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March 18, 2021 | 7:20 am EDT by Brooke Singman Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz and Republican Sen. John Thune on Wednesday rolled out a bipartisan bill that would increase “accountability” for Big Tech companies and enhance transparency regarding content moderation for users, in an effort to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The bill, titled the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act and also known as the “PACT Act,” would preserve the benefits of Section 230 — a rule that shields social media companies from being held liable for content on their platforms�...

March 17, 2021 | 5:30 am EDT by Paige Albiniak Facebook overwhelmingly is the most important social media platform for TV stations, say executives for CBS stations, E.W. Scripps, Nexstar, NBCU stations, Fox stations and Meredith. Broadcasters’ relationship with the platform once widely viewed as a “frenemy” continues to evolve, though the opacity of its all-important algorithm still frustrates. Note: Premium members only. If you would like to upgrade your free TVNewsCheck membership to Premium now, you can visit your Member Home Page, available when you log in at the very top right ...

Facebook and Amazon Boosted Lobbying Spending in 2020 01/24/2021 | 10:14am EDT Send by mail : Message : By Ryan Tracy, Chad Day and Anthony DeBarros WASHINGTON -- Big technology companies are bracing for a new administration and new scrutiny of their businesses with a time-tested strategy: opening their pocketbooks. Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. topped all other U.S. companies in federal lobbying expenditures last year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of the most recent disclosures. It was the second straight year they outspent all other companies, including stalwa...

January 25, 2021 The Kansas City Chiefs clobbered the Buffalo Bills and will now face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl to defend their title. The Chiefs are the clear favorite and should win, even with Tom Brady on the other side. On the daily Locked On Chiefs podcast, Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark were joined by Matt Derrick for a breakdown of the AFC Championship Game. All three believe that Kansas City has been the top team all year long and should finish off the season with another title: Derrick: Yeah, this game was never close. It was a 14-point game, but it was not that close. ...

Updated Jan. 7, 2021 9:24 pm ET Federal authorities on Thursday began charging what they expect will be dozens of people after thousands of pro- Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, including one man they said was armed with a semiautomatic weapon and 11 Molotov cocktails and another accused of punching a police officer. Investigators vowed to find and punish others involved, scouring hotels in the Washington, D.C., area and combing social media and cellphone records for clues to their identities. “This was obviously a very dangerous situation and we’re aggressive...