TECH POLICY

In October, ahead of the U.N. COP 26 climate summit, Google pledged to stop displaying ads on websites and YouTube videos that promoted climate misinformation. But in November and December the company ran ads on at least 50 posts undermining climate science, according to new research.

The senator and advocacy groups are calling on Raimondo to clarify remarks on European tech rules.

The company is "saying the quiet part out loud" on how it views misinformation, one senator said.

Problems with FCC maps have been documented for years, and new broadband funds from Biden's ambitious plan to solve Internet inequality can't be deployed until they’re fixed

The Biden administration banned American investment in the Chinese facial recognition company SenseTime, saying it aids state repression of the Uyghur minority population.

“Facebook is not above the law,” Warren wrote in the letter, shared exclusively with The Washington Post. “The company’s executives cannot mislead investors, the SEC, its advertising customers, and the public about a core metric of its business model with impunity if such actions violate federal wire fraud or securities laws.”

The latest roadblock: GOP concerns over a nominee’s possible conflicts.

Margrethe Vestager says the E.U. and U.S. are converging on competition regulations, too.

Adam Mosseri is Meta’s highest-ranking executive to testify before Congress in the wake of the revelations from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. His appearance comes amid growing bipartisan momentum to update the laws that protect children online.

A FTC new complaint alleges Amazon uses “deliberately" confusing practices in search results, misleading users about advertisements on the platform. Ad sales are one of Amazon’s fastest growing businesses, and the complaint alleges its practices run afoul of consumer protection laws.

Key questions for Adam Mosseri in his first congressional outing.

She's holding a hearing featuring prominent critics of the digital behemoths Tuesday.

The case is the latest test of tech companies' protections under Section 230.

Key holdouts threaten lawmakers' bipartisan antitrust agenda.

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of U.K. chip designer Arm Ltd., arguing that the huge deal would stifle innovation in semiconductors.

Partisan divisions flared at a pair of nomination and legislative sessions.

But partisan feuding could derail those plans.

“Twitter has been willing to be out in front, even when they get egg on their face,” one researcher said.