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A group of congressional Democrats on Tuesday called on Facebook to abandon a plan to create an Instagram for kids platform, further amplifying criticism of the plan. Meanwhile, advocates are expressing concerns that the “homework gap” created by digital learning during the COVID-19 pandemic may continue once students return to in-person classes, and Colonial Pipeline said it was experiencing some technical issues a week after service resumed after a devastating ransomware attack.
FACEBOOK’S NOT-SO-POPULAR PLAN: A group of congressional Democrats ramped up calls for Facebook to abandon a plan to create an Instagram for kids platform, alleging that the company failed to adequately address concerns the lawmakers raised.
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The State and Local Cybersecurity Act, a major bipartisan effort to help defend against cyber attacks sponsored primarily by Rep. Yvette Clarke
Finally, the committee also approved legislation sponsored primarily by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Jackson Lee testified Tuesday of the need for the legislation following reports that Colonial Pipeline paid the cyber criminals behind the ransomware attack around $5 million to regain access to its networks and begin operations after temporarily shutting down. The company has not publicly confirmed that it paid the ransom, but it has not denied reports.
“When Colonial Pipeline was asked by the White House to respond about whether they paid ransom, it was a slow, slow response, almost attempting to hide from the government what they had done,” Jackson Lee noted.
House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after January 6
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House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after January 6
AP / Updated: May 15, 2021, 10:27 IST
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The insurrection is an increasingly fraught subject in the House GOP conference. AP Photo
WASHINGTON: The House is expected to vote next week on two bills aimed at preventing more attacks on the US Capitol, with one seeking to establish a 9/11-style commission to study what went wrong on January 6 and the other allocating $1.9 billion to address the security problems revealed by the insurrection. The top Democrat and the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday unveiled their plan to form the commission after weeks of delicate negotiations. Modeled after the revered investigation into the 9/11 terrorist attacks, their bill would establish an independent 10-member commission, evenly divided between the two parties, that would have subpoena power and