The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, entitled "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online."

Transcript: House Hearing on Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during a speech by Alice Weidel, chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, at the AfD election campaign launch rally on January 25, 2025 in Halle, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Europe Fined X, But It's Still Avoiding the Real Threat to Democracy

In May of 2022, shortly after he announced his bid to buy Twitter (now X), billionaire Elon Musk, left, met with former European Commissioner Thierry Breton, right, in Austin, Texas. At the time, Musk said Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) was "exactly aligned" with his thinking. Source

In May of 2022, shortly after he announced his bid to buy Twitter (now X), billionaire Elon Musk, left, met with former European Commissioner Thierry Breton, right, in Austin, Texas. At the time, Musk said Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) was "exactly aligned" with his thinking. 

The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance and members of the US delegation in the West Wing Lobby of the White House, Friday, October 17, 2025, before a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump. (Official White House photo by Molly Riley)

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance and members of the US delegation in the West Wing Lobby of the White House, Friday, October 17, 2025, before a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump. (Official White House 

White House 'Censorship' Grievance Fantasy Kicks Into High Gear

US Vice President Vance at the MAHA Summit on Nov. 12. (White House)

US Vice President Vance at the MAHA Summit on Nov. 12. (

Trump Administration Locks Arms with Musk’s X Against EU Tech Enforcement

Five European political and tech leaders standing and smiling in front of a blue backdrop reading "Summit on European Digital Sovereignty, Berlin, 18 November 2025."

European leaders pose at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin on 18 November. 

Can Europe Build Digital Sovereignty While Safeguarding Its Rights Legacy?

Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Brussels Fines Musk’s X €120M, Firing Shot in Transatlantic Tech Showdown

The 'Sanchar Saathi' app from India's Department of Telecommunications in the Google Play Store. Shutterstock

The 'Sanchar Saathi' app from India's Department of Telecommunications in the Google Play Store. 

India Oversteps and (Partially) Backtracks on Plans to Intrude into Mobile Devices

Post-Weird: Fragmentation, Community, and the Decline of the Mainstream, by Calum Lister Matheson. Rutgers University Press, November 2025

Post-Weird: Fragmentation, Community, and the Decline of the Mainstream

Exploring Belief and Belonging in a Fractured Online Age

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is recognized by President Donald Trump during remarks at the White House AI Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is recognized by President Donald Trump during remarks at the White House AI Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Official White House 

Examining the Source of Nvidia’s Power in the AI Industry

An installation of an iceberg with a burning Facebook logo near the United States Capitol, in protest of climate change misinformation on the social media platform, Nov. 4, 2021. (Eric Kayne/AP Images for SumofUS)

An installation of an iceberg with a burning Facebook logo near the United States Capitol, in protest of climate change misinformation on the social media platform, Nov. 4, 2021. (

Why Platforms Don’t Catch Climate Misinformation — and How to Change That

Three groups of icons representing people have shapes traveling between them and a page in the middle of the image. The page is a simple rectangle with straight lines representing data. The shapes traveling towards the page are irregular and in squiggly bands.

Canada Needs Independent Researchers to Get AI Policy Right

What It Will Take for India’s New AI Governance Guidelines to Work

A truck parked outside an EU building carries a large digital billboard showing five recognizable figures — four prominent tech executives and one well-known political leader — positioned side by side. The billboard’s text urges “Ursula” to “fight for Europe, not for them.” EU flags line the background.

The EU’s Digital Omnibus Must Be Rejected by Lawmakers. Here is Why.

United States Capitol on 50 Dollars bill USA money banknote

November 2025 US Tech Policy Roundup

House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) led a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, titled "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online." Source

House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) led a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, titled "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online." 

Congress’s Bipartisan Child Online Safety Coalition is Unraveling

The painting shows a person standing on a staircase made of green and pink cubes, symbolizing a Penrose staircase, in a cosmic environment. The person is reaching towards a glowing cross-shaped structure emitting binary code, representing AI's reach into the future. Surrounding the figure are outlined boxes showing various  elements, such as glasses, medical tools, a self-driving car, and financial symbols, interconnected by white lines. The background is dark with star-like dots and features color-coded boxes which mark different elements as relating to AI, human involvement, a combination of both, or an area uncharted by AI and humans. 

AI is Everywhere by Yutong Liu & The Bigger Picture / 

What Happens When 'Superintelligence' Doesn't Appear in a Few Months?

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen talks to European President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 10, 2025. 

Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Hinges on Smarter Regulation for Data Access

A digital collage blending classical and modern imagery. In the foreground, a hand holds a smartphone capturing a photo of an ancient Roman-style temple. Surrounding the scene are oversized receipts, coins with and a travel ticket. A long, blue receipt winds across the image. In the background, a painting of a European square with fountains and classical architecture is visible, merging past and present themes of travel, commerce, and documentation. The smartphone like a billing machine emits and endless receipt. 

Keep your Receipts by Nadia Nadesan & Digit / 

Why Tech Hype Is Rising and What Venture Capital Has to Do with It

Cooling pipes hug data servers, extracting water from a shared reservoir while people collect water from the same source, set against a background of eroded soil textures.

The Environmental Impact of Data Centers in Vulnerable Ecosystems by Gloria Mendoza / 

Mumbai’s Data Center Dreams Run on Coal and Inequality

Indigenous groups protest the GOP30 summit in Belém, Brazil. (Xuthoria)

Indigenous groups protest the GOP30 summit in Belém, Brazil. (

At COP30 in Brazil, Tech’s Role in the Climate Crisis was a Footnote

The AWS logo on a phone against a screen of computer code.

Cloud Services Face Scrutiny Under the Digital Markets Act

The Google logo in an office in Indonesia.

Breaking Down the EU’s Investigation into Google’s Search Policy

This illustration of urban life shows groups of people, buildings, bridges, power plants, mining areas, data centers and wind power stations. (Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / Better Images of AI / CC by 4.0)

This illustration of urban life shows groups of people, buildings, bridges, power plants, mining areas, data centers and wind power stations. (

Europe Promotes Energy Use in Data Centers While Millions Go Cold

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