Google’s CEO will testify before Congress about bias and China

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in November, following the midterm elections. He met with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other senior Republicans Friday to discuss accusations that Google is biased...

Congress’ social media hearing was a ‘stupid’ sideshow

Tuesday marked another chapter in the "Tech Companies go to Congress" story, with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. The hearing, titled "Examining the Content Filtering Practices of Social Media Giants," w...

Facebook can’t decide when a page should be banned

Another day, another congressional hearing on how tech companies are conducting themselves. This time it was Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that testified before the House Judiciary Committee today, in a hearing titled "Examining the Content Filtering...

Watch tomorrow’s social media congressional hearing right here

Hey, if you were wondering when we were going to get another congressional hearing about social media, you're in luck. On Tuesday, executives for Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will testify before a House Judiciary Committee panel titled "Examining th...

Facebook plans to brief Congress on the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook is obviously in some very hot water in regards to Cambridge Analytica's use of its users' data. US Congress, the UK Parliament and even the FTC are looking for answers and Facebook is now agreeing to answer them. A company spokesperson has t...

Facebook, Twitter and social media’s road to federal regulation

The extent of Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election remains unclear, but it's no secret that social media played a major role. This year brought with it a great deal of scrutiny for tech giants, particularly Facebook, Twitter and Goo...

Senators propose reforms to wide-reaching surveillance law

Eleven senators -- both Republican and Democrat -- introduced new legislation today that calls for substantial reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Reuters reports. Section 702 allows intelligence agencies to monitor t...