As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to begin undoing the agency’s 2015 net neutrality rules on May 18, reactions will continue to pour in through formal filings with the commission and pressure from outside advocacy groups.
Sanctions from the United States did not hamper Russia’s hacking operations and election interference attempts. FBI Director James Comey said he expects them to “come back in 2018, and especially in 2020.”
In Senate Judiciary Committee testimony Wednesday, Comey pushed for reauthorization of a surveillance provision the intelligence community views as a vital counterterrorism tool — despite a recent signal from a key House member suggesting reform will be necessary before the provision is extended past its expiration date at the end of the year.
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook said his company will provide $1 billion to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States. The first investment will be announced later this month.
Debate over how to best protect the open internet has hit Congress, with Republicans pushing to undo the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules and Democrats fighting to preserve them.
The Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Center sued the New York Police Department in an effort to release documents regarding the department’s use of controversial facial recognition technology.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte on Tuesday talked up efforts to overhaul a surveillance program that’s been an enduring source of controversy in the post-9/11 era.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the American Technology Council, which intends to unite leading government officials with Silicon Valley’s top minds to “transform and modernize” the federal government’s approach to information. Trump plans to meet with top tech executives in early June.
A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request from an industry group representing telecommunications companies like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for a full court review of a June decision that upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 net neutrality rules.
The U.S. government warns that an international cyber-espionage campaign led by a group allegedly connected to the Chinese government is hitting a growing number of companies worldwide.