Ryan Lovelace

Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, defends crackdown on Trump’s mail-in voting tweets

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company's crackdown on President Trump's tweets regarding mail-in voting during testimony Wednesday to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

October 28, 2020

Jack Dorsey urges ‘thoughtfulness and restraint’ as Congress develops Big Tech regulations

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will warn lawmakers on Wednesday that changing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act could unintentionally limit speech online and damage competition, in testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

October 28, 2020

State ballot questions include technology, privacy issues

Facial recognition technology, warrantless searches of cellphones and replacing bail with algorithms are on ballots in states across the country.

October 27, 2020

Facebook’s Zuckerberg to call for ‘more active’ government role regulating social media

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will call for a "more active role for governments and regulators" in testimony to a Senate committee on Wednesday, The Washington Times has learned.

October 27, 2020

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg calls for ‘update’ of Section 230 by Congress

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will support lawmakers' changing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, The Washington Times has learned.

October 27, 2020

Google to ‘pause’ election ads when polls close

Google announced on Tuesday that it will "temporarily pause" ads referring to the 2020 election or its outcome as soon as the polls close next week.

October 27, 2020

WeChat to continue; Trump admin. loses appeal of federal judge’s halt of app ban

The Trump administration lost an appeal of a federal judge's injunction that stopped the federal government's ban of WeChat, a social messaging app owned by the Chinese company Tencent.

October 27, 2020

Zuckerberg says Facebook helped register 4.4 million voters for 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that his company has already helped register 4.4 million Americans to vote ahead of next week's election, exceeding the company's goal.

October 26, 2020

Black churchgoers group aims to turn out 1M voters with ‘Souls to the Polls’ tour of Southeast

The Black Church Action Fund is mobilizing to get one million Black churchgoers to the polls in next week's election.

October 26, 2020

Jason Lewis, Minnesota GOP Senate candidate, has emergency surgery in final week before the election

Minnesota's GOP Senate candidate Jason Lewis was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery on Monday, according to his campaign.

October 26, 2020

Murkowski says she’ll vote ‘yes’ on Judge Barrett’s confirmation

In a blow to Senate Democrats, moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Saturday that she will vote "yes" to place Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, despite her reservations about the path the Senate has taken to process the nomination before Election Day.

October 24, 2020

Graham schedules hearing with Big Tech CEOs after Election Day

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the committee after Election Day.

October 23, 2020

Google removes three apps created for children over improper data collection

Google has removed three apps aimed at children from its Google Play store because of the apps' improper data collection that violated company policies, according to a report.

October 23, 2020

Thomas Massie says he won’t take a COVID vaccine

Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, said on Twitter that he has no intention of taking a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.

October 23, 2020

TikTok changes content enforcement policies to explain decisions

TikTok is taking new steps to explain to its users how and why the company removes users' content on its platform.

October 23, 2020

White House disputes report of Trump Twitter hack

The White House disputed on Thursday a Dutch newspaper report claiming President Trump's Twitter account was hacked by a Dutch researcher.

October 22, 2020

Facebook oversight board begins taking cases to review content-enforcement decisions

The new oversight board charged with policing Facebook's content enforcement decisions began accepting cases for review on Thursday.

October 22, 2020

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs over Hunter Biden story

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about their companies' restrictions on news reports about Hunter Biden's emails that contradict claims by his father, Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden.

October 22, 2020

Election expert: It’s likely too late to request a mail-in ballot even if it’s legal

David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, is encouraging voters to vote in-person if possible and put extra thought into when and how you vote.

October 21, 2020

Pro-life group mounts late push for 11 congressional candidates

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List endorsed 11 men running for Congress as its final endorsements of the 2020 cycle, during which the group said it is supporting 105 candidates for federal office and 15 candidates at the state level.

October 21, 2020