Public Safety
CCIA: App Store Age Verification Bill Could Expose Sensitive Information
Bill sparked debate on how to keep kids safe online
AI
Conservative Activist Robby Starbuck Sues Meta Over AI Responses About Him
Meta's chief public affairs officer apologized for the results shared about the activist.
Antitrust
Google Face Off With U.S. Government Over Possible Breakup
An existential threat for Google as a court in Washington will hear 'remedies' arguments about how, or whether, Google should be broken up.
Broadband's Impact
Mississippi Online Age Verification Law Sent Back to Lower Court for Review
Fifth Circuit orders deeper review of the law’s First Amendment impact.
Social Media
Judge Strikes Down Ohio Law Limiting Kids’ Social Media as Unconstitutional
'This court finds, however, that the Act as drafted fails to pass constitutional muster and is constitutionally infirm.'
Big Tech
Meta CEO Zuckerberg Considered Spinning Off Instagram in 2018, Email Says
In the 2018 email, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said 'there is a non-trivial chance' Meta could be forced to spin off Instagram.
Big Tech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Takes Stand in Historic Antitrust Trial
The trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups Meta bought more than a decade ago.
Antitrust
Meta Faces Antitrust Trial That Could Force It to Break Off Instagram, WhatsApp
The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s ability to challenge Big Tech.
Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation
Fired FTC Official Slaughter: Trump Put Big Tech Above the Law
Democrat says FTC lost two Big Tech watchdogs over Meta, X, and Amazon.
FTC
FTC’s Ferguson Says Tech Censorship Practices May Violate Antitrust Law
Chairman signals agency’s expanding role in countering Big Tech censorship
Infrastructure
Earth, Ether, Fire and Water: An Elemental Data Center Story
A convergence of interest between the energy-hungry needs of major Internet players and the Trump administration's 'energy dominance'
Expert Opinion
Sebastian Sassi: 3 Rules Broadband Disruptors Follow to Win the Bandwidth Battleground
Supply chains for fiber optics infrastructure are strained by global disruptions.
International
Experts Warn of Subsea Cable Risks Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions
Call for stronger protections as private firms dominate subsea networks
FCC
Exclusive Q&A With Chairman Brendan Carr
President Trump has 'really sort of fundamentally transformed the direction of D.C., and I think it's fabulous to see,' said Carr.
Democracy
Gomez Warns FCC Being ‘Weaponized’ Under Trump Administration
‘This FCC has been weighing in on partisan issues that go far beyond our core responsibilities,' she said.
Democracy
Sen. Markey Warns of Authoritarian and Corporate Threats to Internet Freedom
‘Don’t be fooled,’ Markey said: Trump’s 'free speech' crusade is actually a campaign for more censorship.
