48 States Investigating Whether Google's Dominance Hurts Competition The top legal officials of 48 states, led by Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, announced a major investigation into Google's dominance in search and advertising. Aarti Shahani
State Attorneys General Want To Know If Facebook And Google Are Too Big NPR's David Greene talks to Ohio Attorney General David Yost about the multi-state, antitrust probes into Facebook and the parent company of Google.
Troll Watch: Deepfakes And 2020 NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Paul Barrett, adjunct professor of law at NYU, about his report on what disinformation will look like in 2020 and what can be done to lessen its impact.
Will A Massive Effort To Secure The 2020 Vote End Up Superfluous Or Not Enough? Officials at every level say they're changing their approaches to election security as the presidential race comes into view. One challenge, though, is not knowing exactly how to prepare. Philip Ewing
Is Facebook Too Big? State Attorneys General Want To Know Attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia have launched a probe into Facebook and its market dominance. The Justice Department has also launched an antitrust review of big tech. Jennifer Liberto
Facebook And Big Tech Meet With Feds To Confer About 2020 Election Security The conference with the FBI and U.S. intelligence and security officials in California reflected a new consensus about the need to prepare against attacks aimed at the next election. Philip Ewing
FTC Fines Google $170 Million For YouTube Children's Privacy Violation NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rohit Chopra, an FTC commissioner, who says the agency's fine against YouTube owner Google, for violating children's online privacy rules, didn't go far enough.
More SIM swapping stories, and news from the cybersecurity underground The hacking of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week put SIM swapping in the headlines. But it's not just high-profile people who are being SIM swapped. We continue our conversation with one woman who recently had her social media account hacked, and we check in with the security expert who helped unravel the mystery. Deborah Wang
Google, YouTube To Pay $170 Million Penalty Over Collecting Kids' Personal Info Google and its YouTube subsidiary are settling allegations that YouTube collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the Federal Trade Commission said. Avie Schneider
How Gamergate Became A Template For Malicious Action Online An anonymous harassment campaign against women in video game development and journalism began five years ago. Eventually known as Gamergate, it became a template for malicious action online.