Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other large platforms no longer have the First Amendment right to "discriminate against different views," because state lawmakers turned the companies into "common carriers," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues.

The data broker Mobilewalla, which has faced questions about its practices since at least last year, has now acknowledged to a U.S. senator that location data collected from app developers ended up in the hands of the federal government.

California's newest version of its privacy law, slated to take effect in 2023, has some ambiguities already prompting disagreements between the ad industry and privacy advocates.

The FCC should issue new regulations that would prohibit landlords from interfering with new broadband carriers, the advocacy group Open Technology Institute argues.