Dean DeChiaro

Justice Department has only prosecuted one case using anti-sex trafficking law, and advocates say it hurts free speech and sex workers.

Five bills supported by Democrats and Republicans seek to trim the monopolies of technology firms such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.

With federal money and local ingenuity, high speed internet was brought to Allendale County, where many Black residents lacked access.

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at giving the U.S. an edge over China in research and development of emerging technologies.

Despite hiccups, Congress and President Biden have moved closer to a big boost in U.S. research and development eyed as a counter to China.

Measure would authorize more than $100 billion over five years to invest in research and technologies to compete with China.

A 1998 law aimed at protecting children online could be headed for an overhaul, and Silicon Valley will be watching intently.

Republicans call it censorship by Big Tech; Democrats say Facebook should do more to curb disinformation and hate speech

Watch our break down of the latest moves by the Indian government, Facebook and Twitter to censor speech on social media platforms.

The social media giants removed about 100 posts in India following an emergency order by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government

Facebook, Google, Twitter go up against researchers who say algorithms pose existential threats to individual thought, and democracy itself.

Republicans less sure that providing broadband internet service to all Americans is infrastructure, or at least at Biden’s price tag.

Money would provide broadband to 30 million people and prioritize affordability for families in rural, urban, and tribal areas.

Lawmakers link use of Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to cyberbullying, teenage suicide, depression and loneliness.

Democrats rail against social media’s role in Jan. 6 riot; Republicans fault Facebook, Google and Twitter for stifling conservative voices.

In the big infrastructure bill that Democrats hope to pass, ensuring that every American has high-speed internet access is a goal.

Hacks on schools climbed 18 percent from 2019 to 2020, affecting 377 educational organizations in 40 states.

Both parties long advocated better internet broadband access and more use of telehealth; the coronavirus made it happen.

The Federal Communications Commission will give out $50 to $75 per month to low-income families and people laid off because of the pandemic.

Advocates say the 2018 changes to Section 230 placed sex workers in the type of danger they had begun to avoid by using online services.