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Zamaan Qureshi speaks during a rally organized by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us to hold tech and social media companies accountable for taking steps to protect kids and teens online on January 31.

Teen group, tech critics push for stronger online safety measure

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 24, 2024 at 7:00am
Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell have disagreed over whether FCC spectrum auction proceeds should be used to restore internet subsidies for low-income families.

Congress has limited time to keep its word on tech legislation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 10, 2024 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the vote was a step in "the most important update in decades to federal laws to protecting kids on the internet."

Senate passes kids online safety package

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 30, 2024 at 2:26pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said social media “can do a lot of good things, but it also can lead to serious health risks that we cannot ignore.”

Tech groups, others plan full fight over kids’ online safety bills

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 30, 2024 at 7:00am
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn, center, join families of victims of online abuse at a news conference Thursday on the childrens' online safety bill that advanced in the Senate.

Senate tees up kids online safety bill for vote next week

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:57pm
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 23, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives to the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Once a tech investor, Vance is now Big Tech critic

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 10:38am
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 7:00am
Justice Elena Kagan has criticized the 5th Circuit decision that upheld the Texas law, writing for a six-justice majority that social media content moderation is free speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Ruling boosts social media free speech protections, some say

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 9, 2024 at 7:00am
The proposal is an “important step” in safeguarding national security, says House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro.

Treasury seeks tighter rules on US investment in China tech

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 3, 2024 at 7:00am
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., center, and ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., right, are shown at a hearing on the social media platform TikTok in March 2023.

Privacy bill markup canceled amid multi-front opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 27, 2024 at 9:06pm
“Setting the stage for how the federal government is going to buy and use AI will have a large effect on the AI industry, as well as innovation,” says Sen. Gary Peters.

Peters pitches AI legislation as model for private sector

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 25, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 5:16pm
Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney says he and others would like to see restrictions on dangerous outcomes from AI.

Downplaying AI’s existential risks is a fatal error, some say

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 11, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, center, has draft legislation on a federal privacy standard that’s the subject of intense debate over its scope.

Tech groups call for preempting state laws in privacy bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 10, 2024 at 7:43am
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department "will vigorously enforce our antitrust laws," when the government filed suit against Google in 2023.

Congress asked to probe tech companies hiding antitrust evidence

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 4, 2024 at 1:03pm
Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer has expressed concerns about free speech as Congress looks to regulate artificial intelligence.

Congress wrestles with AI’s boost to campaigns, potential misuse

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 4, 2024 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer with, from left, Sens. Todd Young, Martin Heinrich and Mike Rounds, holds a news conference on their AI road map on May 15.

Senate AI ‘road map’ potentially a dangerous detour, critics say

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 21, 2024 at 7:00am
Schumer is flanked by Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group members Todd Young, R-Ind., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., at a news conference on Wednesday.

Schumer proposes $32 billion annual spending under AI road map

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 15, 2024 at 1:28pm
Ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., right, makes an opening statement as Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., looks on, during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in March.

Lawmakers issue ultimatum to tech platforms over data privacy

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 14, 2024 at 7:00am
Shou Chew, CEO of TikTok, arrives to testify during the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 31.

TikTok sues US, calling divestiture law unconstitutional

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 7, 2024 at 4:11pm
Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next” on May 1.

Change Healthcare lacked safeguards even as it gave security advice

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 7, 2024 at 7:00am
Michigan Republican Rep. John Moolenaar now leads the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

China committee eyes supply chain, biotech as Moolenaar takes helm

By Gopal Ratnam and Briana Reilly
Posted April 30, 2024 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer says Micron’s New York plant will revive manufacturing in an area that has faced an economic downturn.

Micron gets combined $13.6 billion grant, loan for chip plants

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 25, 2024 at 5:01am
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, right, shakes hands with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on artificial intelligence oversight last year. Blumenthal is one of several senators sponsoring bills to limit the use of AI in political ads.

States move to label deepfake political ads

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 24, 2024 at 7:00am
Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks to reporters as he leaves a TikTok briefing in the Capitol on March 20.

House bill gives up to a year to sell TikTok; eyes Russian assets

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 17, 2024 at 10:01pm
Some states are looking to pass age-appropriate design laws, advocated by groups such as the youth-led coalition Design It For Us.

