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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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ICYMI: DOJ Antitrust Funding Hangs in the Balance
Last week, House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee voted out drastic cuts to Antitrust Division WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Tech Oversight Project called out the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations for advancing a lackluster funding bill with wholly inadequate funding for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. The bill places a cap […]
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Tech Oversight Project Issues Statement on Murthy v. Missouri Decision, Affirming Federal Role to Notify of Foreign and Domestic Threats
Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on “jawboning” case which threatened to outlaw communication to platforms from the government WASHINGTON, DC — Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement regarding the Murthy v. Missouri decision and the right-wing effort to block the government from communicating about domestic and foreign threats with the platforms. “In Big […]
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KOSA Round-Up: Advocates Demand Decisive Congressional Action on Kids Online Safety Act
With Public Support & Momentum at Their Backs, Advocates Call for Final KOSA Votes and Passage Into Law As parent advocates rally for a summer of action to push the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) over the finish line and into law, hopes that Congress will heed the public and take action this year to […]