policy
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Democrats Want Internet Companies To Be Liable For Data Loss Like Banks And Hospitals
Should the U.S. hold companies like Equifax and Facebook responsible for the protection of our personal information in the same way we hold banks and hospitals responsible? Should we expect the same level of control over data we’ve given to Google as we do with information shared with our doctor or lawyer?
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The Paris Agreement Is Not An Anti-American Conspiracy
Yesterday, President Trump announced the US was withdrawing from the landmark Paris Agreement, a commitment between 195 countries to tackle climate change. Outrage was swift and uncompromising. The secretary-general for the United Nations called the move “a major disappointment”, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk resigned from his advisory position at the White House in…
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Trump Is Rolling Back A Key Obama Rule Protecting US Waters
Today, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reworking Obama-era protections of clean water. The order asks for a revision of the 2015 Water of the US Act, a move likely to thrill Trump’s supporters in the fossil fuel industry and big agriculture, and confuse just about everyone else. The order doesn’t outright repeal…
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The Critical Tech Issues Donald Trump Has To Face
Yesterday, against all odds, Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States. The real estate mogul and reality TV star, who has said he would ban all Muslims from entering the country and once bragged about sexually assaulting women, will now take the reins of the country at a precarious time.