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WASHINGTON—Internet platforms could be liable for child-sexual-abuse content on their sites under a bill passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.The measure, known…

WASHINGTON—A $250 billion spending initiative to boost U.S. investment in high-tech research and manufacturing has stalled in the House, despite lawmakers’ increasing concerns over global…

WASHINGTON—A Senate panel approved antitrust legislation forbidding the largest tech platforms from favoring their own products and services over competing ones, in an…

WASHINGTON—Big technology companies and their critics are ramping up lobbying efforts in Congress this week as a key Senate panel takes up legislation that seeks to blunt the market power of…

Apple Inc. AAPL -1.73% is warning that Senate legislation aimed at reining in large tech companies would weaken a privacy-protection tool…

WASHINGTON—Cyber Ninjas, the company hired to lead a Republican-ordered review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results, said it was shutting down, citing mounting…

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers say 2022 is shaping up as a pivotal year in their efforts to tighten regulations on social media and other internet platforms—and are pushing President Biden to come off…

WASHINGTON—The leader of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations that Facebook…

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators plans to introduce legislation that would require Meta Platforms Inc. and other social-media…

WASHINGTON—A Senate panel broadened its inquiry into social media’s impact on young people, questioning representatives of TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube as lawmakers build a case for new…