Edward Graham

By Edward Graham Week in Review Facebook, Twitter officials testify before lawmakers Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee about the spread of foreign propaganda on the social media platforms. Republicans and Democrats on the Senate panel credited both platforms for their efforts […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories Twitter Inc. said that it permanently banned conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his website Infowars from the social media platform over reported tweets and videos “that violate our abusive-behavior policy, in addition to the accounts’ past violations.” Twitter was one of the few firms to allow Jones and his site to […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories Facebook Inc. said it plans to invest more than $1 billion in a new data center in Singapore, the social media company’s first such center to be constructed in Asia, as it faces global pressure to police offensive content. The company said the data center could start operating as soon as […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey are scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee today about the spread of foreign propaganda on the social media platforms. Dorsey is also set to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee this afternoon to […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey has reportedly weighed in on content decisions regarding controversial accounts on the social media site — including overruling a decision by his staff to remove far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from the platform, according to one source. Twitter disputed the claim and said that Dorsey […]

By Edward Graham Morning Consult Tech will be off for the Labor Day holiday. Publication of the morning briefs and afternoon updates will resume Tuesday. Week in Review 3D-printed guns A federal judge in Seattle extended a ban on the online publication of blueprints for 3D-printed guns, granting a motion for a preliminary injunction against Austin, Texas-based […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories The California Assembly approved legislation that would restore Obama-era net neutrality rules in the state and go even further to potentially impose the nation’s strictest net neutrality laws on internet service providers. The legislation now goes back to the state Senate for a final vote, although today is the last day […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories The Senate Intelligence Committee said it would hold a hearing Sept. 5 with Facebook Inc. operations head Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on “social media companies’ responses to foreign influence operations.” Larry Page, chief executive of Alphabet Inc., has also been invited to the hearing, although the […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories Austin, Texas-based company Defense Distributed, which makes 3D-printed guns, has begun selling the blueprints for the weapons on its website despite a recent federal court order blocking the designs from being posted online, according to the company’s owner. The plans could be distributed via mail, email or secure download transfer. (The […]

By Edward Graham Top Stories The Federal Communications Commission’s inspector general concluded there was “no evidence, nor even the suggestion, of impropriety” in FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s actions regarding the now-defunct merger between Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. and Tribune Media Co. (Reuters) President Donald Trump accused Google of altering search results to prioritize negative news stories […]