Google outlines new, restrictive political ads policy that limits microtargeting
Another tech giant distances itself from Facebook's stance on political ads
The US says it's starting to process applications for licenses to sell tech to Huawei
The trade ban is still in effect for over a hundred non-US affiliates on the entity list
Evan Spiegel: Snapchat fact-checks all political ads
Perhaps Facebook will some day decide to copy this feature
Twitter bans political ads globally, will allow limited use of "cause-based" ads
The company says it's a work in progress and mistakes will be made
A former Facebook executive says the company can't stay out of politics
Its business model runs contrary to its idea of a "level playing field"
Jack Dorsey: Twitter will ban all political advertising moving forward
The executive thinks politicians should earn their reach, but will other social platforms follow suit?
A man is running for governor of California to run false ads on Facebook
The Really Online Lefty League strikes again
China establishes $29B fund to wean itself off of US semiconductors
The fund will help finance Beijing's domestic semiconductor efforts
Hundreds of Facebook employees send letter to Zuckerberg asking for changes to political ads policy
Many believe letting politicians lie with impunity is against the company's core values
Senator Warren tests Facebook's ad policies on lying... by lying
The presidential candidate goes meta
Brazil to create massive biometric database of all citizens
Storing 200 million records in one place, what could go wrong?
Google continues to make donations to anti-science groups despite their public environmental advocacy
Industry analysts have called it "greenwashing" for portraying an image of climate action yet donating in opposition behind the scenes
New California laws tackle political and pornographic deepfakes
Expect more states to do the same
Senator Warren proposes reinstating Office of Technology Assessment
Asking experts, not lobbyists, to guide policy change
Facebook will allow "newsworthy" posts from politicians to break the rules
The company doesn't want to be the arbiter of truth on its platform
Big Tech reportedly met with US officials to discuss 2020 election security
Twitter says it's a "joint effort in response to a shared threat"
Proposed White House executive order targets social media 'censorship'
The FCC may be about to get more powerful
Leaked U.N. report says North Korea has stolen billions of dollars in cyberattacks to fund its weapons program
An estimated $2 billion went into its nuclear weapons program
Trump announces an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports
It will go into effect on September 1
GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea and Crimea
Developers in the affected countries will get very limited access
'MoscowMitch' hashtag trends after election security bills blocked
The Senate leader earns a new nickname
Democratic dark horse Tulsi Gabbard files censorship lawsuit against Google
Campaign ads were pulled following 'unusual account activity'
WhatsApp spyware could also steal data from your Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook accounts
All your data are belong to NSO's customers
Newly acquired voting tech may be vulnerable to attack
Election 2020: new hardware, old software
Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others plan to move production out of China
The U.S.-China trade war is far from over