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As a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows received text messages from multiple Fox News hosts and the president’s son, urging him to convince Trump to issue a statement condemning the violence, according to the House select committee investigating the attack. The text messages are among thousands of documents Meadows has turned over to the committee, according to Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who revealed the… Source link

Facebook, Google and Twitter and other technology companies are being asked to hand over records on efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the deadly Capitol attack. Letters sent out Friday by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 violence seek internal reviews, data and communications about social media posts. The House Select Committee is seeking records on policy changes social media companies made, or failed to make, to address the spread of misinformation, violent… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SEOUL, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee voted on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward banning Google and Apple from forcibly charging software developers commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curb by a major economy. Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google have faced global criticism… Source link

WASHINGTON—A House committee approved far-reaching legislation to curb the market dominance of tech giants, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., but much of the effort faced intensive lobbying by affected firms that slowed the committee’s work and foreshadowed a pitched battle in the Senate. In a package of six bills, the most significant measure to pass by late Wednesday requires that the largest internet platforms make it easier for users to transport their data to… Source link

Signage outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., is shown. | Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo The Biden Inaugural Committee on Saturday released its list of donors, which included Google, Microsoft, Boeing and several other major corporations. The list contains all contributors who donated more than $200 to President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration ceremony and related activities. The committee did not disclose the amount of any of the contributions, but it will have… Source link

Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech’s (BNTX) vaccine is one step closer to being distributed to health workers and nursing home residents, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory committee recommending its emergency use authorization (EUA) on Thursday. The 17-4 vote, with one abstention, could result in the FDA authorizing the vaccine as early as Friday, which would then trigger the distribution of the vaccine throughout the 64 jurisdictions in the U.S., including 50… Source link