For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US
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A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders
Continue readingA TikTok Whistleblower Got DC’s Attention. Do His Claims Add Up?
Despite not holding a senior position, Goziker claims that his main job at TikTok was “overseeing” Project Texas to ensure
Continue readingThe House Passed the Bill That Could Ban TikTok—and It Wasn’t Close
This morning, the US House of Representatives voted to essentially ban TikTok, unless Chinese-owned Bytedance divests from the app entirely.
Continue readingUS Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying
The second slide in Turner’s presentation featured the tweet by Foldi, which likewise references a march on Schumer’s home. That
Continue readingLeak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning
Turner’s press release notably went further than HPSCI’s letter, pressing US president Joe Biden to personally “declassify all information” concerning
Continue readingAnne Neuberger, a Top White House Cyber Official, Sees the 'Promise and Peril' in AI
Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration’s deputy national security adviser for cyber, tells WIRED about emerging cybersecurity threats—and what the US
Continue readingLeak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
While redirecting blame away from Turner and his cohorts, the claim is both false and deceptive, relying on assertions that,
Continue readingA Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight
Johnson, notably, previously voted in favor of legislation that would have drastically reformed the 702 program with a slew of
Continue readingUS Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools
The United States Department of Justice has failed to convince a group of US lawmakers that state and local police
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