

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday ordered Twitter to pay $150 million in civil penalties for alleged data privacy violations.

May 25, 2022

Democrats want more taxpayer cash for tech fund that has more than $750 million unspent

Democrats want to add more taxpayer dollars to a fund for modernizing the federal government's technology systems despite more than $750 million still unspent in the fund.

May 25, 2022

Rubio calls for new curbs on China’s rival to Amazon, TikTok Shop

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, is urging President Biden to prevent TikTok Shop from fully operating in the U.S. because of concerns that the Chinese platform poses potential threats to Americans' privacy and national security.

May 24, 2022

State AGs target tech as lawmakers’ efforts to hammer companies lack momentum

Democratic and Republican attorneys general are targeting large tech companies in court, seeking to curb their power through the judicial system as an alternative to legislation that has not gained momentum in Congress.

May 23, 2022

D.C. AG Racine sues Facebook’s Zuckerberg for abusing consumers in Cambridge Analytics data breach

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine is suing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over alleged consumer protection violations, saying he must hold big corporate CEOs accountable for their actions.

May 23, 2022

North Koreans disguise as IT workers to infiltrate tech sector, aid Kim

The Biden administration is warning that information technology workers skilled in developing dating apps and mobile games may actually be North Koreans infiltrating the tech sector to benefit their country's weapons and missile programs.

May 19, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Agent misconduct revealed to be recurring theme at FBI; attempts at fixes fall short

FBI agents have a long-standing pattern of breaking rules on investigations, and the bureau's efforts to solve them did not eliminate the problems, according to more than six years of internal reviews obtained by The Washington Times.

May 19, 2022

Texas asks Supreme Court to reject tech groups’ opposition to new social media law

Texas urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow enforcement of its social media law over the objection of tech industry trade groups.

May 18, 2022

Trump’s deal with Truth Social gives the would-be Twitter rival lead on his posts

Former President Donald Trump agreed to restrict his social media usage outside his Truth Social platform regardless of whether Twitter, Facebook or others lift their bans on him, according to a regulatory filing from Digital World Acquisition Corp.

May 16, 2022