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Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio.Drew Angerer/Getty Images The far-right personality known as “Baked Alaska” tweeted that he can’t believe he’s “going to jail for an nft salesman.” “Baked Alaska,” whose real name is Anthime Gionet, participated in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge that carries a sentence of up to 6 months. His sentencing hearing is in January. The far-right… Source link

This summer has seen a steady parade of tech CEOs quietly heading to Capitol Hill. Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook stopped by recently, as did Google (GOOG, GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai and Amazon (AMZN) CEO Andy Jassy. Microsoft (MSFT) President Brad Smith joined in with a reported sit-down with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Washington state. Their reason for calling on U.S. lawmakers? The tech CEOs are fighting a bill called the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would… Source link

The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed the parent companies of Google and Facebook as well as social media giants Twitter Inc. and Reddit, the panel’s chairman said Thursday. “Two key questions for the Select Committee are how the spread of misinformation and violent extremism contributed to the violent attack on our democracy, and what steps — if any — social media companies took to prevent their platforms from… Source link

Volkan Furuncu | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The House select committee investigating the deadly Capitol riot has subpoenaed social media giants Twitter, Reddit and the parent companies of Facebook and Google, the panel’s chairman said Thursday. The bipartisan committee had asked for a trove of records last summer from those and other social companies, but said it received “inadequate responses” from some of the largest platforms. The committee again demanded that Google parent company… Source link

By a vote of 54-35, the Senate on Friday blocked a bipartisan proposal to create an independent inquiry into what led a violent mob of Trump supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, temporarily halting the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Passage of the measure required 60 votes, but just six Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favor of the measure, which was passed in the House last week. “Donald Trump’s big lie has now fully enveloped the Republican Party,” Senate… Source link

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A La Crosse Co. man who is charged with entering the U.S. Capitol when it was breached on January 6 was tracked down after Google handed over records showing a mobile device linked to him showed he was inside the building that day. The suspect, identified as Abram Markofski, is one of two men recently charged by federal prosecutors in connection with the assault on the Capitol building while electoral votes were being counted. A Dane Co. resident, Brandon Nelson, was… Source link

George Washington University Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy Bill Kovacic provides insight into Facebook and Google facing multiple antitrust lawsuits. Google location data placed a suspect from Ohio inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the Justice Department said, as court documents included a detailed map pinpointing spots where the man allegedly illegally entered and meandered through the complex with rioters that day. The FBI identified 26-year-old Jared Adams by comparing… Source link

The Justice Department is ordering tech companies to hand over data on users it suspects of being at … [+] the Capitol Hill riot. Google location data is proving useful in at least one case. Brent Stirton/Getty Images Google location data has proven useful to police on innumerable occasions and it’s being used in the Capitol Hill riot investigation. A complaint against Jared Adams, who is accused of illegally entering the Capitol Hill grounds on… Source link

The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Google is once again letting political ads run on its platform following a pause that began after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. “Starting on Wednesday, we will be lifting our Sensitive Events policy to again allow advertisers to run political ads,” Google said in an emailed statement to CNBC. “We will continue to rigorously enforce our ads policies, which strictly… Source link

Two-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Klete Keller was indicted on seven different charges on Thursday in connection with his alleged involvement in the riots at the U.S. Capitol last month, according to USA Today. Keller, per the report, was charged in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia for knowingly and unlawfully entering and remaining in a restricted area, interfering with official government business, engaging in disorderly conduct to disrupt a session of Congress and… Source link