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An Apple lobbyist brought an iPhone to meetings with California lawmakers and said consumers could hurt themselves by puncturing a lithium-ion battery. Continue reading Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones
It would have been the first carbon fee enacted in the US. Oil lobbyists fought it by making a novel, hypocritical argument, and it worked. Continue reading Big Oil Defeats a Carbon Fee By Arguing It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
A new report from the Campaign for Accountability details the questionable role of internet platforms in election races. Continue reading How Facebook and Google Win By Embedding in Political Campaigns
In 2018 alone, the telecom lobby has killed or stalled a whole host of legislation that would prevent ISPs from selling your data. Continue reading Telecom Lobbyists Have Stalled 70 State-Level Bills That Would Protect Consumer Privacy
Sex worker and activist Phoenix Calida on how talking to politicians about her rights on Capitol Hill was a little scary, but well worth it. Continue reading ‘They Think They Have a PhD in Whoreology:’ How Lobbying for Sex Worker Rights Helps Educate Us All
Queer sex worker and trafficking survivor Laura LeMoon on the power of coming together, even when the odds are against you. Continue reading As a Trafficking Survivor, Lobbying for Sex Worker Rights Gave Me Hope
Activist, cam model and queer pornographer Anna Moone writes about her experiences lobbying for sex workers’ rights in Washington, DC. Continue reading What it Was Like to Lobby on Capitol Hill as a Sex Worker
According to a confidential document obtained by Motherboard, wireless communications lobby group CTIA took issue with an in-depth report by the Department of Homeland Security on mobile device security, including flaws with the SS7 network. Continue reading Telecom Lobbyists Downplayed ‘Theoretical’ Security Flaws in Mobile Data Backbone
Business lobbying groups are pushing back on plans by federal scientists to add third-party measurement of cybersecurity to a voluntary framework designed to help private companies improve its defenses against hackers, cybercriminals and online spies. A draft proposed revision of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework, to be known as version 1.1, includes a new section on “measuring and demonstrating cybersecurity.” But public comments filed by business groups voice concern about what metrics should be used for measurement and how public that demonstration ought to be. “Measuring state and trends over time, internally, through external audit, and through conformity assessment, enables an organization to understand and convey meaningful risk information to dependents, partners, and customers,” reads the introduction to the proposed new section. One of the complaints about the framework — which is generally recognized as a useful tool for companies looking to improve their online security — is that […]
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Blockchain, the revolutionary cryptographic technology that underlies bitcoin and other digital currencies, has a new advocate in Washington, D.C. The Global Blockchain Business Council, launched last month at Davos, announced Wednesday that it is opening a D.C. office and appointing a board of directors. The council brings together the world’s leading blockchain businesses and business executives to “work on educating businesses to help them understand the potential of blockchain and to advocate on behalf of the technology with regulators all across the globe,” said Jamie Smith of the Bitfury Group, one of the companies that helped found the council. Smith said the council would be announcing the location of the Washington office “very soon.” She said the council hoped to “create key moments throughout the year,” through a series of events where that education could happen. Blockchain, also called distributed ledger technology, uses a network of participating computers and distributed cryptographic software to create an […]
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