David McCabe
The New York Times
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China’s Cloud Computing Firms Raise Concern for U.S.
The Biden administration is exploring whether it can mount a campaign against Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and Huawei, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing. → Read More
Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech
The cases could significantly affect the power and responsibilities of social media platforms. → Read More
Why Losing to Meta in Court Could Still Be a Win for Antitrust Regulators
As the Federal Trade Commission prepares to face off in court against Meta over a V.R. start-up deal, the agency is testing a novel argument as part of a strategy to push antitrust law. → Read More
Ticketmaster’s Parent Company Said to Face Justice Department Investigation
The inquiry predates the botched presale of Taylor Swift tickets this week and is said to focus on whether Live Nation has abused its power in the live music industry. → Read More
Instagram Says Parental Controls Will Arrive in March
Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children. → Read More
Zoom’s $15 billion deal for Five9 is off.
The plan to merge had drawn scrutiny on national security grounds. → Read More
Zoom’s $15 billion deal for Five9 is off.
The plan to merge had drawn scrutiny on national security grounds. → Read More
Biden will name a privacy expert to Federal Trade Commission.
Alvaro Bedoya, President Biden’s nominee, has studied the way new technologies can violate privacy. → Read More
Biden to Urge More Scrutiny of Tech Mergers and Data Privacy
The order is the president’s latest acknowledgment of concerns that the tech giants have obtained outsize market power. → Read More
Google Faces Antitrust Lawsuit Over App Store Fees
Software developers have accused the company of harsh policies and taking a large cut of financial transactions in their apps. → Read More
Florida, in a First, Will Fine Social Media Companies That Bar Candidates
The new law is a direct response to Facebook’s and Twitter’s suspensions of former President Donald J. Trump. → Read More
As Congress Dithers, States Step In to Set Rules for the Internet
Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Maryland are among dozens of states that have introduced bills to curtail the power of Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter. → Read More
Fake Comments on Net Neutrality Rollback to Cost Companies Millions
The state attorney general’s office reached an agreement that levies millions in penalties on third-party services that generated the comments. → Read More
Lawmakers Grill Tech C.E.O.s on Capitol Riot, Getting Few Direct Answers
The leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter faced sharp questions about misinformation’s role in the attack and the mental health of children who use their products. → Read More
Big Tech C.E.O.s to Face Lawmakers on Disinformation: Live Updates
Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in October. He is set to say that Facebook supports new rules that would make the Section 230 protections available only to certain platforms.Credit...Pool photo by Greg Nash House lawmakers plan to interrogate the chief executives of Google, Facebook and Twitter at a hearing on Thursday about how disinformation spreads across their platforms, an issue… → Read More
How The Death of Taylor Force in Israel Echoes Through the Fight Over Online Speech
Lawyers, judges and lawmakers are advancing a bold idea: The powerful algorithms used by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter could make them complicit in offline crimes. → Read More
Big Tech’s Next Big Problem Could Come From People Like ‘Mr. Sweepy’
Government antitrust lawsuits have created openings for numerous private cases against Big Tech, with more expected to come. If successful, the cases could cost them dearly. → Read More
Maryland Approves Country’s First Tax on Big Tech’s Ad Revenue
Analysts estimate that the tax will generate up to $250 million for schools in the state in the first year. It will also probably face fierce legal challenges. → Read More
Robinhood, Under the Gun, Raises $2.4 Billion
The high volume of trading by its customers, many of them egged on by social media, has put a strain on the company’s balance sheet. → Read More
Connecticut is investigating Amazon’s practices in the e-books market.
Connecticut’s top law enforcement official said on Wednesday that he was conducting an antitrust investigation into how Amazon runs its e-books business. William Tong, Connecticut’s attorney general, said in a statement that the state “has an active and ongoing antitrust investigation into Amazon regarding potentially anticompetitive terms” in the distribution agreements the company has for… → Read More