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In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into the halls of Congress for the most high-profile moment of his career. He was pale and glass-eyed, his tie wrapped loosely around his neck, and his hair cropped high and thin in a bizarre homage to Augustus Caesar. His speech was practiced and robotic, and while his performance…

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Republican lawmakers pounding the well-worn TikTok ban drum are using flaming hot tensions over the conflict in Israel to try, once again, to knock the app offline. The new line of attacks, based on shoddy data analyses, claims TikTok is boosting anti-Israel content in order to brainwash a generation of gullible…

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After the most recent negotiations between striking SAG-AFTRA members and the AMPTP broke down, a discussion draft of the bipartisan bill aims to protect performers and artists from having their likeness generated by AI.

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Parents of more than 100 trans and gender-expansive children are urging lawmakers to turn their back on the “dangerous and misguided” Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) currently winding its way through Congress.

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2023 has been a doozy of a year for anyone keeping their ear to the ground on technology-related legislation.

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California talks to Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas while sharing an elevator at the US Capitol on February 16, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California talks to Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas while sharing an elevator at the US Capitol on February 16, 2023 in Washington, DC.