Neowin News Feed for: Democrats

Democrats and Republicans want to ban DeepSeek on government devices

Omer Dursun — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:02:01 +0000

US lawmakers propose bipartisan bill to ban Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek on government devices over data security concerns, mirroring earlier restrictions on TikTok. Read more...

Users report pro-Democrat and anti-Republican hashtags blocked, Meta says a fix is incoming

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:18:01 +0000

Multiple users on Reddit have brought to light that Instagram doesn't show any search results for pro-democrat and anti-republican hashtags on the platform. Read more...

Lina M. Khan becomes a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission

Subir Kathuria — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:20:02 +0000

Lina Khan has been appointed as one of the commissioners of the FTC after being nominated for the job by President Joe Biden in March this year. Her appointment signals an increased focus on big tech. Read more...

Mozilla poll suggests Democrat and Republican supporters back net neutrality

Paul Hill — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:16:02 +0000

A poll conducted by Mozilla and Ipsos shows that most Americans are in favour of net neutrality rules. What's interesting is that both Republican and Democrat supporters favour net neutrality. Read more...

What do leaked DNC emails and the Ukrainian army have in common? Russian Android malware

Michael Firth — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:14:01 +0000

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike reported that Russian hackers used an Android malware variant to track and report on Ukrainian artillery movements, as well as Democratic emails during the US election. Read more...

Democrats vow to fight COPE Act

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:09:24 +0000

On Tuesday, a partisan wranglingover net neutrality heated up with Democrats pledging a fight over a broadbandbill they saw will mean extra fees and content restrictions on the internet. A committee vote is... Read more...

Democrats favor the "iTunes tax"

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:33:14 +0000

Democratic politicians in state capitols are more likelythan Republicans to permit a tax on digital purchases of songs and movies. Although most states have overlooked taxing digitaldownloads, such as iTunes purchases, politicians and... Read more...

Democrats target Microsoft

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:41:22 +0000

The Australian Democrats are trying to embarrass governments into supporting legislation mandating open source software, by asking questions in parliament about how much departments spend on Microsoft products. And Democrats in NSW, the ACT and... Read more...