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Court cases test opposing views of online content moderation - Roll Call

Four cases will test justices' views on whether social media companies are doing too much to moderate online content, or too little.

Roll Call

Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift Glitch Doesn't Require a Congressional Hearing

The site crashed because Swift is very popular, not because antitrust enforcement is too weak.

Reason

Months after explosive report, lawmakers still unsure how to handle Capitol architect - Roll Call

Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton has kept his job as procedural questions swirl, months after a damning inspector general report.

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Ticketmaster had to endure senators' T-Swift wordplay. Is that pun-ishment enough?

Was it better than revenge knowing Ticketmaster was forced Tuesday to endure three hours full of senators' cringey Taylor Swift puns?

Los Angeles Times

Antitrust one of many issues that kept Google lobbyists busy - Roll Call

Google spent $10.9 million on lobbying last year, included work on antitrust issues, the subject of a Justice Department lawsuit this week.

Roll Call

Taylor Swift got senators to agree on a rare bipartisan issue

Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are examining whether Live Nation has a monopoly on ticketing.

Fortune

Sen. Dick Durbin and committee grill Ticketmaster after Taylor Swift concert sales fiasco

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The Independent UK

After Taylor Swift ticket fiasco, Senate panel calls Ticketmaster a monopolistic anti-hero

WASHINGTON — For decades now, Ticketmaster has engendered bad blood from concertgoers angry over its fees but has managed to shake it off, growing into the largest ticketing company in America. But after crossing Taylor Swift fans, parent company Live Nation faced a Senate panel Tuesday intent on getting the…

Tribune News Service

Senators quote Taylor Swift lyrics at hearing addressing Ticketmaster mess: ‘I’m the problem. It’s me’

Senator Richard Blumenthal, 76, was one of several who used the pop star’s own words during congressional hearings looking into last year’s ticketing debacle

The Independent UK

Scalper bots caused Taylor Swift ticket chaos, Senate panel hears in testimony

President of Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, tells Senate judiciary committee the bots caused technical glitches

The Guardian - US

Ticketmaster faces Senate grilling over Taylor Swift tour fiasco

Senators are expected to grill Ticketmaster Tuesday about its spectacular breakdown last year during a sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets

The Independent UK

Justice Department sues Google over digital advertising tech - Roll Call

The DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday that accuses the tech giant of thwarting competition in digital advertising.

Roll Call

Senators to grill Ticketmaster after Taylor Swift fiasco

Senators are expected to grill Ticketmaster Tuesday about its spectacular breakdown last year during a sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets

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After Taylor Swift ticket fiasco, Senate panel calls Ticketmaster a monopolistic anti-hero - Roll Call

After crossing Swifties, parent company Live Nation faced senators intent on getting it to admit, “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”

WEKU

The Senate's Ticketmaster hearing featured plenty of Taylor Swift puns and protesters

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its much-anticipated hearing into Live Nation and the ticketing industry as dozens of Swifties rallied outside the Capitol and hundreds more joined in virtually.

Tribune News Service

White House, House GOP take aim at Big Tech, but see different targets

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Republican lawmakers last week launched yet another effort to confront thorny issues relating to Big Tech and social media platforms that have bedeviled previous administrations and Congress, but the path to progress this time around is just as murky.

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White House, House GOP take aim at Big Tech, but see different targets - Roll Call

President Biden and House Republicans are both eyeing legislation on Big Tech, but they part ways on what should be done.

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The Independent UK

Afghan refugees in US face uncertainty as legislation stalls

Thousands of refugees who fled Afghanistan and now live in the United States are facing an uncertain future

Tribune News Service

Editorial: A needed safeguard on future elections

This nation owes a debt of gratitude to Congress for passing the Electoral Count Reform Act as part of the $1.7 trillion year-end funding bill in one of the last acts of the lame-duck session.

The Independent UK

Federal effort to boost election worker protections fizzles

Federal proposals that would have significantly boosted security funding for election offices and heightened penalties for threatening their staff failed to advance this year

Tribune News Service

Hopes dim for quick omnibus spending passage amid Title 42 dispute

WASHINGTON — Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the massive fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package.

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Schumer: Senate closing in on omnibus amendments deal - Roll Call

Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the omnibus.

Tribune News Service

Big Tech divided and conquered to block key bipartisan bills

A passionate and bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the country’s largest technology companies collapsed this week, the victim of an epic lobbying campaign by Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta.

Tribune News Service

E15 ethanol blend might soon be available year-round

Carlisle Ford Runge at the University of Minnesota says he's grown tired, even bored, with arguing against the expansion of the nation's ethanol industry.

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