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Judge blocks federal officials from contacting tech companies
A judge has blocked the Biden administration and other federal officials from communicating with social media companies in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the country.
President Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act to limit climate change
President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
US lawmakers want terms of service to be summarized in plain language
Unless you’re a lawyer, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve never read through a website’s entire terms of service.
US will work with allies to limit the export of surveillance tools to authoritarian governments
On the same day Reuters published a report on how NSO spyware may have been used to target State Department officials, the Biden administration announced the US would work with other countries to limit the export of surveillance software and other technologies to authoritarian governments.
Twitter will limit retweets to combat election misinformation
Those labels will direct people to Twitter’s official US election page. Twitter will also remove any tweets that incite people to violence or otherwise encourage them to interfere with the election. Additionally, Twitter’s algorithm won’t surface the tweet in users’ timelines.
