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CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor behind a stenographer as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing Does Section 230 s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior? , on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images
As Congress continues to debate raising the amount of direct stimulus payments to Americans for Covid-19 pandemic relief, an arcane section of a decades-old internet law has moved back into the spotlight.
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WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump returned to Washington early from his Florida resort on Thursday, keeping up his fight with Congress over a defence bill and coronavirus aid checks while chronicling the “historic victories” of his outgoing administration on Twitter.
The White House posted a holiday video message from Trump, who has yet to concede his November election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, in which he praised his administration’s accomplishments, that he said included its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and rebuilding the economy.
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The Australian sharemarket slumped in the last full session on 2020, as investors mulled the prospect of a delayed US stimulus and rising COVID cases in NSW.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a vote Tuesday on House-approved legislation that would raise the payments to most Americans from $600 to $2,000.