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More Klobuchar: "Rules of the road here are going to very important, and that includes looking at the consolidation we’ve seen and also includes privacy. Finally, it involves the kind of stuff that they are allowing out there which is clearly misleading.” –Per rough transcript — PolitiTweet.org

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Re: Facebook, Sen. Klobuchar tells @DanaBashCNN that “these social media companies for years now think that they can do anything they want, because they claim … they are just information-sharing sites." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Warner tells me tech companies are ill-equipped to handle “viral misinformation” like the Pelosi video, saying large tech platforms “do not have clear policies or procedures in place” and are “continuing to provide scale and velocity for misinformation.” The full statement: https://t.co/LbuT7zMLWg — PolitiTweet.org

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@MaryLauran The real question is what you do to get there — the choices you make, the sacrifices and tradeoffs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MaryLauran A lot of the 5G rhetoric is hype. The "race to 5G" messaging can get a little breathless at times, but at some level it’s a logical case. If broadband = econ opportunity & industrial edge, then beating out other countries could mean geopolitical advantage. — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook says it's heavily demoting the doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after one of the company’s third-party fact-checkers rated the video as false. This means the video will be less visible to users, though it’s still up because it doesn’t violate any standards. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ seems determined not to be seen as going after journalists with the new Assange indictment. https://t.co/8Epng5frMQ https://t.co/o5FJ4o83Q6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jamiedupree: Senate taking first procedural vote on disaster aid bill as a big storm is coming right over the Capitol https://t.co/NPah… — PolitiTweet.org

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@tanyasic @sophanho GET DOWN — PolitiTweet.org

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@ishaantharoor A metaphor of some kind, surely — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: WaPo's @drewharwell: "Distorted videos of Nancy Pelosi, altered to make her sound as if she's drunkenly slurring her word… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This is well-timed, in light of the Senate vote. https://t.co/H2wWkjrlH8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Markey: "There are no red robocalls; there are no blue robocalls. There are only robocalls that drive every family in America crazy every single day.” https://t.co/zDoKfMftuc — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

“Why did I leave Starfleet, you ask? Well, to run around the galaxy with Vash again, of course” — The Picard series we need but don’t deserve — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate lawmakers have just passed a big new robocalling bill that could give the FCC more power to levy fines, write new rules and push for new call authentication tech. Still has a number of hurdles to clear, but the legislation (which passed 97–1) is a big step for Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Trump made $40.8M from his DC hotel last year. In March, T-Mobile said it'd spent nearly $200K there since announcing the Sprint merger. So give/take a couple months, that suggests T-Mobile made up almost half a percent of Trump’s DC hotel earnings. https://t.co/3gH6PTGybD — PolitiTweet.org

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@TalKopan Devastated that Taqueria Habanero didn’t get a mention tho — PolitiTweet.org

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So hard to pick a favorite out of all these. I thought maybe the Colombian ambassador’s fondness for Taco Bell? But then I got to how much shade Mongolia’s ambassador throws at America and it’s just perfect https://t.co/NU8vQ8ZCeV https://t.co/aQ7c1ggzb2 — PolitiTweet.org

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"We just would like to talk to the government about those risk mitigation mechanisms,” said Andy Purdy, Huawei’s chief security officer in the United States. — PolitiTweet.org

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Huawei wants an amicable solution, but hasn’t succeeded in setting up a meeting with the administration. It’s prepared to consider things like outside monitors and government inspections, as well as limits on who Huawei can sell to in the U.S. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Huawei tells me in an interview it hasn’t ruled out legal action to resolve its growing crisis with the Trump admin. “All options are on the table,” per Don Morrissey, head of congressional, state and local gov’t affairs for Huawei in the U.S. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just in: Huawei responds to the Trump executive order on telecom, saying it'll weaken the United States in the global race to develop 5G — and hinting at possible legal troubles for the White House ahead. The full statement: https://t.co/wJB9GE689l — PolitiTweet.org

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The Trump administration’s public form for reporting cases of perceived tech company bias asks users for their names and if they’re citizens, @oliverdarcy reports: https://t.co/qirPDtZzlz — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

“Excuse me, I would like a teensy bit more legroom please” “Happy to assist! Just enter your SSN, DOB, credit card number, your mother’s maiden name and the street you grew up on" — PolitiTweet.org

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Aaaand there it is: Commerce has added Huawei to the list of entities considered by the USG to be undermining U.S. interests https://t.co/X2GRvGkfgP — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked the WH if it plans to make federal funding available to carriers that might have to rip out “bad” telecom gear under this EO. Senior admin officials declined to say, but also said they’ll be looking for businesses’ feedback as they write the rules over the next 150 days. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump has signed the executive order prohibiting US firms from using telecom gear from companies deemed a national security risk: https://t.co/ei2ltFJwfU — PolitiTweet.org

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Pallone presses Pai to say if he’ll require carriers, by the end of the year, to commit to SHAKEN/STIR call authentication standards if they don’t do it themselves. Pai says he will take action (exactly what that means seems unclear though). — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@geoffmanne @ProfWrightGMU @kristianstout If Amex made it harder for plaintiffs to win, Apple seems to make it a little easier, if only for cases that already stood a good chance under Amex. But Apple does little for everyone else, and nothing for cases that would’ve succeeded pre-Amex but not post-Amex. Is that right? — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ProfWrightGMU @geoffmanne @kristianstout Smart and sensible to link this to Amex but I have questions about this part. What good does it do for prospective plaintiffs, knowing more of them will have standing, when they know the likelihood of winning has diminished? https://t.co/MgldsAzGz3 — PolitiTweet.org