Congress’ tech plate is full, with little time at the table

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 16, 2024 at 7:00am
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is one of the staunchest critics of net neutrality in Congress.

FCC move to restore net neutrality sets stage for familiar fight

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 9, 2024 at 6:00am
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., says she has a deal with Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, R-Wash., that enjoys broad support.

Landmark data privacy deal would create first federal standard

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 8, 2024 at 8:48am
Congressional Democrats have been pushing to restore net neutrality since the principle was repealed in 2017.

FCC plans to restore net neutrality repealed by Trump

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 3, 2024 at 2:44pm
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., praised the NTIA for an "immense amount of work" on internet connectivity.

Little-known NTIA takes on massive job of internet connectivity

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 3, 2024 at 7:00am
A computer screen with the home page of the OpenAI website displays ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence model.

US agency calls for audits of AI systems to ensure accountability

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 27, 2024 at 12:01am
Apps including Tiktok are seen on the screen of Apple iPhone.

Apple lawsuit pits US free-market goal against app security

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 26, 2024 at 7:00am
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland accused Apple of "exclusionary anticompetitive conduct."

Apple wields iPhone power to thwart competition, U.S. suit says

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 21, 2024 at 3:26pm
In this photo illustration, a video created by Open AI’s text-to-video “Sora” tool plays on a monitor in Washington on Feb. 16.

UN passes US-led resolution on AI technologies

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 21, 2024 at 3:22pm
President Joe Biden signs the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on the South Lawn of the White House.

Intel awarded up to $19.5 billion in grant, loan for US chip production

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 20, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Bob Latta, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, calls China’s tech ambitions a “significant threat.”

Focus sharpens on China’s tech

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 19, 2024 at 8:04am
Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January.

Schumer signals slower pace on TikTok measure in the Senate

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 14, 2024 at 6:00am
Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January.

House easily overcomes objections to pass TikTok bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 13, 2024 at 11:57am
Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell, whose committee would have a key role in the TikTok bill passing in the Senate, says she’s examining provisions to ensure that they meet the free-speech threshold.

TikTok bill heads to House floor as Trump backs away from ban

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 12, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is seen outside the Capitol on Feb. 29. He sponsored the TikTok bill approved on Thursday.

House panel votes for TikTok divestiture, curtailed data brokering

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 7, 2024 at 7:17pm
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell has pledged to pursue federal data privacy legislation.

Push for federal data privacy law grows as rights vary by state

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 17, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sponsored legislation that would require online platforms and social media apps to exercise a duty of care and take steps to mitigate harm for minors using their platforms.

Advocates push for federal online safety laws as states take lead

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 9, 2024 at 7:00am
Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs is the sponsor of a bill that would block agencies from searching through online data without a warrant.

Congress looks to block US agencies from buying Americans’ data

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 12, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., supports the move to withdraw from the trade provisions.

Democrats divided over Biden’s move on digital trade

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 5, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., heads the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

China commission calls for stronger tech export controls

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 28, 2023 at 7:00am
Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell says the Senate is on track to pass a package of child online safety measures this year.

Push renewed for online child safety bill despite setbacks

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 14, 2023 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden has called for a multi-agency approach to AI.

Dueling interests ask if Biden goes too far on AI or falls short

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 7, 2023 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden's order codifies voluntary commitments made by top U.S. companies with the White House in July.

Biden compels AI companies to share safety data

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 30, 2023 at 1:06pm
At a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee in September, Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said generative models can improve cybersecurity.

Cyber-defense systems seek to outduel criminals in AI race

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 24, 2023 at 7:00am
Sen. Chris Coons, who chairs the Judiciary Committee’s panel on intellectual property, is pursuing legislation that would hold online retail platforms liable for counterfeits.

Pressure rises on online retailers to fight fakes

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 17, 2023 at 7:00am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has introduced legislation to limit the adverse effects of AI on political ads.

Drawing the line on AI-based deepfakes proves tricky for Congress

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 11, 2023 at 7:00am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced legislation to prevent online platforms from giving their own products preferential treatment.

FTC, Justice take on digital giants as Congress dawdles

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 3, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said at a data privacy event she worries the issue will be overshadowed by AI.

