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(L-R) Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Tex., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino R-N.Y. listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Garbarino: Ending CISA mobile app security program for feds sends ‘wrong signal’

CyberScoop is first to report on the letter to DHS from the chair of a cybersecurity subcommittee, which also addresses CISA’s role as lead coordinator with the…

Jun 5, 2025 By Tim Starks

Visitors walk past the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House-passed data privacy bill doesn’t thrill privacy groups

A measure to address the sale of Americans’ data doesn’t go far enough to rein in the data broker industry, advocates argue.

Mar 21, 2024 By Tim Starks

In this photo illustration, Open AI’s newly released text-to-video “Sora” tool is advertised on their website on a monitor in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Drew Angerer / AFP)

Tech companies pledge to protect 2024 elections from AI-generated media

Twenty major tech companies committed to policies that make it harder for bad actors to leverage AI to influence elections

Feb 16, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Britain’s data watchdog fines TikTok $15.9 million for alleged misuse of children’s data

The Information Commissioner’s Office estimated that the app allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under 13 use the platform in 2020.

Apr 4, 2023 By Tonya Riley

White House talks with TikTok stall after blistering congressional hearing

TikTok's general counsel said Friday the company hasn't heard from the Biden administration since CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before Congress.

Mar 31, 2023 By Tonya Riley

How a computer scientist talks to her daughter about TikTok

The debate over TikTok's national security risk is lost on many young users, except if your mom is a technologist focused on global threats.

Mar 31, 2023 By Nadya Bliss Coco Bliss

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 23: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Five brutal hours for TikTok: CEO raked over coals amid privacy, security concerns

TikTok came to win hearts and minds with technology and reason. It lost.

Mar 23, 2023 By Tonya Riley

Tik Tok CEO Shou Chew spoke during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on Nov. 30, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Here’s what to expect from lawmakers who will grill TikTok’s CEO on privacy, security and child safety

Lawmakers plan to press TikTok CEO Shou Chew on issues related to child exploitation, teen mental health and its connection to China.

Mar 22, 2023 By Tonya Riley

TikTok CEO plans rigorous defenses in Congress against claims the app is a US security threat

In his first appearance before Congress, TikTok CEO Shou Chew will make the case that the company's U.S. operations aren't swayed by China.

Mar 21, 2023 By Tonya Riley

FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and CIA Director William Burns testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill March 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

US intel: Chinese influence operations are growing more aggressive, more similar to Russia’s

China is stepping up efforts to influence U.S. public opinion, which increasingly resemble Russian operations.

Mar 8, 2023 By Elias Groll