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TOP Report: Trump’s Project 2025 and RNC Platform A Major Gift to Big Tech, Disaster for American People

View the report here WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Tech Oversight Project released a scathing report on massive handouts to the tech lobby in Trump’s Project 2025 takeover plan and the Republican National Committee platform. The report details how Republican policies would be a disaster for the American people – raising prices for goods and services online, […]

08.01.24

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Senate’s Overwhelming Final KOSA Vote Represents Victory for Kids & Parents, Sharp Rebuke to Big Tech

After 91 Senators voted for final passage of bipartisan social media privacy and safety legislation that includes the Kids Online Safety Act, sending it to the House with overwhelming bipartisan support and dealing a sharp rebuke to Big Tech companies for failing to protect young Americans on their platforms, The Tech Oversight Project Executive Director […]

07.30.24

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The Tech Oversight Project Applauds Senate Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act Vote

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Senate held a landmark cloture vote on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, with 86 Senators voting to move forward to final passage of the bill, The Tech Oversight Project Executive Director Sacha Haworth released the following statement: “As advocates for children’s health, online safety, and tech accountability, we’re thrilled […]

07.25.24

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The Tech Oversight Project Applauds Senate Appropriators on Merger Filing Fee Fix

Read the FY25 Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill Summary here WASHINGTON, DC — Today, The Tech Oversight Project applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee for proposing robust funding increases for the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and for restoring the division’s full access to pre-merger filing fees (also known as HSR fees) that […]

07.25.24

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Senate Set to Deal Big Tech Lobby Key Defeat in its Fight vs. KOSA

As the Senate tees up a cloture vote on the Kids Online Safety Act today, the Big Tech lobby is set to experience its most crushing lobbying defeat of the year. After pouring millions into fighting the bill, the vote is a huge win for tech accountability, promising to hold companies like Meta, TikTok, Google, […]

07.25.24

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⚡ FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris seizes agenda as Rishi Sunak’s AI summit kicks off

As Vice President Kamala Harris continues to coalesce support for her presidential run, The Tech Oversight Project is spotlighting her leadership on tech and AI safety. Late last year, our organization led a coalition of tech safety, labor, and competition advocates in thanking Vice President Harris for highlighting the risks and harms of AI affecting […]

07.22.24

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X’s Trump Hashtag Fiasco Marks Big Tech’s Mask-Off Moment at RNC

MILWAUKEE – The Tech Oversight Project Executive Director Sacha Haworth blasted Big Tech’s financial and political support for the GOP’s far-right, anti-democratic MAGA agenda after Elon Musk‘s X launched its first-ever partisan political hashtag icons on behalf of Donald Trump hours before Trump’s RNC speech as Musk announced plans to pour billions into the 2024 […]

07.18.24
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