Technology law and ethics

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after the Democrats' policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

China denounces US bill aimed at boosting competitiveness

Jun. 09, 2021 05:40 AM EDT

Florida sued over law to ban social media content blocking

By Brendan Farrington May. 27, 2021 04:55 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two groups representing online companies sued Florida on Thursday over a new law that seeks to punish large social media businesses...

Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill

By Tali Arbel May. 12, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Wei Xiuwen, mother of Chen Mei, chats with Cai Jianli, father of Cai Wei outside a courthouse after attending their children's court cases in Beijing, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Two amateur computer coders taken by police from their Beijing homes last year were standing trial Tuesday in a case that illustrates the Chinese government's growing online censorship and heightened sensitivity to any deviation from the official narrative on its COVID-19 response. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

2 plead guilty in case highlighting China's online control

By Huizhong Wu And Sam Mcneil May. 11, 2021 02:29 AM EDT

In this photo released by Chen Mei Family, Chen Mei poses for a photo in Hong Kong in 2018. More than a year after two young men, including Chen Mei, disappeared from their Beijing homes, they are set to be tried Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in a case that illustrates the Chinese government's growing online censorship and sensitivity to any criticism of its COVID-19 response. (Chen Mei Family via AP)

2 on trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic

By Huizhong Wu May. 10, 2021 06:02 AM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the press as he visits a giant vaccination center against the Covid-19 during its inauguration at Porte de Versailles convention centre in Paris, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Christophe Archambault, Pool Photo via AP)

EU to discuss US vaccine patent plan at Friday summit

By Raf Casert May. 06, 2021 03:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, protesters march on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York following the death of George Floyd. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. Complaints about false identifications during protests over the killing of Floyd prompted Amazon, Microsoft and IBM to pause sales of their face recognition software to police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

States push back against use of facial recognition by police

By Julie Carr Smyth May. 05, 2021 01:20 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 04:43 PM EDT
Boston Globe. April 20, 2021. Editorial: There’s too much secrecy in state government. It’s time for a constitutional amendment to change...

FILE - In this April 12, 2021 file photo, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer U.S. talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference in Ypsilanti, Mich. A recent spike in coronavirus cases in some states has led one of the nation's top health experts to suggest that governors could “close things down” like they did during previous surges. But that doesn't appear likely to happen — not even in states led by Democratic governors who favored greater restrictions in the past. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP, File)

Whitmer vetoes GOP broadband bill: Too costly and too slow

By Anna Liz Nichols Apr. 14, 2021 06:31 PM EDT

FILE - This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. Big tech’s outsized influence over society has become one of the biggest battlefronts in state legislatures this year. Lawmakers are taking on tech and social media companies over a wide range of issues, including anti-trust, digital privacy, taxing ad sales, net neutrality and censorship (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Big Tech's outsized influence draws state-level pushback

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Marcy Gordon Mar. 27, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

Michigan House passes bill to improve rural internet access

By Anna Liz Nichols Mar. 25, 2021 04:39 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House on Thursday approved a bill to encourage internet companies to provide broadband access to underserved areas after the...

In this image from video, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (House Energy and Commerce Committee via AP)

Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility

By Marcy Gordon And Barbara Ortutay Mar. 25, 2021 04:07 PM EDT

FILE - The Utah House of Representatives work on the House floor on March 5, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers have voted to require every cellphone and tablet sold there to automatically block pornography, the conservative state's most recent move targeting online porn and one that critics call a significant intrusion on free speech. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan

By Lindsay Whitehurst And Sophia Eppolito Mar. 16, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

Bangladeshi students clash with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021. About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh High Court grants bail to imprisoned cartoonist

By Julhas Alam Mar. 03, 2021 06:55 AM EST

Bangladeshi students overturn security barricades outside the Home Ministry during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021.
About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

300 activists rally in Bangladesh to denounce prison death

By Julhas Alam Mar. 01, 2021 03:24 AM EST

FILE- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures as he speaks to the media at a coronavirus vaccination site at Lakewood Ranch Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Bradenton, Fla. Coronavirus, budget questions, anti-riot legislation and an attempt to reign in large technology companies will be among issues lawmakers will take up in their 60-day session that begins Tuesday, March 2. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Florida lawmakers face challenges as 60-day session begins

By Brendan Farrington Feb. 27, 2021 08:32 AM EST

Protesters offer Friday prayers as they protest the death in prison of a writer who was arrested on charges of violating the sweeping digital security, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, was arrested in Dhaka in May last year for making comments on social media that criticized the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He had been denied bail at least six times. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladeshis protest prison death of commentator

By Julhas Alam Feb. 26, 2021 04:53 AM EST

House OKs bill to direct $210M for Ohio broadband expansion

By Kantele Franko Feb. 18, 2021 03:57 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Legislation to help expand high-speed internet access in underserved and rural areas of Ohio is getting bipartisan support and fast...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 08:24 AM EST
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Feb. 16 The Valdosta Daily Times on distracted...

State lawmakers look to plug-in disconnected Marylanders

By Jack Hogan Jan. 30, 2021 10:00 AM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated. ...