Privacy laws and regulation

Kids’ online safety measure easily clears key Senate hurdle in 86-1 vote

Landmark legislation aimed at keeping kids safer online cleared a major hurdle Thursday, when the Senate voted 86-1 to advance…

Former U.S. official’s work for Chinese client stirs concern over disclosure loopholes

When a Chinese drone company came under U.S. government scrutiny over its alleged ties to China’s military, the company turned to one of America’s…

U.S. lawmakers push for ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national…