US House of Representatives bans TikTok on its devicesLawmakers and staff members who have TikTok on their phones would have to delete it.By M. Moon, 12.28.2022
Ocasio-Cortez, Warren blast Amazon for 'wholly inadequate' warehouse safetyThe politicians say Amazon's response to safety concerns fell short.By J. Fingas, 05.12.2022
House committee launches investigation into Amazon labor practicesPoliticians are concerned about worker safety following a deadly warehouse collapse.By J. Fingas, 04.01.2022
Congressional bills would ban tech mergers over $5 billionPAMA would also help officials break up existing mergers.By J. Fingas, 03.16.2022
Senators want to block government agencies from buying Clearview AI dataA bipartisan bill would also ban purchases of location data without a warrant.By K. Holt, 04.21.2021
House amendment would require warrants for web history searchesThe Lofgren-Davidson amendment could protect Americans' internet privacy.By C. Fisher, 05.26.2020
Washington state approves stronger facial recognition regulationsThey're 'one of the first and most comprehensive laws to regulate facial recognition technology.'By M. Moon, 03.13.2020
A House bill could cap the concentration of nicotine in e-cigsIt’s another attempt to deter teens from vaping.By C. Fisher, 10.07.2019
Tech giants to face House committee hearings over effects on small businessAmazon, Facebook and Google will be grilled by Congress once again.By J. Fingas, 10.01.2019
Congress plans to investigate how social media giants are fighting hateHouse lawmakers are planning legislation to probe tech giants.By C. Fisher, 09.18.2019
House passes bipartisan bill to stop illegal robocallsIt will require carriers to authenticate all calls.By M. Moon, 07.25.2019
House Judiciary panel to grill Google and Facebook on hate speechThey will attend a hearing over the spread of white nationalism and separatism on April 9th.By M. Moon, 04.04.2019
Democrats introduce bill to restore net neutralityIt's part of a "real bipartisan effort" to codify previous protections.By K. Holt, 03.06.2019
US lawmakers urge Google to reconsider Huawei partnershipThey're still upset that Google quit Project Maven.By R. LeFebvre, 06.20.2018
California to require solar panels on most new homesIt's the first state where the renewable energy is mandatory.By J. Fingas, 05.06.2018
Watch Mark Zuckerberg's second day of congressional testimony at 10AM ETThe Facebook CEO is scheduled to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. By B. Steele, 04.11.2018
Senate committee asks Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify on privacyThe Judiciary Committee invited all three CEOs to visit April 10th.By R. LeFebvre, 03.26.2018
House passes contentious anti-online sex trafficking billAnd the tech industry is divided on the issue. By M. Moon, 02.27.2018
Huawei's AT&T deal may have failed due to political pressureHouse and Senate members expressed concern over the company's ties with Chinese intelligence.By R. LeFebvre, 01.09.2018
Congressional internet privacy bill would counter FCC rollbacksEven civil liberties advocates aren't entirely happy with it, however.By J. Fingas, 05.24.2017