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US Senator asks social media companies about preparations for elections in India, other nations
9 months, 1 week ago

US Senator asks social media companies about preparations for elections in India, other nations

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: An influential American Senator on Friday asked the US social media companies as to what preparations they have made for elections in India, where social media platforms, including Meta-owned WhatsApp, have a long track record of amplifying misleading and false content. The letter, written by Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence and Rules Committees, which has …

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U.S. lawmaker seeks answers from Meta, X, Google, TikTok over Israel-Hamas false content
1 year, 2 months ago

U.S. lawmaker seeks answers from Meta, X, Google, TikTok over Israel-Hamas false content

The Hindu  

Senator Michael Bennet on Tuesday sought information on how tech giants Meta, X, TikTok and Google were trying to stop the spread of false and misleading content about the Israel-Hamas conflict on their platforms. "Deceptive content has ricocheted across social media sites since the conflict began, sometimes receiving millions of views," Bennet, a Democrat, said in the letter addressed to …

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Remove TikTok from app stores, US senator writes to Apple and Google
1 year, 10 months ago

Remove TikTok from app stores, US senator writes to Apple and Google

Live Mint  

A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee has called on Apple and Google to ban video-sharing app TikTok from their app stores, says a Bloomberg report. Democratic Senator Michael Bennet calls TikTok “an unacceptable threat to the national security of the United States”. He says that China could use its national security laws to force TikTok or its parent, ByteDance, …

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US midterms: The 10 key races that will decide fate of the Senate
2 years, 2 months ago

US midterms: The 10 key races that will decide fate of the Senate

Al Jazeera  

With 35 Senate seats up for grabs, Republicans are pushing to regain control of the chamber to frustrate Biden’s agenda. Nevada Catherine Cortez Masto v Adam Laxalt In Nevada, the state’s former Attorney General Adam Laxalt is trying to unseat Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and polls show them in a close race. Laxalt has focused on inflation, which he …

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Biden to designate his 1st national monument in Colorado
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden to designate his 1st national monument in Colorado

Associated Press  

DENVER — The Biden administration is preparing to designate its first new national monument, preserving a World War 2-era alpine training site and providing a boost to the reelection campaign of the state’s senior Senator, Michael Bennet, according to a person familiar with the process. Bennet pushed for the national monument designation after a far more sweeping conservation bill known …

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Column: How bad could November be for Democrats? Watch this Senate race and see
2 years, 4 months ago

Column: How bad could November be for Democrats? Watch this Senate race and see

LA Times  

When Democrats candidly assess the party’s prospects for November, their responses range from bad to awful to curled up and whimpering in a fetal position. If Democrats keep control, it will be because of candidates like Herschel Walker, the epically clueless former college football star who could easily fumble away one of the GOP’s prime pickup opportunities in Georgia, and …

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Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances
2 years, 10 months ago

Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances

Associated Press  

DENVER — A proposal to create a national historic site at a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in rural Colorado has passed the U.S. Senate after Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee dropped his objections to adding more land to the federal government’s portfolio -- in this case less than a square mile. The bipartisan bill to make …

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Utah senator blocks internment camp designation, draws ire
2 years, 10 months ago

Utah senator blocks internment camp designation, draws ire

Associated Press  

DENVER — On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is getting backlash for holding up the creation of a national historic site at a former internment camp in rural Colorado. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, says …

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