YouTube and Snapchat were asked by lawmakers to defend whether or not their respective social media apps were appropriately rated on the U.S. app stores, given the nature of the content they hosted. In a line of questioning led by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Snap was given specific examples of the types of content found […]
TikTok dodges questions about biometric data collection in Senate hearing
In its first-ever Congressional hearing, TikTok successfully dodged questions about what it plans to do with the biometric data its privacy policy permits it to collect on the app’s U.S. users. In an update to the company’s U.S. privacy policy in June, TikTok added a new section that noted the app “may collect biometric identifiers […]
Jessica Rosenworcel becomes the first woman to chair the FCC, and Gigi Sohn is nominated for 5th spot
The FCC has its first-ever woman as Chair of the agency, Jessica Rosenworcel, who has been serving as acting Chair since the beginning of the year. President Biden officially appointed her to the position today, and nominated her for a new term — as well as FCC veteran and tireless policy advocate Gigi Sohn, who […]
内閣メールマガジンが20年の歴史に終止符を打つ
あるAnonymous Coward 曰く、首相官邸メールマガジンは小泉内閣において2021年に開始。以来、政権が変われど与野党交代が起これど絶え間なく配信されてきたが、9月13日号を最後に配信が途絶えていることにタレコミ主は10月に入って気が付いた。よくよく読んでみると、最終号にメルマガの配信は今号で最終とし今後は「様々なソーシャルメディアを活用」すると説明があった（相変わらず説明に言葉が足りないと実感した）。文面については官邸ホームページのアーカイブをご参照されたい。
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The FBI’s Internal Guide For Getting Data From AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A newly obtained document written by the FBI lays out in unusually granular detail how it and other law enforcement agencies can obtain location information of phones from telecommunication companie…
Kenya cracks down on digital lenders over data privacy issues
Digital lenders that share personal data of loan defaulters, with third parties, risk license withdrawal in Kenya after lawmakers added a clause — granting the banking regulator the mandate to revoke permits of operators who breach customer confidentiality — to the new law passed by the country’s National Assembly. Typically, loan apps collect borrowers’ phone […]
The rapidly changing investor calculus on China’s tech giants
As wave after wave of regulatory crackdowns have dominated China tech news in 2021, one can be excused for losing track of what is being regulated, who is doing the regulating, and what exactly the regulations are. From fintech to data management to education, the rules of the game are being re-written by a range […]
Introducing the TechCrunch Global Affairs Project
Technology has never agreed with boundaries. Even the most detailed satellite snapshots of Earth show no borders. From the printing press to the airplane, the telephone to social media, technological progress has helped us transcend time and place. And when it hasn’t sent memes around the world, it has ignited revolutions. We’ve grown used to […]
I founded Nest. Here’s how startups can help solve climate change
Matt Rogers Contributor Share on Twitter Matt Rogers built the first machine-learning thermostat as the co-founder of Nest. He was previously an engineer at Apple, where he helped build ten generations of the iPhone and the first iPad. He currently splits his time between Incite.org and a new company that he is developing. The best […]
Decoupling tech supply chains would do more harm than good
Phil Levy Contributor Share on Twitter Dr. Phil Levy is Chief Economist for Flexport. Earlier in his career, he held international economic policy positions at the White House and the Department of State. For a technology sector that would much prefer to focus on growth over geopolitics, the push for U.S.-China “decoupling” poses an inescapable […]