lina khan
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Watchdog Demands Recusal of Judge Overseeing Activision Case Because Her Son Works for Microsoft
An industry watchdog group says the judge tasked with ultimately determining the fate of Microsoft’s $US68.7 billion bid to acquire Activision Blizzard should recuse herself because her son works at Microsoft. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley revealed the family connection during a pre-hearing conference last week. Though Corley said her son works outside of…
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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Leaders Call on FTC to Investigate TikTok
Pressure’s mounting to throw TikTok back into the regulatory spotlight, this time from a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Senate Committee Passes Tech Antitrust Bill That’s Making Apple and Google Lose Their Minds
Legislative efforts to rein in Big Tech’s alleged anti-competitive, self-preferential business practices took a big step forward on Thursday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted overwhelmingly (16-6) in favour of advancing new antitrust legislation. Now, the hotly contested American Innovation and Choice Online Act will head to the Senate…
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Tesla Owners Are Playing Video Games While Driving
Tesla has gained its fair share of interest from regulators and safety advocates in recent months over the fraught deployment of its “Full Self Driving” beta system, but it has so far managed to largely avoid scrutiny over its decision to quietly add in the ability to play video games while during.