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RT @snlyngaas: New —> US accuses Russian intelligence agencies FSB and SVR of working hand-in-glove with 5 Russian-language media outlets t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Even the military now says corporate consolidation has gone too far. https://t.co/Jjynuq8Plp https://t.co/psDbSqpM1C — PolitiTweet.org

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Tech companies made a big show of halting donations to Republicans who'd voted against certifying the 2020 election results — but @birnbaum_e @misswilson @Hailey_Fuchs dug deep to show a coincidental rise in giving by company lobbyists: https://t.co/oYN8rg62oy — PolitiTweet.org

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Live now: Vice President Harris announces that over 10 million households have now signed up for high-speed internet discounts under a broadband affordability program implemented in the infrastructure law: https://t.co/zqWeBGEHkS — PolitiTweet.org

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Microsoft says it's fully opening its offices in California and Washington state beginning on Feb. 28: https://t.co/XTRmGAvjGk — PolitiTweet.org

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Texas is suing Facebook's parent, Meta, in what appears to be a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over facial recognition. Texas alleges Facebook's now-defunct photo-tagging feature collected biometric data in violation of state law billions of times. https://t.co/u6yZQyQrzT — PolitiTweet.org

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A controversial bill to protect kids online just advanced in the Senate. Here's what you should know. https://t.co/m8dpy1g9zm — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Judiciary has just unanimously advanced the EARN IT Act of 2022 out of committee. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Tesla has issued 10 U.S. recalls over the last four months.” https://t.co/hdag16JJkJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @viaCristiano: Scoop: The SEC is looking into Apple’s use of NDAs & whether it misled the agency, according to a whistleblower contacted… — PolitiTweet.org

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One interesting thing for antitrust nerds is Nadella's attentiveness to antitrust regulators' growing interest in labor markets. Nadella says the Activision Blizzard deal is pro-competitive on this front because Microsoft is a place people want to work. https://t.co/OVZ9iprgTG https://t.co/lg8DDOIPDu — PolitiTweet.org

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More on today’s Microsoft announcement: These principles, in some places, diverge pointedly from the policies and practices of some other major tech platforms who’ve come under antitrust scrutiny, such as Amazon, Apple and Google: https://t.co/OVZ9iprgTG — PolitiTweet.org

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Peter Thiel’s apparent effort to become a GOP kingmaker makes it that much harder for more moderate conservatives to counter the Trump wing of the party, political scientist @davekarpf says. https://t.co/HaBrxhnuUp https://t.co/Qr7KfMfh4l — PolitiTweet.org

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Separately, Microsoft said it’s committed to Sony that popular franchises it acquires from Activision Blizzard (“Call of Duty” et al.) will remain available on PlayStation under Activision’s existing deal with Sony, and that it offered to extend the deal on a “multiyear basis” — PolitiTweet.org

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This appears to be part of Microsoft’s pitch to antitrust regulators as well as an effort to get ahead of projected legislation like the Open App Markets Act by @SenBlumenthal @MarshaBlackburn @SenAmyKlobuchar and others. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here are the key principles Microsoft is committing to. They are effective immediately on the Windows store, and a subset (1-7) will apply immediately to the Xbox store, with the rest coming later, @satyanadella and @bradsmi told reporters at Microsoft’s DC office. https://t.co/27rHLh6MEv — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Microsoft announces a series of 11 app store commitments it's making as it tries to persuade regulators to approve the Activision Blizzard deal, and as policymakers weigh new laws to force competition in app stores. More to come shortly but here's a quick breakdown. — PolitiTweet.org

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Talked to @katieharbath about Peter Thiel’s pivot to politics and what it means for the direction of the GOP and American democracy. "It feels a little bit like he's filling the void where the Koch brothers were, the past decade.” With @claresduffy: https://t.co/HaBrxho2JX — PolitiTweet.org

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Lol the dek under this headline https://t.co/XRBLeTisMz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kristin__wilson: On final passage of the COMPETES Act, two crossover votes. GOP @RepKinzinger votes aye with the Dems and @RepStephMurp… — PolitiTweet.org

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Look at that cliff right around 2008-2009. Wild — PolitiTweet.org

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If you play Destiny, you might've played with the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, without even knowing it. https://t.co/EA5dgFym2F https://t.co/Pa9VYykEy4 — PolitiTweet.org

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A really good technical explanation (in layman's terms) as to what the issue with 5G and radar altimeters is, from one of today's witnesses: https://t.co/MfrPdo8DKy https://t.co/LFPwSmTTUJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Dickson says the new standards for radar altimeters likely won't be finalized until "this time next year" — PolitiTweet.org

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Now, the FAA is getting regular updates about future deployment plans. "We have a tool we have developed in the last few weeks .... [that can] determine where the pressure points are, and whether their next deployment will comport with our safety model." — PolitiTweet.org

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The FAA's dire warnings of 5G flight disruptions were based on a "least-common denominator" mentality it was forced to adopt without detailed deployment data that it later got from wireless carriers, Dickson said. — PolitiTweet.org

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To avoid future cellular rollout disruptions, "we need to have processes in place" allowing wireless carriers to share data directly with the FAA, because the FAA doesn't directly regulate telcos, Dickson says. "Then I think we'll be in much better shape." — PolitiTweet.org

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Dickson says the FAA is meeting with altimeter manufacturers almost daily as work continues to assess their safety in connection with 5G. Adds repeatedly that the telcos have "never had to think about" how their signals interact with airplanes moving in 3D space. — PolitiTweet.org

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Dickson: "We're in a much better place today than we were two or three weeks ago. We're finally getting the specific, detailed information we need to make accurate safety assessments. And that's what we're focused on." You can watch live here: https://t.co/GLYszqPkXc — PolitiTweet.org

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FAA Administrator Steve Dickson is testifying on 5G before House Transportation. He says collaboration with telcos has averted "significant disruption" to air travel, with few exceptions. And the FAA will use a data-driven process to set new standards for altimeters. — PolitiTweet.org