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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told lawmakers on Tuesday that the “right thing to do” is to make sure that content owners “get significant upside benefit” from artificial intelligence technology that has raised new concerns over copyright and compensation. At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Altman…

UPDATE: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) told reporters that she that she believes that the three-hour Senate hearing focusing on Ticketmaster’s business practices helped educate some members “so we can move forward on some consumer legislation when it comes to ticket prices.” The criticism of Ticketmaster…

The Senate Judiciary Committee cleared legislation that would give news outlets a reprieve from antitrust laws and allow them to band together to negotiate agreements with tech platforms. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act passed in a 15-7 vote, drawing bipartisan support. “We actually share the view that…

A major piece of legislation aimed at limiting the business conduct of Amazon and other tech platforms cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, underscoring a bipartisan desire to curb the influence of major internet companies. The bill, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, is aimed at cracking…

The latest Senate hearing facing the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook played out as expected: Republicans complained that the platforms were too aggressive in their moderation practices, and Democrats suggested that they have been too lenient to control the flow of misinformation. That was particularly true as Sen. Dianne…

The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas to the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter as Republicans investigate what they see as anti-conservative bias on the platforms. The social media giants have long held that they are neutral when they moderate third party content on their platforms and that there is no…

The Senate Judiciary Committee gave the greenlight to Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, even as Democrats boycotted the vote. Barrett’s nomination now heads to the Senate floor, with a vote scheduled for next week, where she is expected to be confirmed by a narrow majority. Instead of appearing at…

Attorney General Bill Barr goosed cable news numbers Wednesday, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Robert Mueller’s report. Fox News Channel dominated, clocking 2.157M viewers, including 304K in the news demo from 10 AM until 4 PM ET. MSNBC logged 1.687M viewers including 193K in that key 25-54 age…

Trevor Noah opened The Daily Show explaining why the Mueller Report story would need a serious rewrite by Hollywood script writers in order to succeed at the box office or on TV. “It's the longest running saga that doesn't have Iron Man in it – But it does have a character who showed up late and became a breakout…

“I'm the captain,” Attorney General Bill Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, taking potshots at special counsel Robert Mueller hours after The Washington Post and The New York Times revealed Mueller had urged Barr to publicly release the report's summaries, arguing Barr's 4-page CliffsNotes summary…

One day after President Donald Trump’s pal Roger Stone crowed he would have to lie to “bear false witness against” POTUS, Stone instead invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself as he turned down a request to turn over documents and testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee’s top…

President Donald Trump apologized on national TV to Brett Kavanaugh for the “pain and suffering” to which he was subjected during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, declaring on national TV that Kavanaugh had been “found innocent.” “I would like to begin tonight proceeding differently than perhaps any other event…