Josh Hawley

This Remarkably Bad Bill Would Force Tech Platforms to Be ‘Politically Neutral’, Whatever That Means

The guy depicted above is Josh Hawley, a freshman Republican Senator representing Missouri, and he fundamentally does not understand how the internet works. How do we know this? Look no further than his fully ridiculous Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act, which seeks to overhaul a key feature of online communications, in the worst way…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jun 19

Why That Anti-Loot Box Bill Is Actually Kinda Shitty

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday aims to ban pay-to-win microtransactions and loot boxes in video games that are “minor-oriented.” The bill, however, essentially applies to all video games ever made, whether children were the intended audience or not. It would also appear to ban a wide variety of in-game mechanics…

Tech Policy Dell Cameron May 23

Misogyny at Microsoft, Farscape, and the New Airpods: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

It’s April 2019—and perhaps the month that will later be known as the dawn of the Age of Fungus. A concerning report in the New York Times this weekend detailed how multiple strains of Candida auris, a drug-resistant species of pathogenic fungus, have quietly spread across the globe. The Centers for Disease Control reports a…

Tech News Tom McKay Apr 7

Senator Hawley Keeps Attacking a Law Crucial to Internet Speech—That He Can’t Seem to Read

The economic juggernaut we call the internet has thrived principally thanks to a single U.S. law passed more than two decades ago—Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. It states quite simply that website operators shall not be treated as the publishers of information posted by their users. To wit, Gizmodo cannot be held liable…

Tech Policy Dell Cameron Apr 3

New Senate Bill Bans Online Ads Targeting Kids Under 13, Gives Teens Power to ‘Erase’ Personal Data

Senate lawmakers on Tuesday introduced new bipartisan legislation that gives kids under 16 years old and their parents substantially more control over their data while further limiting the data-collection practices of apps, websites, and online services. Substantive changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), introduced by Senators Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, and…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Mar 12

This Remarkably Bad Bill Would Force Tech Platforms to Be ‘Politically Neutral’, Whatever That Means

Why That Anti-Loot Box Bill Is Actually Kinda Shitty

Misogyny at Microsoft, Farscape, and the New Airpods: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Senator Hawley Keeps Attacking a Law Crucial to Internet Speech—That He Can’t Seem to Read

New Senate Bill Bans Online Ads Targeting Kids Under 13, Gives Teens Power to ‘Erase’ Personal Data

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