FISA reauthorization heads to Biden’s desk after Senate passage
A two-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act clears the chamber in a 60-34 vote Saturday.
A two-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act clears the chamber in a 60-34 vote Saturday.
Russian influence operations have picked up steam in the past two months, according to a Microsoft report.
At issue is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes snooping that some consider vital to security and others view as an out-of-control privacy threat.
A coalition of civil society groups wants social media companies to re-invest in human content moderation and commit to holding bad actors accountable.
Monday’s case has major ramifications for the relationship between the government and social media platforms and policing disinformation.
Cyber and national security advisor Anne Neuberger says the White House is exploring the use of watermarking to better identify and disclose computer-generated images.
The ruling agreed with Meta’s decision to leave up videos that were misleadingly edited to label Biden as a “sick pedophile,” but said the platform must update its policies to capture audio and non-AI generated media.
Multifactor authentication was disabled at the SEC’s request last year after staff had difficulties accessing the social media account.
A breach of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s account on the platform formerly known as Twitter caused bitcoin prices to spike.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler said an unauthorized tweet was posted after the agency’s Twitter account was compromised.