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A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media

A new bipartisan federal proposal introduced in the US Senate today would set a national age limit for using social media, effectively banning anyone 12 and under from using the apps many...

TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC

Ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s much-anticipated testimony in the United States House of Representatives today, the embattled tech firm conducted a full-court press on Capitol Hill. This included paying to...

The TikTok CEO’s Face-Off With Congress Is Doomed

TikTok is the hottest app on the planet—and the most-hated tech in Washington, DC.That disconnect has consumed the narrative around the app since CEO Shou Zi Chew took the helm of TikTok...

Senators Warn the Next US Bank Run Could Be Rigged

Virginia senator Tim Kaine was one of 16 Senate Democrats who voted in 2018 to roll back some of the post-financial crisis regulations on mid-size banks. The Dodd-Frank rules were designed to...

The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isn’t About Privacy

“We hope that Congress will explore solutions to their concerns about TikTok that won’t have the effect of censoring the voices of millions of Americans,” says TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter. “The swiftest...

The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push

When it comes to antitrust and tech, there’s a trust deficit on Capitol Hill, even as pressure to act continues to mount. And Senate Democrats trust Speaker McCarthy to do one thing:...

Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess

The fear and trepidation over accidentally letting a secret slip is also hammered into lawmakers’ intelligence staffers, who handle the classified material as further protection against absent-minded members of Congress. To get...

The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing

Hundreds of thousands of investors just had billions picked from their collective e-pockets. Yet, crypto remains the untouchable queen in the antiquated marble halls of the US Capitol.Sure, a handful of lawmakers...

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