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Chinese Regulators Order Tech Companies to Standardize Financial Businesses
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy and national security news. -
What the Oversight Board Should Do With Trump
Can Facebook’s independent overseers make an easy case hard? -
House Armed Services Holds Hearing on Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations will hold a hearing on the Defense Department's strategy, policy and programs for coun... -
How a Norwegian Government Report Shows the Limits of CFIUS Data Reviews
CFIUS forced a Chinese firm to sell Grindr in 2019. Yet the application is sharing data widely today, including to a company in China. -
House Armed Services Holds Hearing on Technology and Information Warfare
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Data Brokers and National Security
Policymakers have paid scant consideration to the national security implications of unfettered, largely unregulated data brokering. That may be changing. -
Machines Learn That Brussels Writes the Rules: The EU’s New AI Regulation
Europe’s new AI proposal sets out a nuanced regulatory structure with several important innovations. But the initiative also appears to have some surprising gaps. -
Livestream: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Policy Officials Testify Before Senate Judiciary
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When Should U.S. Cyber Command Take Down Criminal Botnets?
The Trickbot takedown and such military operations are a good idea only in cases that meet a five-part test of imminence, severity, overseas focus, nation-state adversary, and military as a last-ish reso... -
In the Wake of SolarWinds, the U.S. Must Grapple With the Future and Not Just the Past
Given the wide range of strategic and tactical benefits for Russia, a cyber operation with SolarWinds’ scale and sophistication should never be understood as “just espionage.” -
The Biden Administration’s Impending Executive Order on Software Security
Executive branch action on software security is sorely needed, but should focus primarily on risk management rather than merely new reporting requirements. -
Alibaba Is Fined; Other Tech Companies Are Put on Notice
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