For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny
4 years ago

For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny

Hindustan Times  

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America’s tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. The social media companies’ CEOs rebuffed accusations of anti-conservative bias at a Senate hearing last month. He said he wants to see quickly crimped the social media companies’ long-held legal protections for speech on their platforms. And he singled out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for scorn, calling him “a real problem.” The Biden administration is also expected to press forward with the Trump Justice Department’s new antitrust lawsuit against Google, though its shape likely could be changed. The social media companies’ CEOs rebuffed accusations of anti-conservative bias at a Senate hearing last month and promised to aggressively defend their platforms from being used to sow chaos in the Nov. 3 election.

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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Donald Trump?
5 days, 23 hours ago

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Donald Trump?

India Today  

NEW YORK: In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office …

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?
6 days, 3 hours ago

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes …

Trump declares a new war on Big Tech
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump declares a new war on Big Tech

Politico  

“At the FTC, we will end Big Tech’s vendetta against competition and free speech,” Ferguson pledged on X. Carr, a longtime conservative gadfly initially nominated to the FCC by Trump and strongly supported by Elon Musk, has leaned into culture-war rhetoric and last month pledged on social media and cable news to smash the “censorship cartel” of Big Tech. Adam …

How Trump’s triumph will turbocharge America’s Left-leaning tech giants
1 month, 1 week ago

How Trump’s triumph will turbocharge America’s Left-leaning tech giants

The Telegraph  

The hope of an antitrust shake-up under Trump was one of the reasons for US technology stocks ticking higher following his victory on Wednesday, as bosses predict the government’s regulatory stance will soften during his administration. Andreessen said the treatment of the cryptocurrency industry by the Biden White House had been “intolerable”, while Horowitz said the US under Biden was …

Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in social media dispute with conservative states
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in social media dispute with conservative states

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. AP AUDIO: The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states AP Washington correspondent Sagar …

Republican hearing to expose alleged Twitter bias 'backfires' spectacularly
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican hearing to expose alleged Twitter bias 'backfires' spectacularly

Raw Story  

A House Oversight Committee hearing held this week to purportedly prove that former Twitter executives colluded with federal government officials to cover up a 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden's laptop did not pan out the way Republican members hoped, The Daily Beast reports. Ex-Twitter executives Yoel Roth, James Baker, and Vijaya Gadde, and Anika Collier Navaroli testified …

Republican hearing to expose alleged Twitter bias against conservatives spectacularly “backfires”
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican hearing to expose alleged Twitter bias against conservatives spectacularly “backfires”

Salon  

A House Oversight Committee hearing held this week to purportedly prove that former Twitter executives colluded with federal government officials to cover up a 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden's laptop did not pan out the way Republican members hoped, The Daily Beast reports. Ex-Twitter executives Yoel Roth, James Baker, and Vijaya Gadde, and Anika Collier Navaroli testified …

Big Tech attacks become rallying cry for GOP candidates
2 years, 6 months ago

Big Tech attacks become rallying cry for GOP candidates

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Shortly after launching his campaign last year for the Republican nomination in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race, Sam Brown got into a scrape with Twitter. “As a Republican, we’re very used to seeing censorship happen on the Big Tech platforms.” As the 2022 primary season moves forward next week with contests in several states including Nevada, that sense …

Obama argues unregulated social media is a threat to democracy, calls to ‘pick a side’
2 years, 8 months ago

Obama argues unregulated social media is a threat to democracy, calls to ‘pick a side’

LA Times  

It’s time to “pick a side” on whether social media companies should be regulated by the government and made more responsible for the content published on their services, former President Barack Obama argued in a sweeping speech at Stanford University on Thursday, arguing that online “disinformation” is threatening the future of freedom around the world. Do we allow our democracy …

Biden elevates energetic critic of Big Tech as top regulator
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden elevates energetic critic of Big Tech as top regulator

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general. The selection of legal scholar Lina Khan to head the Federal Trade Commission is seen as signaling a tough stance toward tech giants Facebook, …

