Donald Trump may be even more popular than traditional polls are showing.
Author: Ferenstein Wire
China Passes Law to Require Encryption Keys from Tech Companies, Cites American Precedent
The Chinese government has just passed a security law that reportedly could require technology companies to hand over encryption keys to private data. The law is so controversial that President Obama personally raised concerns about it to President Xi…
2016 Spending Bill Hides New Computer Surveillance Program
House GOP and Democratic leaders just inserted a sweeping surveillance bill into their 2,009-page, late-night 2016 budget deal.
Drones Must Be Registered; Database Contains Public Names, Addresses
Many commercial drones, including those purchased over the holidays, must now be registered.
NSA Phone Surveillance (Kind of) Comes to an End
One of America’s most expansive spying programs came to an end over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Google Censored over 300,000 Links for European Regulators
Google has censored hundreds of thousands of links to comply with European “right to be forgotten” regulations. A new transparency report reveals that the search giant has complied with 348,508 of the 1,235,473 URLs that users have requested be remove…
Silicon Valley Represents an Entirely New Political Ideology
(Ferenstein Wire) – Over the last decade, Silicon Valley has become an extraordinary force in politics, but they’ve bewildered the DC establishment with their bizarre loyalties. Tech titans are the arch nemesis of labor unions on a series of fronts, from high-skilled immigration and the taxi industry to free trade and their aggressive funding of union-less public charter schools.
Airbnb, ‘Sharing Economy’ Win as Proposition F Crushed
Early election results show that San Franciscans voted overwhelmingly to reject a law limiting Airbnb in the city.
Airbnb’s $8M Political Campaign vs. Proposition F
Airbnb has made headlines for reportedly spending a whopping $8,000,000 to defeat a San Francisco proposition to restrict short-term rentals. That translates into roughly $40 per voter of advertising from Airbnb alone, not including supporting tech lo…