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Regulation, antitrust, privacy and the widening negotiation between Washington and the technology industry, from The Silicon Ledger.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is encouraging people to explore software, social platforms and operating systems that don't come from major tech companies, offering resources and digital badges to track the switch.
Executives from Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Nvidia committed to internal safety controls in a non-binding agreement signed during discussions with President Trump and congressional leaders.
The Defense Manpower Data Center fell victim to unauthorized access spanning nine months, compromising sensitive personal information including Social Security numbers across millions of active and former personnel files.
A security researcher known as Faav discovered a critical validation bypass in Microsoft's internal analytics platform, gaining unauthorized access to massive datasets through a missing JWT token check.
A state senator has introduced legislation requiring video game publishers to maintain player access to titles even after online support ends, responding to concerns about digital-only games becoming unplayable.
A new attack from UC San Diego and Inria Nancy significantly lowers the barrier to cracking RSA-encrypted data, though practical exploitation remains challenging for now.
H.R. 10364, the American Copyright Protection Act of 2026, would mandate that internet service providers, DNS services, and VPNs block access to foreign websites hosting pirated content, raising questions about enforcement when encryption and location masking are involved.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a court brief arguing that the Trump administration's use of Truth Social's premium early-access service, which charges up to $100,000 monthly, violates the public's constitutional right to equal access to official government statements.
