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The good and the bad in the government’s case against Facebook

The Verge

If successful, the FTC’s case — which was joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam — could force the company to divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp, radically reshaping the digital economy. Facebook, though, calls all that “revisionist history.”

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. The District, never a beacon for transparent governance, sought to reverse course when he joined the new Adrian Fenty’s administration.

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FCC win clears the way for a massive Wi-Fi 6E upgrade

The Verge

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has backed up an April 2020 decision by the FCC to open up 1,200MHz of spectrum in the 6GHz band for unlicensed use. Illustrator by Alex Castro / The Verge. A ruling ( pdf ) on Tuesday by the U.S. It will also help us in our mission to connect everyone, everywhere.It

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Justice Department opposes TikTok’s request for injunction in new filing

The Verge

The Justice Department filed its opposition Friday to TikTok’s request for an injunction against the Trump administration’s looming ban of the app, and the agency pulled no punches. Large chunks of the DOJ filing are redacted. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. TikTok did not reply to a request for comment late Friday.

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TikTok chief security officer says its servers are already separate from ByteDance

The Verge

Roland Cloutier, global chief security officer for TikTok, says in a new court filing , in advance of an upcoming hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, that the Commerce Department made several incorrect assertions about the company’s data security policies and practices.

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TikTok asks judge to block September 27th Trump ban

The Verge

It’s asking a District of Columbia judge to block a rule that would require Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores on September 27th. The request addresses an increasingly convoluted attempt to sever TikTok from ByteDance, ostensibly because the Chinese-owned app poses national security risks.

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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

The Verge

The Democratic and Republican national committees have now both told staffers not to install the app on their phones for fear that TikTok could be sending back unspecified data to the Chinese government. In an amicus brief filed Monday, the U.S. Then Wells Fargo banned the app from corporate devices, and stuck to it. What sort of data?

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