Data privacy law seen as needed precursor to AI regulation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 26, 2023 at 7:00am
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., chairman of the Commerce Consumer Protection subcommittee, has proposed a framework for AI regulation alongside Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.

As US debates, EU begins to audit AI

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 19, 2023 at 7:00am
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in Russell Building on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday.

There’s consensus, not details, on AI regulation, Schumer says

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 13, 2023 at 7:14pm
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (left) andSpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Musk, Zuckerberg among tech titans converging for Senate AI forum

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 12, 2023 at 2:09pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has held a series of briefings for lawmakers on AI with the goal of drafting legislation.

Threats like AI-aided bioweapons confound policymakers

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 12, 2023 at 7:00am
Former California Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney, who co-chaired the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, is pictured before leaving Congress last year.

Europe’s approach to regulate AI seen as too hasty for US

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 6, 2023 at 7:00am
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement that the malware affected banks, a contractor for critical infrastructure and a medical device manufacturer.

FBI shuts down Qakbot malware tied to ransomware, financial fraud

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted August 29, 2023 at 5:35pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, pushed to include a provision in the fiscal 2023 appropriations bill on tracking US investment into China's tech sector.

Biden bans US investment into China’s tech sectors

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted August 9, 2023 at 5:59pm
Arati Prabhakar, right, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the contest would be a collaboration between the government and four AI companies.

Defense agency holds contest for AI tools to boost cybersecurity

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted August 9, 2023 at 1:00pm
Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn says national security is the main reason Congress provided the aid to semiconductor makers.

Officials juggle several US goals as they award CHIPS money

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 25, 2023 at 7:00am
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee on May 16.

Companies have pledged safe AI development, White House says

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 21, 2023 at 9:14am
White House Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, second from right, participates in a panel discussion on the National Cybersecurity Strategy in Long Beach in April.

White House issues cybersecurity plan as GOP calls for restraint

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 18, 2023 at 7:00am
The European Union says its legislation would give consumers and companies a say on what can be done with the data generated by their connected products.

EU action on data-sharing for smart devices raises concerns

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 11, 2023 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.

Congress, White House race to get arms around AI systems 

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 21, 2023 at 7:00am
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., plans committee hearings on ways to keep AI-generated breakthroughs in the U.S.

Congress ponders whether AI should have the power of the patent

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 13, 2023 at 7:00am
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says steady funding is essential to meeting evolving threats.

Cybersecurity, nondefense research may face cuts in debt deal

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 6, 2023 at 7:01am
National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Alan Davidson has said "accountability mechanisms" can help ensure that AI is trustworthy.

Experts say AI poses ‘extinction’ level of risk, as Congress seeks legislative response

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 31, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said “it would be a huge mistake for Republicans to make cuts to” science and technology funding.

House Republican deficit plan seen as shift in thinking on China

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 16, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, warned about the close proximity of U.S. and Chinese installations in the UAE.

Briefings on UAE-China ties revive lawmakers’ worry about Mideast ally

By Gopal Ratnam and Rachel Oswald
Posted May 2, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., led a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing into data brokers' practices.

Lawmakers eye response as data brokers target ‘rural everlasting’ and ‘married sophisticates’

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 25, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., ranking member of Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, says a screening policy can't harm US interests.

Screening US funds for Chinese tech raises question: Which tech?

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 18, 2023 at 5:00am
Ransomware, a tactic where hackers take over a computer system and demand payment to release it, is also a problem among U.S. allies.

Demand rises for US cybersecurity aid to allies, diplomat says

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 12, 2023 at 12:17pm
Whistleblower Frances Haugen's revelations about Meta Platforms in 2021 raised legislative concern about the harm social media can do to children.

States act to curtail kids online, raising pressure on Congress

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 11, 2023 at 7:00am
Chavonda Jacobs-Young, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary for research, envisions precision technology helping farmers apply fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides as they are needed.

Amid technology worries, farm sector still eyes its potential

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 4, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., said TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's plege for third-party review of code wouldn't necessarily uncover a malicious actor.

Obernolte, Johnson use tech backgrounds to question TikTok CEO

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 28, 2023 at 7:00am
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Lawmakers reject CEO’s assurance TikTok is autonomous from China

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 23, 2023 at 1:02pm, Updated at 1:39pm
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said TikTok 'knowingly allowed' Beijing to access Americans' data.

