With days to go until the FCC’s repeal of its net neutrality rules goes into effect on June 11, the House is facing increasing pressure to take up and pass a measure that would reverse the FCC’s repeal.
Startups News Digest 6/1/2018
This week, the California Senate voted 23-12 to approve a bill to reinstate strong net neutrality protections in the state.
Startups News Digest 5/25/2018
Startup News Digest 5/18/2018
With a bipartisan 52-47 vote, the Senate passed a measure to overturn the FCC’s repeal of its 2015 net neutrality rules.
Startup News Digest 5/11/2018
Startup News Digest 5/4/2018
Net neutrality advocates and lawmakers are preparing for a vote this month that could undo the FCC’s December move to repeal 2015 net neutrality rules.
Startup News Digest 4/27/2018
The debate over law enforcement access to encrypted technologies flared up again this week after Wired published a deep dive on a proposal that would allow law enforcement to unlock encrypted devices.
Startup News Digest 4/20/2018
Startup News Digest 4/13/18
The Big Story: Zuckerberg hits the Hill. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was on the Hill this week for back-to-back marathon hearings in front of lawmakers eager to press the company about its role in and response to Cambridge Analytica’s use of the data of tens of millions of Facebook users.
Startup News Digest 4/6/2018
Startup News Digest 3/30/2018
Startup News Digest 3/23/2018
The Big Story: Congress passes funding bill with several tech provisions. Narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law this week a $1.3 trillion government funding bill that included a whole host of tech-related provisions.
Startup News Digest 3/16/2018
Startup News Digest 3/9/2018
Startup News Digest 3/2/2018
The House this week passed a bill that would undermine platform protections that companies rely on to host user content and to police that content themselves without fear of meritless litigation.
Startup News Digest 2/23/18
Startup News Digest 2/16/2018
Infrastructure was the buzzword of the week, which kicked off with the Trump administration unveiling its infrastructure plan.
Startup News Digest 2/9/2018
This week a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of lawmakers unveiled a bill that could make it easier for Internet companies to comply with varying, and often conflicting, international rules over government requests for user data. The bill—the Clarifying Overseas Use of Data, or CLOUD, Act—is aimed at boosting international cooperation and helping the U.S. government enter into bilateral agreements governing cross-border requests for data.
Startup News Digest 2/2/2018
Startup News Digest 1/26/2018
The startup voice calling for strong net neutrality protections is louder than ever, as our new startup map—featuring stories from startups who depend on net neutrality protections—shows.