Author: Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is trying to purchase Twitter, had his personal net worth go up by billions thanks to his electric car company, Tesla, posting its highest quarterly profit to date on Thursday. The Tesla stock was up about 6% on Thursday, trading near $1,035 a share, making the company one of the biggest…

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced Tuesday that his party intends to end a special carve-out for Disney in a recently passed anti-censorship social media law. The Florida Republicans want to punish Disney for opposing one of DeSantis’s recent controversial bills, the state’s HB 1557 law, known by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay”…

The Chinese government will increase its funding for technology innovation and to ensure the security and stability of its product supply chains, which have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese state TV reported on Tuesday. The move, which is expected to help China remain competitive with other rivals in technology, especially the United…

The news of Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter to make it more free speech oriented has sparked a debate as to how effective the Tesla CEO could be at improving the platform and increasing its value, with skeptics fearing that he could diminish it by turning it into his own plaything. “Twitter will be…

Billionaire Elon Musk’s attempt to take Twitter private and make it more free-speech oriented could nudge other social media giants to censor less content in order to remain relevant, conservative tech scholars argue. The news of Musk’s offer to buy Twitter for $41 billion Thursday has raised the prospect that if he succeeds in making…

Elon Musk’s attempt to take Twitter private with the stated goal of orienting it toward free speech threatens smaller alternative social media platforms popular with conservatives, such as Parler, GETTR, and Truth Social. The news of Musk’s offer to buy Twitter for $41 billion on Thursday drew applause from many prominent conservatives who would be…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Tuesday dialed up his criticism of bipartisan antitrust legislation that is gaining traction in Congress, saying that some of the proposed policies would endanger iPhone user privacy and security. Cook said that the bipartisan Open Markets Act would require Apple to permit iPhone users the ability to install apps from anywhere…

Comedian John Oliver is trying to pressure members of Congress into passing consumer data protection legislation by threatening to expose their internet browsing and search histories. The host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight announced Monday that he paid shady data brokers to collect the websites visited and terms searched by congressmen and those on Capitol Hill.…

Elon Musk‘s decision not to join Twitter’s board has dashed conservative hopes that the billionaire CEO could help push their agenda of ensuring the platform has less censorship and creates more free speech policies. Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and a vocal critic of Twitter’s handling of free speech issues and banned accounts, appeared poised…

Top former national security officials are fighting over the geopolitical and economic security implications of a group of bipartisan antitrust bills gaining traction in Congress. The bipartisan antitrust legislation, which passed the House Judiciary Committee last June, includes six sweeping antitrust bills aimed at reining in unfair monopolistic behavior by tech companies such as Apple,…