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Lobbyists, Campaign Cash And Think Tanks: How Silicon Valley Tackled Politics
In the early days, Silicon Valley and Washington largely ignored each other. But in 1998, the Justice Department accused Microsoft of building a software monopoly. A settlement was negotiated, and the tech companies got a lesson: They needed Washington lobbyists. Facebook opened its DC office when it was five years old — and already worth billions. It routinely hires lots of top-tier, veteran lobbyists, as does Google. The current lobbying environment is ideal. Many lawmakers still don't fully grasp the technology.
Facebook Will Notify 87M Users Whose Data May Have Been Used By Cambridge Analytica (National Public Radio)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 20:03Facebook Previously Failed To Keep Privacy Promises, Ex-FTC Adviser Tim Wu Says
A Q&A with Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University and coiner of the term "net neutrality."
Will President Trump And Guns Be Enough To Unseat Endangered House Republican Mike Coffman? (National Public Radio)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 10:13A Needle In A Legal Haystack Could Sink A Major Supreme Court Privacy Case
Can a US technology company refuse to honor a court-ordered US search warrant seeking information that is stored at a facility outside the United States? Oral arguments in a pending case took place at the Supreme Court in February 2018, and they did not go well for Microsoft, the tech giant that is challenging a warrant for information stored at its facility in Ireland.