Ryan Lovelace

Circles, a private surveillance company, accused of spying on smartphones for governments

Circles, a private surveillance company, spied on texts, calls and locations of phones at the behest of governments in at least 25 countries without hacking the phones directly, according to Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto.

December 2, 2020

William Evanina, counterintel chief, praises ‘unprecedented’ partnership of feds, social media firms

William R. Evanina, director of U.S. counterintelligence, said Wednesday that the federal government's coordinated work with social media companies ahead of the 2020 election will provide a playbook for fighting foreign influence in the future.

December 2, 2020

America Rising develops multimillion-dollar anti-Biden administration effort

The conservative America Rising PAC is building an opposition research team, dubbed the Biden Accountability Initiative, ready to fight a potential Biden administration from day one.

December 2, 2020

Senate committee advances FCC nominee, teeing up likely divided FCC in 2021

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted 14-12 on Wednesday to advance President Trump's Federal Communications Commission nominee, Nathan Simington, increasing the likelihood that the FCC will be divided 2-2 along partisan lines on Inauguration Day.

December 2, 2020

Republicans setting up for deadlocked FCC after Ajit Pai announces departure

Senate Republicans are setting up a deadlocked Federal Communications Commission for presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

December 1, 2020

Ajit Pai, FCC chair, to depart on Jan. 20

Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai said he will leave his post on Inauguration Day.

December 1, 2020

Trump administration grants TikTok a one-week extension

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it granted an extension to TikTok's China-based owner ByteDance to satisfy the federal government's requirements.

November 25, 2020

Liberal think tank urges DOJ to block sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House

The liberal Open Markets Institute said Wednesday that the sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House, which is owned by German publishing giant Bertelsmann, poses "multiple dangers to American democracy," and called on the U.S. Justice Department to intervene.

November 25, 2020

Joseph R. Biden voters experience regret after new revelations, poll finds

Roughly 17% of Biden voters said they wouldn't have voted for him if they had known about his record as well as that of President Trump, found the survey commissioned by the conservative Media Research Center.

November 24, 2020

YouTube suspends conservative One America News Network over COVID-19 misinformation policy

YouTube said Tuesday that it suspended One America News Network for violating its COVID-19 misinformation policy.

November 24, 2020

Twitter expands display of warning labels to users attempting to ‘like’ tweets

Twitter's aggressive crackdown on alleged misinformation is growing, as the company will now display a warning message to users who attempt to "like" a post flagged as containing misinformation.

November 24, 2020

U.S. is biggest cybertheft target in world as pandemic shifts people online, study finds

The United States is the largest data theft target in the world and Americans are the most likely victims, a new study has found.

November 23, 2020

Nancy Pelosi wants Senate hearings for Joe Biden’s nominees before Inauguration Day

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that she wants the Senate to hold hearings on presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden's nominees before Inauguration Day.

November 23, 2020

GoDaddy staff allegedly manipulated to let attackers access cryptocurrency platforms

Hackers allegedly manipulated employees at GoDaddy, the largest web domain registrar, into handing over control of various websites to cybercriminals.

November 23, 2020

Ron Klain warns Trump will mismanage vaccine distribution

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden's team on Sunday warned that President Trump will mismanage the distribution of vaccines the same way he botched getting coronavirus tests to Americans.

November 22, 2020

Md. Gov. Larry Hogan: U.S. beginning to look like a ‘banana republic’ under Trump

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a vehement anti-Trump Republican, said Sunday that the United States is starting to resemble a "banana republic" under President Trump.

November 22, 2020

Chris Christie calls for Trump to stop challenging 2020 election

Chris Christie said Sunday that the time has come for President Trump to stop challenging the outcome of the 2020 election and branded the conduct of the president's legal team a "national embarrassment."

November 22, 2020

Ron Klain: ‘Vaccines don’t save lives, vaccinations save lives’

Developing vaccines for COVID-19 is important but distributing the immunizations will prove more critical said Ron Klain, incoming chief of staff to presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

November 22, 2020

Ron Klain: Biden’s first Cabinet picks to come Tuesday

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden will announce his first cabinet picks for his new administration on Tuesday, said Ron Klain, who Mr. Biden has selected as his chief of staff.

November 22, 2020

Vaccine czar: Coronavirus immunizations could begin in three weeks

Moncef Slaoui, who oversees vaccine development for the White House, said Sunday that he thinks the American people could begin getting immunized from COVID-19 in about three weeks.

November 22, 2020