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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

As many as seven of the states will be represented by the AGs themselves; four will be sending staffers, I'm told. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 8, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

NEW: Nearly a dozen states will be represented at a Monday meeting of AGs and staff in Colorado to discuss Google's multi-state antitrust investigation, two people familiar with the matter tell me. Among those going: AZ, CO, IA, LA, NC, NE, NY, PA, TN, TX, UT. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 8, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Meanwhile, a bit of news: Facebook says it is scrubbing its platform of speculation concerning the whistleblower's name. https://t.co/0xSuIc8Yyj https://t.co/154wbv7OSI — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 8, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The official in question is R. David Edelman, a former Obama adviser. In an interview, Edelman told me he's gotten threats over the photos. He's not particularly fearful for himself, but said it highlights the online harassment many face daily: https://t.co/0xSuIc8Yyj — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 8, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Right-wing social media accounts have been circulating two photos that they claim identify the whistleblower. But in fact, the person they've highlighted is a former White House official who left government years before the Trump Ukraine call. https://t.co/0xSuIc8Yyj — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 8, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

NEW: The Internet thought it had found a picture of the Trump whistleblower. It was wrong. Instead, they made things a very… interesting day for @R_D. https://t.co/0xSuIc8Yyj — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 8, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @donie: Facebook considering some significant policy changes, it seems, but not the big one: letting politicians run false ads. https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 7, 2019 Retweet Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@Viss Got a second to chat for a potential story? My DMs are open. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Twitter responds: https://t.co/aCg2qKbYP9 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

WTF. "The criminal complaint unsealed today alleges that Saudi agents mined Twitter’s internal systems for personal information about known Saudi critics and thousands of other Twitter users.” https://t.co/OpEwZeoF0S — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This is the second state-level investigation of Facebook that we know of, and the fourth ongoing probe overall when you add in the FTC and the House Judiciary Committee’s separate investigations: https://t.co/bFfTxjFPcA — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Facebook’s VP of state & local policy, Will Castleberry, responds to Becerra’s announcement: "We have cooperated extensively with the State of California’s investigation. To date we have provided thousands of pages of written responses and hundreds of thousands of documents.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Impeachment-related disinformation on Facebook is on the rise: A new report finds the second-most viral debunked news story this year on the platform has been a false claim about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s involvement in the probe. https://t.co/92PXKuwHDW — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Becerra adds: “Today we make this information public because we have no choice." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

“If Facebook had complied with our legitimate investigative requests we would not be making this announcement today. But our work must move forward. We are left with litttle choice but to seek a court order compelling [it] to faithfully comply with our duly authorized subpoenas." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

At a press conference, Becerra cites standard practice not to disclose an investigation unless there’s legal action that makes it public. This is one of those times, he says. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The petition asks the court to force Facebook to produce the requested materials and explain why it’s failed to comply. https://t.co/JbrkljlXl5 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The investigation has been ongoing for more than a year. Here’s some of the stuff California has been asking for. https://t.co/6qpEKDojuF — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

NEW: California reveals it’s been investigating Facebook for months over privacy issues in a court filing that complains the company has failed to comply with multiple requests for information: https://t.co/KsAVPhswt8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 6, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@MiekeEoyang C-SPAN has it. https://t.co/x3QKM1U43Z — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Hawley says that TikTok now “must” testify under oath before Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Sen. Josh Hawley is opening a hearing on China and tech with a long critique of TikTok. “All it takes is one knock on the door of their parent company, based in China, from a Communist Party official for that data to be transferred to the Chinese government’s hands." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

An update: A leading civil rights group that met Mark Zuckerberg for dinner last night is slamming Facebook’s policies on political speech and, in a letter, warns of potential lawsuits: https://t.co/usxzonRALu — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Democratic FCC commissioners are none too pleased about the T-Mobile approval. @JRosenworcel predicts an end to a “golden age in wireless” while @GeoffreyStarks argues Sprint’s apparent missteps administering subsidies for low-income customers should have given the FCC pause. https://t.co/g4jGRooE7J — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @davidshepardson: .@FCC releases 308-page @sprint @TMobile approval order + statements. Here is some of @AjitPaiFCC statement https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Retweet Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

And there it is: https://t.co/PLS69oj2GP — PolitiTweet.org

The FCC @FCC

BREAKING NEWS: The FCC has officially approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, a transaction which will help clo… https://t.co/i9u58ztgre

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

.@drewharwell and @TonyRomm spoke to six former US-based TikTok employees who say they felt pressured by Chinese colleagues to censor certain content: https://t.co/2AViAkLUTP — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @donie: New w/@b_fung: Zuckerberg met with civil rights leaders at his home in California last night and they talked political ads, hate… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 5, 2019 Retweet Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Beto luck next time https://t.co/C2EuVuUdSw — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 1, 2019 Hibernated
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

.@chopraftc tells me that there was no vote on this decision — leaving the door open for the FTC’s other commissioners to push for a different course of action. https://t.co/uUys515cg2 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung @b_fung

FTC Chairman Joe Simons is declining to give Sen. Josh Hawley a 2012 agency memo that was part of the FTC’s earlier… https://t.co/Km7j6dreur

Posted Nov. 1, 2019 Hibernated