Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) called for regulation of social networks on Wednesday, claiming, “No one company should have the power to pick and choose which content reaches consumers and which doesn’t.”
Google and Facebook, along with other companies in Silicon Valley, spent millions of dollars lobbying Congress in the third quarter in response to fears of regulation, according to a report.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly considering regulating Facebook and Google the same way as news organizations.
Google, Facebook, and Twitter are reportedly “scrambling” in an effort to stop regulation of their companies by the government, according to a report.
Starbucks, McDonald’s, and other purveyors of coffee in California could soon be forced to pay astronomical penalties and post cancer warning signs in every location, if a verdict in a little-noticed class-action lawsuit goes against them.
New York City is now the most expensive place in the U.S. to buy cigarettes thanks to a new price hike Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law Monday.
Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced it will crack down on “gender stereotypes” in the latest politically correct move by Britain’s political establishment. In a press release issued Tuesday, the regulator’s chief executive, Guy Parker, said: “Portrayals which reinforce outdated
Politico reports Sunday: “The push to block, rewrite and delay scores of Obama-era rules may be the [Trump] administration’s biggest untold success.”
Key elements of his economic program—tax, regulatory and trade reform—are delayed by the considerable distraction of replacing ObamaCare.
First, California leftists want to secede from the United States of America, simply because they don’t like the outcome of one election. Now they want to regulate cow flatulence. Yes, cow farts and burps — now subject to regulation in the most regulated state in the union.
Dunkin’ Donuts is blaming its decrease in donut sales on the presidential election.
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its Federal Automated Vehicles policy Monday, detailing its 15-point Safety Assessment and guidelines, which were created to help manufacturers meet safety requirements and prepare the public for driverless cars on the roads.
Consultants who advise illegal aliens will now be regulated under a proposed Los Angeles County licensing requirement that passed 5-0 at the L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Imagine if a government agency had been conducting experiments on human guinea pigs using poisons it knew to be fatal at even the most minuscule levels.
Scottish-born Talking Heads frontman David Byrne weighed in on America’s gun control debate in an essay posted to his website Wednesday, suggesting that guns should be reframed as a “public health hazard” and, as such, regulated like cigarettes and “sugary drinks.”
One of the myths that always needs bursting is that Big Business hates big government’ regulations, and supposedly prefers small-government Republicans to keep Uncle Sam off its back.
The European Union’s (EU) member states have voted to enter the essential business of candle regulation, just in time for the Christmas tradition of lighting Advent Candles. The new EU regulations dictate safety standards controlling the height, stability, and acceptable support structures for candles.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) plans to following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Senator Tom Coburn, by releasing an annual efficiency report similar to Coburn’s annual waste book.
The 70 percent of Americans that comprise the middle class have been suffering for years from “stealth stagflation” that is driven by high taxes and oppressive regulations.
(AP) – Police have been told they are not allowed to wear a Union flag badge on their uniforms in tribute to colleagues killed on duty because it breaches regulations, it is reported. Officers in the Metropolitan Police were emailed
Later this week, Republican presidential candidates will gather in Simi Valley, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, for the second GOP debate of the campaign season.
China’s government announced earlier this week that it had arrested 15,000 people for an assortment of cybercrimes, the result of a project announced in July titled “Cleaning the Internet.”
“The upcoming Interior appropriations bill provides an opportunity for the House to defund key EPA and other Interior actions that have had a stranglehold on our economy,” Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning says.
The Fresno Bee has published an editorial blasting marijuana growers, noting the environmental impact of marijuana farms around the state of California and the catastrophic ecological impact effect of 18 years of medical marijuana legalization, including “exacerbating the drought.”
Only three countries in the world have no listings in the extensive AirBnB online inventory: North Korea, Syria and Iran. But if State Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsberg) gets his way, maybe you can add a state, California, to the list.
Oppressive government regulations and taxes beating down Upstate New Yorkers have assaulted the region for years, leaving cities like Binghamton on the path to Detroit-level devastation. However, all is not lost. The hope of prosperity is evidenced in the success of less regulated and prosperous Native American tribe businesses in the state.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) is still considering a bid for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, says Politico.
Last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced, via an op-ed in Wired, magazine, that the FCC would reclassify the American Internet infrastructure as a utility under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934.
California chickens are getting an extreme coop makeover in 2015 under a proposition passed by the state’s voters back in 2008, and it’s costing farmers and consumers in renovations and rising egg prices.
Sunstein “has a policy against answering any questions about his time in government.” It’s an odd policy, to say the least, for someone who has written an entire book on conspiracy theories.
