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The Technology 202: Congress is eying the future of the Silicon Valley's top watchdog in hearings this week Cat Zakrzewski with Aaron Schaffer Congress is weighing the future of the government’s top Silicon Valley watchdog at a pair of hearings this week.  Acting Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and three other commissioners will today testify in front of the Senate, which will focus on expanding the agency’s powers to better protect consumers. Sen. Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.), the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, plans to highlight t...

The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers want Biden to fund technology they say could secure American telecommunications companies from spies Tonya Riley with Aaron Schaffer A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging President Biden to include $3 billion in funding for technology it says would reduce American reliance on Chinese telecommunications equipment that could provide a back door for spying. The money would go to funds established by Congress last year to encourage more American companies to switch over to Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) technology. The technology is esse...

The Cybersecurity 202: A massive Facebook breach underscores limits to current data breach notification laws Tonya Riley with Aaron Schaffer Lawmakers and privacy experts are slamming Facebook for its handling of a leak of more than 500 million users' personal information that was posted online for free. The stolen data, first spotted by cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, stems from a 2019 vulnerability the company fixed at the time, a Facebook spokesperson said. No data from after the vulnerability was fixed is included, the spokesperson added. But the company ...

Coronavirus relief bill includes $7.6 billion to target the 'homework gap' Cat Zakrzewski, The Washington Post March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - With the coronavirus relief bill the final expected to get the final green light Wednesday in Congress, setting aside $7.17 billion to help students and teachers get online in an ambitious effort to address the "homework gap." The pandemic exacerbated long-running inequality in access to the Internet throughout the United States. The funding will allow elementary schools, high schools and libraries to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots, modems a...

More than a third of the people charged with assaulting law enforcement officers were accused in clashes on the West Terrace, the site of some of the “heaviest violence” that day.