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The House and Senate versions of the bill each attack the issue of online sex trafficking differently, but aim to shut down websites that facilitate trafficking.
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Congress’ sex trafficking bills draw outrage from victims groups and privacy advocates

Melissa Quinn -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

A letter urging Congress to pass a bill that would protect those covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was signed by 115 business leaders, including Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (pictured above), Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Target chairman and CEO Brian Cornell. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Business

More than 100 business leaders sign letter urging Congress to protect ‘Dreamers’

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 10, 2018 11:04 pm

Recode reports this week that Amazon, Facebook, and Google have rallied a host of other multi-billion-dollar Internet corporations to file a legal brief in an effort to restore net neutrality. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Amazon, Facebook, and Google sic their corporate lobbying firm on FCC to fight for net neutrality

Philip Wegmann -

January 10, 2018 6:36 pm

Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell made the threats in a tweet and Facebook post on Tuesday evening. (Department of Defense photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Foreign Policy

Top enlisted leader to remaining ISIS fighters: Surrender or we’ll beat you to death with shovels

Travis J. Tritten -

January 10, 2018 6:24 pm

Researchers found that fake stories accounted for only a small percentage of readers' overall news consumption. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Another Hillary Clinton excuse implodes: ‘Fake news’ had little impact on 2016 election

Becket Adams -

January 9, 2018 9:57 pm

A report says former Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. will face trial on Jan. 22 to determine if his aggressive Facebook posts at a fellow airline passenger count as a threat. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

News

Ex-Sheriff David Clarke set to face trial this month over airport confrontation

Katie Leach -

January 5, 2018 9:17 pm

Magazine

A Little More Opacity, Please

The Scrapbook -

January 5, 2018 9:00 am

News

Mark Zuckerberg plans on ‘fixing’ Facebook as part of his New Year’s resolution

Katie Leach -

January 4, 2018 8:39 pm

The Federal Communications Commission voted to end net neutrality on Thursday. Net neutrality has been in place only since June 2015, when President Obama's FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, declared that the Internet would be treated as a utility. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Opinion

Net neutrality ends — so click your mouse, don’t push the panic button

Washington Examiner -

December 18, 2017 5:01 am

In a November interview at Stanford University, former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya claimed social networks

Beltway Confidential

Former Facebook exec: Social media ‘are ripping apart the social fabric’

Emily Jashinsky -

December 15, 2017 6:31 am

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Congress’ sex trafficking bills draw outrage from victims groups and privacy advocates

More than 100 business leaders sign letter urging Congress to protect ‘Dreamers’

Amazon, Facebook, and Google sic their corporate lobbying firm on FCC to fight for net neutrality

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Net neutrality ends — so click your mouse, don’t push the panic button

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