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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Ted Cruz is now asking Khan explicitly about tech industry "censorship.” Khan deftly sidesteps, citing concerns about vertical integration and behavioral advertising. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @BrendanBordelon: Lee now asking Khan whether the consumer welfare standard of antitrust is "lacking." Lee and Khan have publicly stak… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021 Retweet
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Given her prior antitrust work, would Khan recuse herself from cases dealing with Facebook, Amazon or Google? Sen. Lee asks. Khan says blanket recusals are generally about financial conflicts of interest, not concerns about prejudgment which the FTC handles on a case-by-case. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ashk4n @joshsternberg beat you to that one haha — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Sounds like there’ll be a phone line during the trial supporting up to 200 media outlets at a time during the trial and another phone line that will similarly support several hundred members of the general public. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

In a Zoom hearing, the judge in the Epic v. Apple case is currently reminding the public that the trial — which starts May 3 — will last at least two weeks, maybe more, and not to expect a decision about Fortnite right away. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Sen. Blackburn asks what Khan would’ve done on some of the Obama-era mergers. Khan argues that regulators were too deferential to claims the internet would always be competitive. “There’s a growing sense that some of those merger reviews were a missed opportunity.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Khan largely steers clear of a veiled question about alleged anti-conservative bias on the part of social media platforms and says the FTC could use its transparency powers to understand black-box algorithms better. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Khan being asked numerous questions about consolidation in agriculture. She points out the FTC’s jurisdiction over ag has been curtailed but that the Packers and Stockyards Act is a “hidden gem of a statute” that should be brought back to the fore. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

“Longer term… we expect more scraping incidents and think it’s important to both frame this as a broad industry issue and normalize the fact that this activity happens regularly” — PolitiTweet.org

Donie O'Sullivan @donie

Facebook comms accidentally sent a journalist its strategy for downplaying leak of its users data. It notes with… https://t.co/oMXQ2QC3m4

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Just coming back to this but earlier Sen. Nelson said he believes the White House is considering nominating a woman to be NASA CFO. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

She adds, on app store policies, that some platform terms “lack any type of beneficial justification” and that in those circumstances, policymakers should be “especially skeptical and look really closely” at those policies. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Lina Khan tells Sen. Wicker that common carrier regulation of tech platforms should be on the table as one possible policy response to tech platform dominance. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @dnvolz: New: The Biden Justice Department has formed a new task force overseen by John Carlin aimed at breaking the back of the digital… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021 Retweet
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The first hearing is about to begin. You can tune in here: https://t.co/ojCe20Abhn Space nerds will also find this one worthwhile, as former Sen. Bill Nelson (an erstwhile leading member of the committee) is also getting a confirmation hearing to be NASA administrator. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@binarybits @bergmayer @juliagalef Who has the worse track record, Spock or C-3PO — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @peterwsinger: "Researchers also identified a separate vulnerability yesterday that can be used by a third party to see email addresses… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021 Retweet
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It's serious enough that CISA has issued an emergency directive to federal agencies. It is only the 7th such directive in CISA's history and the 6th since the beginning of 2020. https://t.co/L4A1t2ZHPK — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

For months, hackers with suspected ties to China have exploited Pulse Secure VPN to break into government agencies, defense contractors and financial institutions in US and Europe, according to a new @FireEye report: https://t.co/FRYfr8VGUP — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Solid piece from @evelyndouek -- if Facebook is capable of ramping up its policy enforcement in response to specific events, then it could also choose to make that level of enforcement the norm. https://t.co/eBYZZrJgrQ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@samsabin923 [slowly puts away the IV drip] — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Big day for tech policy in Congress today. First at 10 a.m. is FTC nominee Lina Khan's confirmation hearing before Senate Commerce; then, at 2:30 p.m., Apple, Google, Spotify, Tile and Match Group will testify on app store policies before the Senate antitrust subcommittee. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 21, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Apple unveils the AirTag, a device to help you find lost items. With Tile testifying tomorrow in the Senate, this announcement should lead to some fireworks... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 20, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

NEW: Officials from Spotify, Match Group and Tile will be among those testifying at Wednesday’s Senate antitrust hearing focusing on app stores, according to the witness list. In the past, these companies have been vocal critics of Apple and Google (who are also testifying). — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Ugh, great https://t.co/37iqzIslKn — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @RamCNN: LinkedIn billionaire: Cut off funding for politicians who limit voting rights https://t.co/PJbJH2q1H5 (from @MattEganCNN) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2021 Retweet
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

In some ways, reddit's approach to this is to position itself as the anti-Clubhouse https://t.co/E4AyY7yhJw — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Yang @petergyang

1/ Community first Reddit is pseudo-anonymous and community first - I hope that these attributes lead to more auth… https://t.co/07fTCa6G5D

Posted April 19, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Reddit teasing some new audio features here — PolitiTweet.org

Reddit @reddit

Coming soon to a community near you. https://t.co/Ikvd5zr3qi

Posted April 19, 2021
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @davidshepardson: New: NHTSA launches investigation into deadly Tesla Texas crash that left two dead that local police said it was belie… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2021 Retweet
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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Here are a few key portions of the letter Apple sent to lawmakers today informing them of Parler’s reinstatement: https://t.co/u2KGyNBqWY — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 19, 2021