Tag: Politics

An AI is officially running to be mayor

Meet VIC, the first AI to be running for mayorship, with a human co-candidate, identified as the AI's "meat avatar."

The world needs a better way to regulate Big Tech’s unchecked power

As more of our actions and interactions are mediated through technology, those who write the rules of tech are increasingly writing the rules of society

The U.S. government’s USB-C demands are too little, too late

Democratic senators are urging the U.S. to follow EU's footsteps and make USB-C the standard charger for all electronic devices.

Match now lets you swipe left or right to show love for your political causes

Singles can choose from political views that align with their beliefs

Google restricts targeting of political ads ahead of 2020 election

With scrutiny of major online platforms increasing ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Google has announced significant changes to the way it handles political advertising across its sites.

Huawei alleged to be secretly helping to build North Korea’s wireless network

A Washington Post story reports that Huawei has been secretly working with a Chinese state-owned company to build North Korea's wireless network. This could land the company in more hot water with the U.S.

This algorithm identifies the key ingredients to winning a debate

A team of researchers at Northeastern University have taken on the task of predicting debate “winners” by deconstructing their arguments, hoping to encourage more meaningful conversations.The post This algorithm identifies the key ingredients to winning a debate appeared first on Digital Trends.

UK orders Cambridge Analytica to provide data on US voter

Cambridge Analytica isn't completely out of the woods just because it's technically shutting down. The UK's Information Commissioner's Office

US elevates the role of Cyber Command

After months of talk and planning, US Cyber Command is now just as important as the rest of the Pentagon's

Senator wants Facebook to stop tracking users after they log out

Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) isn't pleased with Facebook and he wants the FTC to do as much as it can

Google will verify the identity of those buying US political ads

Following similar moves from Facebook and Twitter, Google has now announced how it will be handling political ads going forward.

Senator urges Uber to stop forced arbitration in sexual assault cases

A CNN investigation recently revealed that Uber has had at least 103 different sexual assault cases filed against its drivers

EPA faces lawsuit from 17 states over reversing car emissions rules

The EPA under Scott Pruitt may have dreams of undoing Obama-era car efficiency targets, but it's not going to go

Watch Facebook’s F8 opening keynote at 1PM ET

After a few turbulent weeks for Facebook, it's now time for the company to host its annual F8 developers conference

UK warns Zuckerberg will face summons if he doesn’t testify

The UK has reiterated its request for Mark Zuckerberg to testify before its Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Parliamentary Committee

DNC launches a marketplace for digital election tools

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) wants to reposition the Democrats as politics' most pioneering party. Today, it announces I Will

Senate Democrats plan to force vote on net neutrality May 9th

Democrats in Congress have been against the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules from the beginning. They've had the signatures

Tumblr and Etsy among those posting ‘red alerts’ for net neutrality

Fight for the Future has announced another day of action aimed at encouraging support of a Congressional vote to overturn

Iran tells ISPs to block Telegram

Iranian officials have called for ISPs to block both the mobile and desktop versions of Telegram in the country. ISPs

Malaysia’s fake news law has already led to a one-month jail sentence

The Malaysian law criminalizing the spread of fake news was enacted less than three weeks ago and the country has

Your data is valuable, but you’re never getting paid for it

It's hard to find a positive side to the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal. But if there is one, it's

NHTSA proposal would override California’s tougher emissions rules

The Trump administration hasn't been shy about wanting to roll back emissions and fuel economy guidelines, but there's been a

San Francisco proposes rules to fight its electric scooter epidemic

San Francisco officials have been promising rules to curb the invasion of electric scooters, and now we have an idea

Suicide, violence, and going underground: FOSTA’s body count

Maybe you've noticed a sudden flood of updates to Terms and Conditions recently from the internet services you use. A

House Democrats want to step up the fight against robocalls

Some in Congress don't think the FCC's latest anti-robocall measures go far enough. Democrats in the House Committee on Energy

House Judiciary Committee hearing on social media called a ‘hoax’

"A few weeks after Mark Zuckerberg appeared in front of Congress, House Representatives once again discussed social media, however, this

EU law would force Netflix, Amazon to stream more European content

European Union lawmakers have already made it so that people who travel around the EU can access their paid streaming

Europe wants to regulate how tech giants treat other companies

Europe is introducing new rules for Google, Apple, Amazon and other large platforms forcing them to handle customer complaints better

Google wants the Clean Power Plan to stick around too

If we don't want the seas to boil and the skies to burn, we need to stop polluting the world

Facebook will skip House hearing on social media censorship

Mark Zuckerberg won't be taking another trip to Washington DC anytime soon. There's a hearing on Capitol Hill this Thursday

Senate bill would require clearly worded terms for online data privacy

Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Kennedy (R-LA) have introduced a new bill aimed at protecting consumers' online data privacy.

Facebook starts verifying political advertisers in the US

Early this month, Facebook announced it will change how political ads appear on the company's platforms. Anyone advertising about elections