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Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Over Security Risks

New York Times
July 10, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon has asked its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok[1] from their cellphones, citing “security risks,” according to a company email sent on Friday. In…

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Four Top Tech C.E.O.s Will Testify in Antitrust Inquiry, Panel Says

New York Times
July 2, 2020

WASHINGTON — The chief executives of four of the world’s biggest technology companies will appear before Congress this month as part of its sweeping antitrust investigation into their market power,…

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Reddit's Steve Huffman on Banning ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit

New York Times
June 30, 2020

On Monday, Reddit — a site that for years was considered one of the internet’s dirtiest sludge pits — barred more than 2,000 communities[1] as part of a broad crackdown…

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Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit

New York Times
June 29, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites, on Monday banned its biggest community devoted to President Trump as part of an overhaul of…

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Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Headed Back to Jail

New York Times
June 25, 2020

Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist whose corruption became a symbol of the excesses of Washington influence peddling, is set to return to jail for violating the law that was amended…

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Justice Dept. Urges Rolling Back Legal Shield for Tech Companies

New York Times
June 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department released recommendations on Wednesday to pare back the legal shield for online platforms that has been crucial to their growth since the earliest days of…

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Jeff Bezos Willing to Testify Before Congress

New York Times
June 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, is willing to testify before a House antitrust investigation into the market power of major tech companies, a lawyer for Amazon wrote to…

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Lawmakers Push to Invest Billions in Semiconductor Industry to Counter China

New York Times
June 11, 2020

WASHINGTON — China’s technological ambitions are eliciting rare bipartisan agreement in Washington, with lawmakers considering investing tens of billions of dollars in America’s semiconductor industry over the next five to…

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Chinese Hackers Target Email Accounts of Biden Campaign Staff, Google Says

New York Times
June 5, 2020

WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers are targeting the personal email accounts of campaign staff members working for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.[1], Google said on Thursday, while confirming previous…

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Snapchat Stopped Promoting Trump Account

New York Times
June 3, 2020

WASHINGTON — Snap said on Wednesday that it had stopped promoting the Snapchat account of President Trump after determining that his public comments off the site could incite violence, in…

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Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Over Security Risks

Four Top Tech C.E.O.s Will Testify in Antitrust Inquiry, Panel Says

Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Headed Back to Jail

Justice Dept. Urges Rolling Back Legal Shield for Tech Companies

Jeff Bezos Willing to Testify Before Congress

Lawmakers Push to Invest Billions in Semiconductor Industry to Counter China

Chinese Hackers Target Email Accounts of Biden Campaign Staff, Google Says

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