TikTok CEO to face skeptical lawmakers in testimony Thursday

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 22, 2023 at 6:54pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said “Big tech wants to keep its code in a black box where no one can see what they’re doing."

Critics say Big Tech uses trade deals to avoid data privacy laws

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 21, 2023 at 7:00am
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan.

NSF eyes science alliances on ‘steroids’ to meet China challenge

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 14, 2023 at 7:00am
Senate Armed Services Committee member Mike Rounds, R-S.D., pushed for an extension of auction authority to Sept. 30.

FCC spectrum auction authority lapses amid questions on military need

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 10, 2023 at 11:40am
Sohn appears at her confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on February 14, 2023.

Sohn withdraws after Manchin opposes her FCC confirmation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 7, 2023 at 3:08pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the House Appropriations chair in the last Congress, pushed to get the report requirement into law last year.

Treasury puts price on outbound technology investment scrutiny

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 7, 2023 at 12:44pm
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., said building trust with the private sector is to harmonize rules rather than encourage disparate and competing efforts.

White House cybersecurity strategy likely to face obstacles

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 7, 2023 at 7:00am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducts a news conference in the Capitol after the Senate luncheons on Jan. 24.

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight 

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted February 21, 2023 at 7:00am
Federal Communications Commission nominee Gigi Sohn told Senate Commerce members Tuesday that "dark money groups and surrogates" are trying to block her confirmation.

Sohn blames ‘dark money’ for opposition to her joining FCC

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted February 14, 2023 at 3:24pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, a member of the new select committee on China, has called for a broad industrial strategy to revive domestic manufacturing in several sectors and subsidies to help U.S. companies compete against Chinese exports in some sectors.

Lawmakers seek to stop China’s tech rise without a ‘Great Wall’

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted February 14, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Mike Gallagher says the U.S. is placing more scrutiny on technology transfer to counter "malign" Chinese Communist Party-directed companies while also providing a "green light" to the capitalization of many of them.

Little-noticed US funding for China tech sector now draws scrutiny

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted February 7, 2023 at 7:00am
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., receives a round of applause during a House Energy and Commerce Committee organizational meeting on Tuesday.

Lawmakers stumble on data privacy as another tech CEO to testify

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted February 2, 2023 at 8:07am
House Science Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said the committee will "focus on the things that are five weeks, five months, five years, five decades — maybe five centuries is too long — but 150 years from now."

At ‘fun’ House Science, Lucas sees CHIPS aid as potential model for AI, quantum computing

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 31, 2023 at 7:00am, Updated at 10:35am
Judiciary Committee member Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., was one of four senators who proposed legislation in the last Congress that would require social media platforms to provide data to researchers on the companies’ decision-making processes. The bill didn't advance out of Judiciary.

Court cases test opposing views of online content moderation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 30, 2023 at 10:37am
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., in the Capitol on Jan. 12., the day he and two other Republicans released a bill that would prohibit federal officials from influencing third party content on social media.

White House, House GOP take aim at Big Tech, but see different targets

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 17, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., will chair the new Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

House finds bipartisan agreement on a China-focused committee

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 11, 2023 at 8:28am
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., above, along with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., last year introduced legislation that requires companies to disclose financial support from adversarial foreign governments in pre-merger notifications to U.S. agencies.

Congress tightens screws on Chinese tech purchases, collaboration

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 10, 2023 at 7:00am
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., says an overreliance on China has exacerbated U.S. drug shortages.

Peters eyes progress on unfinished cyber bills in next Congress

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 15, 2022 at 3:40pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., expected to become chair of House Energy and Commerce next year, is expected to give greater scrutiny to the FCC's and NTIA's wireless spectrum allocations.

Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 13, 2022 at 7:00am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says her bill would “preserve strong, independent journalism.”

Big Tech, free-speech advocates join to oppose journalism bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 6, 2022 at 1:29pm
Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell hasn't commented on a data privacy bill, but she is urging passage of two bills that would provide protections for children online.

Advocates, industry push data privacy bill in lame-duck session

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 22, 2022 at 7:00am
Bill Gates, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, said that "no one has been disenfranchised" because of some technical glitches Tuesday.

Glitch, website attack in two states fuel election misinformation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 9, 2022 at 3:10pm