Commentary Chris Hardwick, the American comedian and actor, once said: “We’re not in an information age anymore. We’re in the information management age.” He’s right. We are. With so much information out there—a lot of good and a lot of it bad—it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction. This is why governments worldwide are stepping up…

MOSCOW—Moscow is ready for dialogue with foreign technology companies over possible bans for those that do not have official representation in Russia by the end of the year, Interfax reported on Monday, citing the state communications regulator. The report said companies would be blocked only as a last resort, dialling back a little from last…

News Analysis From the beginning of his reign, Xi Jinping has been preaching China’s need to end U.S. world dominance, create Chinese independence, and rewrite the global social order. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ascribes names to the various plans and initiatives that it hopes will culminate in Chinese global domination, including “Made in China…

BRUSSELS—Europe’s top court on Tuesday endorsed the power of national data watchdogs to pursue big tech firms even if they are not their lead regulators, in a setback for Silicon Valley companies such as Facebook. The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling could encourage national agencies to act against U.S. tech companies such as Google,…

The Chinese billionaire entrepreneur who led the brokerage service in the worlds’ largest residential real estate market died of an unspecified illness on Thursday.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said the federal government will continue to push for legislation that would make major tech companies pay news outlets for posting content on their platform, even in cases of voluntary agreements like Google’s News Showcase. News Showcase provides a licensing program that pays publishers to curate content on story panels that…

Pushback grows over President Joe Biden’s immigration reform, Biden says the next aid package must include $1,400 checks, and tech giants could face penalties and legal action for election interference under Florida’s new bill.  

Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff said on Tuesday that their company doesn’t want to follow other tech giant companies in implementing an algorithm to surveil people around clock, stating that such a practice goes against the Fourth Amendment. “So on Parler, our disagreement was that we did not want to put in an algorithm that…