(AP) -- Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entertainment ...
Internet
Jan 22, 2012
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US congressional support for legislation targeting online piracy was eroding Wednesday as Wikipedia and Google led an online onslaught and branded the bills a danger to Internet freedom.
Internet
Jan 18, 2012
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Three leading technology industry groups urged members of the US Congress on Monday to oppose a copyright protection bill being proposed in the House of Representatives.
Internet
Oct 31, 2011
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Democrats and Republicans in Congress may be split over how to deal with the US debt and a host of other issues but they are united when it comes to social media.
Internet
Jul 27, 2011
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Want to fool merchants with a fake ID? Hack someone's text messages? Or how about tracking where your co-workers are, without their knowing it? There's an app for that.
Software
Jul 13, 2011
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YouTube on Wednesday launched a "Town Hall" website at which US congressional leaders address issues in brief videos and viewers get to show which positions they support.
Internet
May 18, 2011
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Since the middle of February, members of Congress have received more than 119,000 calls demanding that they pass stricter gun control laws. But these aren't the typical kind of calls made by constituencies voicing their concerns.
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2024
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Members of Congress agree that the administration needs to consider the concerns of indigenous communities when taking actions on oil and gas leasing in the Arctic. There is just disagreement on whose concerns should be prioritized.
Environment
Dec 12, 2023
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Congressional testimony this week about reverse engineering from crashed UFOs and the recovery of non-human "biologics" sounds like science fiction.
Astrobiology
Jul 31, 2023
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With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School ...
Social Sciences
May 27, 2022
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