The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism
Assuming democracy remains intact in the years to come, Levitsky thinks the GOP will have to eventually moderate its stance in response […]
Tag: Business / National Affairs
The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem
In one sense, today’s US congressional hearing on TikTok was a big success: It revealed, over five hours, how desperately the United […]
TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC
Ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s much-anticipated testimony in the United States House of Representatives today, the embattled tech firm conducted […]
The TikTok CEO’s Face-Off With Congress Is Doomed
March has been brutal for TikTok. Last week, the UK joined the US, Canada, and Belgium in banning TikTok on government devices. […]
How You Can Tell the AI Images of Trump’s Arrest Are Deepfakes
The viral, AI-generated images of Donald Trump’s arrest you may be seeing on social media are definitely fake. But some of these […]
The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isn’t About Privacy
“We hope that Congress will explore solutions to their concerns about TikTok that won’t have the effect of censoring the voices of […]
The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
When it comes to antitrust and tech, there’s a trust deficit on Capitol Hill, even as pressure to act continues to mount. […]
How the US Can Stop Data Brokers’ Worst Practices—Right Now
The letter also points to databases maintained by the British multinational RELX and the Canadian conglomerate Thomson Reuters, which, according to CUNY […]
Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess
The fear and trepidation over accidentally letting a secret slip is also hammered into lawmakers’ intelligence staffers, who handle the classified material […]
The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
One of the top concerns when it comes to the harms of social media and political polarization in the United States is […]