EJ ANTONI And PETER ST ONGE: How Washington Regulation Strangled American Manufacturing
US Steel, the world’s first billion dollar company, is being sold for scrap. And Washington made it happen. Originally a merger of Carnegie Steel and a myriad of smaller companies and J.P. Morgan’s favorite stepchild, U.S. Steel had been losing market share for decades. It is now being taken over by foreign rivals, the result […]
‘We need to rein them in’: Lawmakers rail against social media CEOs, but is there any regulation in sight?
Washington DC – Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say big tech CEOs aren’t doing enough to protect children when they use social media, and that platforms need to be reined in to protect children from indoctrination and exploitation. Agreed that there is. Sen. Richard Blumenthal told Fox News, “Tech CEOs have completely and […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Decries Facebook-Backed ‘Army of Lawyers and Lobbyists’ Protecting from Regulation
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday that Facebook has hired “an army of lawyers and lobbyists” to protect Mark Zuckerberg’s company from regulation. denounced. Blackburn accused Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, of Meta’s perceived inability to curb online child sexual exploitation. vehemently criticized. The Tennessee senator has […]
Biden Admin Rolling Out Stove Regulation After Insisting It’s Not Trying To Ban Gas Stoves
The Biden administration insists it has no intention of banning gas-powered models and is poised to issue final rules on stove energy efficiency, according to the Washington Post. The Department of Energy (DOE) plans to publish the standards on Tuesday or Wednesday, following a court order requiring the regulations to be released by the end […]
Dean Phillips: Fake robocalls in NH highlight need for regulation
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) on Monday denounced an AI-generated robocall impersonating President Biden in New Hampshire and urged voters not to vote in Tuesday's primary. The Democratic presidential candidate called robocalls “wrong” and said the incident highlights the need to regulate artificial intelligence. “Artificial intelligence is already all around us. It's coming towards us like […]