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), for more coverage. The Transportation Security Administration issued a security directive Thursday to strengthen federal cybersecurity oversight of pipelines following the attack on the Colonial Pipeline. Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee announced a series of hearings slated for the summer, and tech trade groups are suing Florida over a bill that aims to prohibit social media companies from banning politicians.  ADVERTISEMENT IT’S OFFICIAL: The Transportation Securit...

BuzzFeed News / Getty Images Earlier this month, a Facebook software engineer from Egypt wrote an open note to his colleagues with a warning: “Facebook is losing trust among Arab users.” Facebook had been a “tremendous help” for activists who used it to communicate during the Arab Spring of 2011, he said, but during the ongoing Palestinian–Israeli conflict, censorship — either perceived or documented — had made Arab and Muslim users skeptical of the platform. As proof, the engin...

The bill highlights growing Republican effort to pass social media laws at the state level.

The Electronic Frontier Act is designed at helping the United States compete with China.

), for more coverage.  Starting out with some good news tonight: Colonial Pipeline is back online after shutting down over a cyberattack last weekend. Meanwhile, a number of global chief information security officers said they think their organizations are unprepared to face a cyberattack, according to a report released Wednesday. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced President Biden ADVERTISEMENT   THAT’S REASSURING: A majority of global chief information security officers (CISOs) surveye...

The photo-sharing app mistakenly removed content about the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site of clashes between Israeli police forces and Palestinian worshippers, after associating the site with terrorism.

April 30, 2021 As India’s Covid-19 crisis becomes insurmountable, the Narendra Modi government has been widely criticised for trying to filter what the world hears about the worst pandemic outbreak anywhere on the planet. In the last week, the government has sent notices to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to take down around 100 posts and block several accounts that were discussing the pandemic and its management. On April 23, at the behest of the Indian government, Twitter blocked over 50 ...

The Technology 202: Kamala Harris will lead the Biden administrations push to bring every American online Cat Zakrzewski with Aaron Schaffer Vice President Harris will lead the Biden administrations unprecedented effort to ensure every American has access to affordable, high-speed Internet.  President Biden announced the veep would take the lead on the issue during his first address to a slimmed-down joint session of Congress, where he touted his proposal to create new job...

ProPublica announced Monday that it has hired reporter Craig Silverman to cover voting, platforms, disinformation and online manipulation. He starts on May 10. Silverman comes to ProPublica from BuzzFeed News, where he held the title of media editor and produced a string of major investigative stories about misinformation, fake news and the unfettered power of social media networks. This year, he and Ryan Mac won the George Polk Award for business reporting for stories showing how Facebook was ...