Ryan Lovelace

FTC orders nine social media and video-streaming companies to hand over data collected on users

The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it ordered nine social media and video-streaming companies to hand over data on the information they gather and store from their users.

December 14, 2020

TikTok urges federal appeals court to rule against Trump ban

TikTok asked a federal appeals court Monday to rescue it from the Trump administration's ban on the wildly popular China-owned video app.

December 14, 2020

Joe Biden on Hunter’s investigations: ‘I’m proud of my son’

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden is not distancing himself from his son Hunter Biden amid news of multiple federal investigations into his son.

December 11, 2020

Joe Biden says politics has not affected emergency authorization of vaccines

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Friday that politics has not affected the thinking of scientists and experts charged with evaluating coronavirus vaccines set to be distributed to the American people.

December 11, 2020

Uber asks governments to prioritize its drivers’ access to the coronavirus vaccine

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is urging states to prioritize his company's drivers when determining who will obtain access to forthcoming COVID-19 vaccines.

December 11, 2020

Feds warn of cyberattacks on K-12 schools to steal data, disrupt distance learning

Federal officials warned Thursday that cyberattackers are targeting kindergarten through 12th-grade schools to steal data, disrupt distance learning, and deploy ransomware attacks.

December 10, 2020

Section 230, provision protecting social media, ‘needs to be revised,’ not repealed: Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called for overhauling Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides protection for social media companies from liability for content posted by users on their platforms.

December 10, 2020

Google lifts political ad ban ahead of Senate runoff races in Georgia

Google this week lifted its political ad ban, giving advertisers the opportunity to enter the campaign fray ahead of the critical January runoff races for Georgia's Senate seats.

December 10, 2020

Facebook blasts FTC antitrust lawsuit: ‘A chilling warning to American business’

Facebook fired back Wednesday after the Federal Trade Commission announced it will sue the company over alleged unlawful behavior to eliminate its competition in social networking.

December 9, 2020

FTC files antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

The Federal Trade Commission and 48 states filed lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday alleging that the company engaged in unlawful behavior to eliminate its competition in social networking.

December 9, 2020

Eric Swalwell under fire for connection to alleged Chinese spy

Rep. Eric Swalwell's interaction with an alleged Chinese spy has become a political football endangering his standing with fellow lawmakers and potentially imperiling his future political aspirations.

December 9, 2020

YouTube to take down videos alleging election fraud

YouTube said Wednesday it's cracking down on content on its video-sharing, social media platform that alleges election fraud or errors that changed the outcome of the 2020 election.

December 9, 2020

Black church leaders group excluded from Joe Biden cabinet inclusivity meeting

President-elect Joseph R. Biden excluded an organization of Black church leaders from his meeting Tuesday with civil rights groups demanding he name more people of color to his Cabinet.

December 8, 2020

Nathan Simington, Trump FCC nominee, confirmed by Senate; tees up divided commission in 2021

The Senate voted 49-46 Tuesday to confirm President Trump's Federal Communications Commission nominee, Nathan Simington, setting up an FCC expected to be divided 2-2 along partisan lines on Inauguration Day.

December 8, 2020

Trump admin.’s TikTok restrictions blocked by second federal judge

A second federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's restrictions on TikTok, the China-owned social media app, as the controversy speeds toward oral arguments in a federal appeals court next week.

December 8, 2020

Xavier Becerra, Joe Biden HHS nominee, tests GOP’s pro-life resistance

Fighting Xavier Becerra's anticipated appointment to serve as the next secretary of Health and Human Services will be the first test of the pro-life movement's muscle in a narrowly divided Senate and with a Democrat in the White House.

December 7, 2020

Liberal Black Church PAC frustrated about lack of Black Biden nominees

The liberal Black Church PAC is upset that presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden's burgeoning slate of top-ranking appointments includes few Black nominees.

December 7, 2020

CDC recommends states and localities mandate mask-wearing to fight COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday for the first time called for states and localities to require their residents to use face masks indoors and on all types of public transportation.

December 4, 2020

Cheesecake Factory settles with SEC over alleged misleading COVID-19 disclosures

The Cheesecake Factory settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegedly misleading disclosures that the restaurant company made about the coronavirus pandemic's effect on its business and financial well-being.

December 4, 2020

DHS inspector general investigating alleged warrantless surveillance

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating its employees' alleged warrantless surveillance, according to a letter from Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari to five Democratic senators.

December 3, 2020