The Affordable Connectivity Program Has a Lifeline in the Senate
The ACP provided a broadband subsidy for millions of Americans. Now Congress has a plan to reinstate it.
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FCC Closes ‘Fast Lane’ Loophole in Final Net Neutrality Order
Read more: FCC Closes ‘Fast Lane’ Loophole in Final Net Neutrality OrderThe agency released a final order clarifying that pay-to-play internet “fast lanes” for consumers violate its net neutrality rules. It also guarantees the new rules won’t preempt state broadband affordability programs.
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Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AI
Read more: Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AIArati Prabhakar has the ear of the US president and a massive mission: help manage AI, revive the semiconductor industry, and pull off a cancer moonshot.
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Can the First Amendment Save TikTok?
Read more: Can the First Amendment Save TikTok?TikTok says it plans to challenge the law that could ban it in the US in court. Experts think it’s got a fighting chance.
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This Is the Beginning of the End of TikTok
Read more: This Is the Beginning of the End of TikTokAfter years of negotiations, the Senate approved a bill to force TikTok to either divest from its Chinese owners or face an outright ban.
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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
Read more: The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance PowersOver the weekend, president Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US.
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The Houses Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast Track
Read more: The Houses Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast TrackThe latest TikTok ban bill has been tacked onto a foreign aid package, making it much harder for the Senate to ignore.
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Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies
Read more: Big Tech Squares Off Against US SpiesOne of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration-backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.
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US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
Read more: US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
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House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
Read more: House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy ProgramThe US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.
