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Facebook fine disappoints

Melissa Quinn · August 2, 2019 3:00 am

In this Feb. 29, 2019 photo, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Josh Hawley’s idiotic crusade against Snapchat streaks

Jordan Lancaster · August 1, 2019 12:09 pm

Beltway Confidential

Josh Hawley’s latest authoritarian adventure

Tom Rogan · July 30, 2019 1:56 pm

Facebook sales surge to $16B, dwarfing FTC privacy settlement

James Langford · July 24, 2019 9:01 pm

Beltway Confidential

$5B FTC settlement reminds us just how serious Facebook’s privacy problem is

Brad Polumbo · July 24, 2019 7:38 pm

A Facebook posting, released by the House Intelligence Committee, for a group called "Being Patriotic" is photographed in Washington, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Russian ‘interference’ in the 2016 election is literally a meme

Eddie Scarry · July 24, 2019 6:24 pm

This July 16, 2013 photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

FTC slaps Facebook with $5B fine over privacy missteps

Melissa Quinn · July 24, 2019 2:36 pm

Canada's Miss World contestant Anastasia Lin speaks to media after she was denied entry to mainland China, at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Canada's outspoken Miss World contestant said she was barred Thursday from entering China to take part in this year's pageant and accused Beijing of overreach in extending its campaign of censorship even to beauty contests. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Facebook’s new advertising policy empowers authoritarian regimes

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2019 4:00 am

Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delrahim leaves the federal courthouse in Washington.

Justice Department opens antitrust review of big US tech companies

Melissa Quinn, James Langford · July 23, 2019 9:48 pm

From left to right, Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley are pictured.

Illinois GOP kills social media post calling progressive lawmakers ‘The Jihad Squad’

Tim Pearce · July 22, 2019 7:07 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks out of a House of Representatives office building, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Louisiana police officer suggests AOC should be shot

Mike Brest · July 22, 2019 3:29 pm

Ex-Miss Michigan says Miss World America should focus on ’empowering’ women

Tim Pearce · July 22, 2019 2:58 pm