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Senators argue with Instagram CEO over whether its social media platform addicts kids

Senators sparred with Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Wednesday over whether the popular social media platform addicts children, as the lawmakers signaled that they want the government to curtail the company's operations.

December 8, 2021

Google disrupts Russian botnet it says infiltrated more than 1 million machines

Search giant Google said it had disrupted a criminal hacker network that infiltrated more than 1 million machines worldwide and was suing the alleged Russian cyber executives behind the operation in U.S. federal court.

December 8, 2021

Microsoft seizes websites from Chinese hackers targeting U.S. for intelligence gathering

Microsoft said it has seized websites used by China-based hackers targeting the U.S. for intelligence collection.

December 7, 2021

As lawmakers tussle with tech, libertarians argue parents should take charge

While Instagram prepared to defend itself at a Wednesday Senate hearing by announcing new child-safety measures, the libertarian-minded TechFreedom argued that parents are the ones who need to step up.

December 7, 2021

Feds investigating Trump’s social media startup deal, business partners say

Business partners of former President Donald Trump's social media startup revealed Monday that the Biden administration is investigating their business, according to regulatory filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

December 6, 2021

Sen. Klobuchar: Pro-choice Republicans interested in codifying Roe v. Wade’s abortion protections

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said pro-choice Republicans are interested in enshrining Roe v. Wade's abortion protections into law.

December 5, 2021

CDC director: We don’t yet know how well vaccines will work against omicron variant

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that public health officials don't yet know how well COVID-19 vaccines will work against the omicron variant.

December 5, 2021

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for House to discipline Rep. Lauren Boebert over comments

Rep. Ilhan Omar is furious over Republicans' response to Rep. Lauren Boebert's comments.

December 5, 2021

Elizabeth Warren sicced SEC on Trump’s social media start-up deal

Former President Donald Trump's social media startup is in Sen. Elizabeth Warren's crosshairs.

December 3, 2021

Instagram CEO to testify before Congress next week on alleged harms to kids

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri will testify before a Senate subcommittee next week about his company's impact on children, two senators announced Thursday, as lawmakers probe the platform's alleged dangers for kids.

December 2, 2021

Former Facebook workers’ testimony spotlights lawmakers’ disagreement over censorship

Two former Facebook workers' testimony to House lawmakers on Wednesday revealed that a major barrier to any new crackdown by Congress on big tech is the divergent views of Democrats and Republicans on censorship.

December 1, 2021

Twitter bans posting images of people without their consent, exempts protests and sporting events

Twitter said Tuesday it would prevent people from sharing images and videos of others without their consent, noting some exceptions for events that the social media platform deems newsworthy or of public interest.

November 30, 2021

U.K. antitrust watchdog orders Facebook to sell Giphy

The United Kingdom's antitrust watchdog ordered Facebook on Tuesday to sell Giphy, the GIF-sharing platform, because it says the combination would diminish competition in the advertising market.

November 30, 2021

Jack Dorsey announces exit as Twitter CEO; company stocks jump more than 10%

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has resigned as CEO of the huge social media platform.

November 29, 2021

Tea Party Patriots go local with candidate-training classes for school board, county council races

Tea Party Patriots plan to help conservative candidates win county and municipal elections next year similar to the way the group helped usher in a new class of Republicans in Congress a decade ago.

November 25, 2021

Italy hits Amazon and Apple with more than $225 million in fines

Italy's regulatory watchdog hit American tech behemoths Amazon and Apple with fines on Tuesday totaling more than $225 million for alleged anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple products.

November 23, 2021

SEC warns of scammers impersonating the federal government in messages, calls

The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning investors to beware of scammers impersonating government officials in phone calls and messages, marking the latest effort by fraudsters invoking the authority of the government in an effort to fleece ordinary Americans.

November 22, 2021

Iranians charged, sanctioned over alleged effort to interfere in 2020 U.S. elections

The Justice Department has accused Iranians of attempted interference in the 2020 election, including efforts to influence Republican lawmakers, Democratic voters and American news reports.

November 18, 2021

North Korea ramped up hacking attempts in 2021: Report

Hackers linked to the North Korean regime waged weekly hacking campaigns in 2021, producing a noticeable uptick in activity from years past, cybersecurity company Proofpoint said in a new report Thursday.

November 18, 2021

U.S., allies accuse Iran of targeting health care and transportation victims for ransomware

U.S. cyber officials and their counterparts in Australia and the U.K. on Wednesday accused Iranian government-sponsored attackers of targeting entities in the health care and transportation sectors to victimize with ransomware.

November 17, 2021