Author: Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner
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Top Big Tech critic snubbed for key House panel in setback to GOP antitrust hopes
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House Republicans are set to hand libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) the gavel for the subcommittee responsible for antitrust, a snub to one of Republicans’ most vocal Big Tech critics and a sign the conference will try to steer clear of major clashes with Silicon Valley. Top Republican Big Tech critic Ken Buck (R-CO) was…
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Sam Bankman-Fried granted $250 million bail
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FTX founder and former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was released on $250 million bail after his first appearance in court post-extradition. SBF’s bail package will include him being detained at his parents’ home, as well as location monitoring, according to Reuters. He will also have to surrender his passport. The prosecution and defense both agreed…
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New ‘Twitter Files’ detail FBI’s relationship with company leadership
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The latest release of internal Twitter documents released by allies of new owner Elon Musk details the conversations and interactions the FBI and Twitter’s leadership had in the lead-up to the 2020 election and the platform’s censoring of the New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. The FBI maintained constant contact with Twitter, to…
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Colorado officials drop the term ‘sex offender,’ say it’s too negative
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Colorado is dropping references to “sex offenders” from its vocabulary due to the title’s negative connotations. The Colorado Sex Offender Management Board voted Friday to no longer recognize the term “sex offender” in its proposals. The board, which handles the development and evaluation of rules for rehabilitating and monitoring those labeled sex offenders, voted 10-6…
