Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan faced scrutiny from Republicans at a Thursday (July 13) House Judiciary Committee Oversight hearing. Under Khan, the FTC’s budget has ballooned by 30%, with the Biden administration granting an additional $430 million in fiscal year 2023, the New York Post...
Elon Musk said he would reverse the Twitter ban of former President Donald Trump, calling it “not correct” and a “morally bad decision,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that was...
The United States government is investigating China-based ByteDance Technology, the company that owns popular video app TikTok, according to Reuters. The investigation is mainly centered around the company’s acquisition of social media app Musical.ly two years ago. U.S. lawmakers have been calling for an investigation...
India is considering censoring streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, Reuters reported on Thursday (Oct. 17). An anonymous senior government official in India told Reuters other options are being explored to avoid regulation. Censorship concerns caused Netflix and India’s Hotstar to sign a...
September 10, 2023
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling limiting how the White House can communicate with social media platforms. The ruling Friday (Sept. 8) by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says that President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to restrict what it deems misleading content about COVID-19 on social media was a free speech violation. “The officials have engaged […]
July 13, 2023
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan faced scrutiny from Republicans at a Thursday (July 13) House Judiciary Committee Oversight hearing. Under Khan, the FTC’s budget has ballooned by 30%, with the...
May 10, 2022
Elon Musk said he would reverse the Twitter ban of former President Donald Trump, calling it “not correct” and a “morally bad decision,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “I...
November 01, 2019
The United States government is investigating China-based ByteDance Technology, the company that owns popular video app TikTok, according to Reuters. The investigation is mainly centered around the company’s acquisition of...
