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Trump returns to YouTube and Facebook for the first time since 2021 (Washington Post)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 03/20/2023 - 17:58AI chatbots won’t enjoy tech’s legal shield, Section 230 authors say (Washington Post)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 03/20/2023 - 17:56How TikTok went from teen sensation to political pariah (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 03/17/2023 - 06:16
Gigi Sohn speaks out on bitter FCC confirmation brawl for first time
For over a year, [Benton Senior Fellow and Public Advocate] Gigi Sohn stayed relatively silent as she faced a barrage of attacks over her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, which had languished in the Senate since President Joe Biden tapped her in October 2021.
Opinion | Banning TikTok is a bad solution to the wrong problem (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 13:10A former TikTok employee is secretly fighting the company on Capitol Hill (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 03/10/2023 - 06:34Opinion | Twitter was—and is—broken (Washington Post)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 12:51
Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle
President Biden’s pick to serve as a telecommunications regulator is withdrawing her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, following a bitter 16-month lobbying battle that blocked her appointment and opened her up to relentless personal attacks. Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate and former Democratic FCC official who was first nominated by the White House in October 2021, said her decision to withdraw follows “unrelenti