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The Washington Post today has several articles about the incoming administration’s, and new congress’s, thoughts and priorities on regulating tech companies. If you’re interested in this–and you should be if you’re reading this on, say, the Internet–I recommend checking them out, or at least reading the overview. Democratic leaders for years have proposed a bevy of new legislation to shrink Silicon Valley’s corporate footprint, restrict its insatiable appetite for data and stop the spread of falsehoods online. But the party’s calls for regulation have grown more urgent in th...

Silicon Valley Braces For Tougher Regulation In Joe Biden Administration Silicon Valley Braces For Tougher Regulation In Joe Biden Administration Seven months later, rioters descended on the U.S. Capitol, stormed the House and the Senate, and sought to overturn Biden's victory - mounting a deadly, failed insurrection that illustrated the corrosive power of Trump's false online screeds. Facebook was one of the first major companies to freeze political donations to Republicans. Even before he won the White House, Joe Biden had been unsparing in his criticism of Silicon Valley, practically p...

The Technology 202: Here's how Biden could force greater accountability in Silicon Valley Cat Zakrzewski President-elect Joe Biden is inheriting a pandemic, an economic crisis, a racial reckoning and a country deeply polarized over the outcome of the 2020 election.  As he prepares to assume the presidency, his success will hinge on his ability to address them. And each is deeply intertwined with the power and influence of the tech industry — which shapes everything from the information Americans access, to their ability to work and learn in a society that's partially s...

Silicon Valley braces for tougher regulation in Biden's Washington Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post Jan. 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6One hundred cutouts of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stand on the southeast lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2018. They were put up by Avaaz, a global civic movement asking for Facebook to quickly ban bots and disinformation before midterm elections in November.Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson ChavezShow MoreShow Less 2of6Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a June 24, 2020...

What Democratic Control of Government Could Mean for Biden’s Tech Policies  President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Jan. 8. Susan Walsh/AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives. email January 11, 2021 Though the margins are tight, the incoming president may nominate more progressive candidates for certain positions, experts say. When President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are sworn in on Jan. 20, they’ll have a small Democr...