Bills that could force Big Tech breakups unveiled in House
3 years, 6 months ago

Bills that could force Big Tech breakups unveiled in House

The Hindu  

A group of House lawmakers has put forward a sweeping legislative package that could curb the market power of Big Tech companies and force Facebook, Google, Amazon or Apple to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business. It concluded that the four tech giants have abused their market power by charging excessive fees, imposing tough contract terms …

Bills that could force Big Tech breakups unveiled in House
3 years, 6 months ago

Bills that could force Big Tech breakups unveiled in House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A group of House lawmakers put forward a sweeping legislative package Friday that could curb the market power of Big Tech companies and force Facebook, Google, Amazon or Apple to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business. The subcommittee said Amazon and Apple have “significant and durable market power” in the U.S. online retail market, …

Biden beefs up White House staff, including Big Tech critic Tim Wu
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden beefs up White House staff, including Big Tech critic Tim Wu

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday rounded out his White House staff with a top adviser who has advocated for breaking up Big Tech companies along with a host of new appointments focused on COVID-19, criminal justice and the economy. The White House announced six additional staffers to its National Economic Council, including Columbia University professor Tim Wu, who coined …

For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny
4 years ago

For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America’s tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. He said he wants to see quickly crimped the social media companies’ long-held legal protections for speech on their platforms. And he singled out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for scorn, …

Big Tech shouldn’t breathe a sigh of relief over Biden
4 years, 1 month ago

Big Tech shouldn’t breathe a sigh of relief over Biden

CNN  

CNN Business — Don’t expect Joe Biden to go any easier on Big Tech than President Donald Trump has. But, policy analysts say, Biden’s approach to large tech platforms is driven by the bipartisan outcry over Silicon Valley’s dominance — and reflects how dramatically the political environment has changed for the industry since 2016. That’s the same today.” On the …

How Will Tech Policy Change In The Biden White House? Here's What You Need To Know
4 years, 1 month ago

How Will Tech Policy Change In The Biden White House? Here's What You Need To Know

NPR  

How Will Tech Policy Change In The Biden White House? It's not yet clear what the Biden administration would propose to replace the law, but the former vice president has said it should be revoked "immediately." "Aggressiveness towards China in terms of trade secrets, China tech companies, potentially spying and other issues, I don't think that's going to change much," …

Section 230: Why the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying before the Senate this week
4 years, 1 month ago

Section 230: Why the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying before the Senate this week

CNN  

CNN Business — A right-wing offensive is underway to discredit social media companies just days before the election. In calling for the subpoenas earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz blasted tech platforms for “actively interfering in this election in a way that has no precedent in the history of our country.” “Twitter and Facebook and Big Tech billionaires don’t get …

U.S. House's antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms, lawmaker says
4 years, 2 months ago

U.S. House's antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms, lawmaker says

The Hindu  

The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a “thinly veiled call to break up” the companies, Republican Congressman Ken Buck said in a draft response seen by Reuters. The House antitrust subcommittee is expected to publish its report this week on Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and Google owner Alphabet Inc. A Buck representative …

Lawmakers batter Big Tech CEOs, but don’t land many blows
4 years, 4 months ago

Lawmakers batter Big Tech CEOs, but don’t land many blows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congressional lawmakers finally got a chance Wednesday to grill the CEOs of Big Tech over their dominance and allegations of monopolistic practices that stifle competition. The panel’s chairman, Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, said each platform controlled by Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple “is a bottleneck for a key channel of distribution.” “Whether they control access …

US lawmakers accuse Big Tech of crushing rivals to boost profits
4 years, 4 months ago

US lawmakers accuse Big Tech of crushing rivals to boost profits

Live Mint  

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing that put four of America's most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat. Facebook Inc's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon.com Inc's Jeff Bezos, Google owner Alphabet Inc's Sundar Pichai and Apple Inc's Tim Cook - whose companies …

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook are testifying before US Congress
4 years, 4 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook are testifying before US Congress

Live Mint  

Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — are set to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry. The White House cited an earlier Trump executive order in that direction and his request …

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power
4 years, 4 months ago

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power

NPR  

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 6:35 p.m. Cook said that "there are many reasons why" an app may not meet the App Store's guidelines, dismissing the suggestion that Apple squashed its competition to favor its own …

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