• Twitter Missed The Deadline to Provide Information to Congress – Now What?

    Twitter Missed The Deadline to Provide Information to Congress – Now What?

    It became clear that Russians posted advertisements on various social media platforms leading up to the 2016 presidential election.  The goal was to influence public opinion.  As part of their investigations, the Senate Intelligence Committee sent Facebook, Google, and Twitter written questions to answer by yesterday. Facebook and Google complied with the deadline, but Twitter hasn’t. …

  • Democrats Pushing a Bill That Could Fine Credit Reporting Agencies for Security Breach

    Democrats Pushing a Bill That Could Fine Credit Reporting Agencies for Security Breach

    We all still remember the Equifax data breach this past year.  And some of us are still reeling from it.  What’s interesting to me about the whole thing is that Equifax, aside from some bad PR, has walked away from this relatively unscathed.  But there are two Democratic Senators who are looking to change this. …

  • New York State Tries to Get Around Net Neutrality Repeal

    New York State Tries to Get Around Net Neutrality Repeal

    Recently, the former net neutrality rules were repealed.  Which means Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile carriers may block or throttle services at will.  If you pay for faster speeds, you will receive those faster speeds.  This is being viewed as a way for large ISP’s to get richer off the backs of Americans.  There…