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U.S. Sen. John McCain, left, talks with Democrat Sen, Amy Klobuchar during a news conference at the US Embassy in Tokyo back in 2009. McCain. The duo have teamed up to target foreign campaign ads. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Washington Secrets

McCain joins Dems to regulate Drudge, Google, Facebook political ads

Paul Bedard · October 23, 2017 3:43 pm

Twitter recently blocked Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., from promoting a campaign ad. Her "crime?" Being pro-life and attacking Planned Parenthood. She wasn't the first victim of liberal censorship online. (iStock)

Will Washington pressure Silicon Valley to quell free speech?

Dan Backer · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Parscale interviewed on CBS's "60 Minutes" earlier this month and revealed he made $94 million after President Trump won the election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Brad Parscale, Trump campaign digital director, to be interviewed by congressional panel Tuesday

Daniel Chaitin · October 22, 2017 10:11 pm

In the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Clinton leads with 48 percent support to Trump's 41 percent. (AP Photos)

Trump: Facebook was on ‘Crooked Hillary’s side’ during 2016 campaign

Mandy Mayfield · October 21, 2017 10:29 pm

"Officials behind the now discredited 'Dossier' plead the Fifth. Justice Department and/or FBI should immediately release who paid for it," President Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump urges feds to release identity of who paid for ‘Trump dossier’ after Fusion GPS officials plead the Fifth

Daniel Chaitin · October 21, 2017 8:22 pm

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speak about online political ads and preventing foreign interference in U.S. elections, during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators demand disclosure on social media ads to fight Russian influence

Kelly Cohen · October 19, 2017 6:21 pm

As part of the Congressional Black Caucus' Tech2020 initiative, Reps. Barbara Lee (pictured second to the right) and G.K. Butterfield (pictured far right) plan to visit Silicon Valley to increase the number of black tech employees. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Congressional Black Caucus members to push Facebook, Uber on diversity

Kara Zupkus · October 13, 2017 6:09 pm

Facebook says it will not censor divisive political or issue ads. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Beltway Confidential

Free speech still lives at Facebook

Philip Wegmann · October 13, 2017 4:47 pm

"When you cut off speech for one person, you cut off speech for all people," Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, told Axios founder Mike Allen on Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg beats Twitter when it comes to free speech, amid Russia and Marsha Blackburn furors

Liz Wolfe · October 12, 2017 7:22 pm

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said, "I think the responsibility of an open platform is to let people express themselves." She said, "We don't check the information people put on Facebook before they run it and I don't think anyone should want us to do that." (Michael Short/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg criticizes Twitter’s censorship of Marsha Blackburn

Emily Jashinsky · October 12, 2017 3:13 pm

Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said platforms should allow issue-based advertisements "even when they're hard." (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook would’ve let Marsha Blackburn’s ad run

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 2:33 pm

Seventy-six businesses have filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, a case involving a Georgia security guard who says she was harassed at work because she is a lesbian. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Big companies push Supreme Court to say Civil Rights Act prevents anti-gay discrimination

Ryan Lovelace · October 12, 2017 1:54 pm