Policy & Law

Trump wants to modernize air travel by turning over control to the big airlines

Consumer groups fear privatizing air traffic control would harm passengers

After bomb threats, FCC proposes letting police unveil anonymous callers

Facebook earns EU praise for combatting hate speech, as Twitter and YouTube lag behind

European Commission says Facebook is the only company currently in compliance with a ‘code of conduct’ on hate speech

Trump administration approves social media screening for visa applicants

Critics say new questionnaire may deter students and researchers from coming to the US

Silicon Valley comes out strong against Trump’s decision to abandon Paris agreement

Tech execs fear for the planet, and their businesses

Three US states rebel against Trump's Paris climate agreement withdrawal

California, New York, and Washington

Elon Musk steps down from Trump advisory councils over Paris climate decision

Space ex

Lyft’s diversity numbers are better than Uber’s, but only slightly

This would seem to challenge the company’s claim of ‘woke-ness’

Tesla fires female engineer who made claims of ‘pervasive harassment’

Lawyer for the ex-Tesla engineer says her termination amounts to ‘retaliation’

Tim Cook reportedly urged Trump not to withdraw US from Paris climate deal

The Apple exec called the White House on Tuesday

Netflix CEO says net neutrality is ‘not our primary battle’

‘The Trump FCC is going to unwind the rules no matter what anybody says’

Supreme Court says companies can’t use patent law to sue resellers

Apple, Facebook, and Google CEOs unite in opposition to Texas discrimination

Tech executives say bathroom bill targeting transgender students would be ‘bad for our employees and bad for business’

US may expand laptop ban to all international flights

Homeland Security Secretary says terrorists are ‘obsessed’ with bringing down planes, but he hasn’t decided whether to expand the electronics ban

Lyft and Uber will return to Austin on Monday

The governor is expected to sign a bill resolving a dispute over fingerprinting requirements

Breaking down the FCC’s proposal to destroy net neutrality

The agency is asking if we even need any rules at all

A White House proposal would let police shoot down drones

2.6 million comments in, the FCC has changed almost nothing about its net neutrality proposal

EU close to making Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter block hate speech videos

Proposals still need to be approved by the European Parliament before becoming law

FCC won’t punish Stephen Colbert for controversial Trump insult

The FCC’s proposal to kill net neutrality is now out — here’s how to comment

US Justice Department sues Fiat Chrysler for cheating emissions tests

Not quite the same as Volkswagen, but not good either

Wikimedia’s lawsuit against the NSA is back

Apple just revealed a declassified government order, but thousands more are still secret

A trickle of transparency

DJI will now handicap your drone until you register it with the company

PayPal burns Pandora to the ground in lawsuit over logo similarities

Poor Pandora can’t catch a break

The US Supreme Court just made life much harder for patent trolls

Eastern Texas won’t be the go-to for patent trolls anymore.

New Browser Act would restore restrictions on sharing browsing history

Google and Facebook would face the same rules as Comcast and AT&T

Swedish prosecutor drops rape investigation into Julian Assange

Decision marks the end of a legal saga, though the WikiLeaks founder will still be arrested if he leaves Ecuadorean embassy

Court dismisses lawsuit blaming Facebook for Palestinian uprising

Saved by Safe Harbor

FCC votes to begin overturning net neutrality

Facebook fined $122 million by EU for ‘misleading information’ about WhatsApp acquisition

European Commission says social network misled regulators when it said it would not be able to link accounts across WhatsApp and Facebook

Facebook is still violating user privacy, Dutch and French regulators say

Social network fined $166,400 in France for failing to inform users of how their data is used