FTC Names New Competition Bureau Director

 Henry Liu brings strong antitrust experience to the agency. This week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Henry Liu as the new director of the Bureau of Competition.…

Read More

DOJ Petitions Supreme Court Review of Social Media Laws

The issue is whether or not moderation that removes comments amounts to censorship.  The Supreme Court is considering taking up two cases, one from Texas and one from…

Read More

Federal Appeals Court Holds Twitter in Contempt

The social media company withheld President Trump’s account from an investigation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court’s decision to hold…

Read More

FBI Director Appears Before House Judiciary Committee

Legislators question Director Wray on many subjects over four hours. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, where he…

Read More

Surgeon General Issues Youth Social Media Health Advisory

Warns of building data pointing to a negative impact on mental health. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently released a health advisory cautioning the nation on the impact…

Read More

Pentagon Lead Suspect Ordered to Remain in Jail

Man who leaked 700,000 files on Discord server charged with espionage. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy ordered that the man who leaked numerous government files on a Discord-based server…

Read More

Legislators Challenge TikTok CEO at Hearing 

The committee chairman said the parent company “is beholden to the CCP.“  The CEO of the video app, TikTok, appeared before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce…

Read More

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Internet Legal Shield

The lawsuit claims YouTube algorithm recommendations are illegal. The Supreme Court began to hear arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that scrutinizes legal protections for internet companies.…

Read More

Supreme Court Justices Question Anti-Terrorism Act Case

Family of terrorist attack victim claims Twitter owes them damages. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, a case similar to another filing…

Read More

Bill Would Block DOJ Payments to Social Media 

The legislation would slow censorship.  Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado, together with a number of other cosponsors, has introduced the Exposing Lewd Outlays for Social Networking Companies Act—the…

Read More

Back to top
FE3