Sen. Ron Wyden wants federal investigators to probe Microsoft’s cybersecurity services that the Oregon Democrat said enabled a China-linked hack of the Biden administration.
China-based cyberattackers stole email data in a hacking campaign this year directed at the U.S. government that disrupted the Commerce Department, according to government officials and Microsoft.
As federal officials investigate those breaches, Mr. Wyden said Microsoft deserves most of the blame. He contended that in a letter to federal agencies last week requesting they hold the Big Tech company accountable.
“While Microsoft’s engineers should never have deployed systems that violated such basic cybersecurity principles, these obvious flaws should have been caught by Microsoft’s internal and external security audits,” the senator wrote. “That these flaws were not detected raises questions about what other serious cybersecurity defects these auditors also missed.”
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DENVER (CBS4) – In hopes of furthering the trust and security of the general public on the internet, Senator Michael Bennet has proposed legislation that would create a commission to oversee businesses operating on the internet. Bennet, the senior senator from Colorado, said the proposal comes as a way to assure some of the most powerful companies in the world are operating in the best interest of the American people.
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As of now, Bennet is the sole sponsor of the bill. He proposed creating a “Digital Platform Commission” which would operate and oversee companies using the internet much like how the Food and Drug Administration oversees the country’s guidelines when it comes to pharmaceuticals.
Bennet told CBS4’s Dillon Thomas the commission would help prioritize and balance free speech, national security and mental health.
“Our advisories are infiltrating social media platforms in the country,” Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said.
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In an interview with CBS4, the senator said the commission would oversee regulations and guardrails for big tech companies, including but not limited to platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Google, Amazon, Twitter and TikTok. While social media companies are behind many of the concerns some Americans have, Bennet said the commission would have oversight of American internet regulations.
Section 230, a law that was created in the 1990s, is one of the most debated federal laws when it comes to the powers given to major websites. The law largely gives immunity to companies for content uploaded by third parties. While Bennet said he believes Section 230 should potentially be revised, he felt the commission was a separate step that could be taken to further protect American interests.
“We have had basically completely unregulated social media platforms. These companies aren’t startups anymore. They are some of the most important and dominant companies in America,” Bennet said.
Bennet hoped the development of a five-person commission, made up of technology experts from differing parties and backgrounds, would help the country take action toward regulating big tech instead of allowing other…
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Senator Imee Marcos has proposed cheaper Internet access for low-income groups so that more Filipinos can benefit from working, learning, and doing business online.
“If lifeline rates are being given to water and electricity consumers, why can’t we give similar discounts for internet access?” Marcos said in a news statement.
The socialized pricing mechanism is a solution amid the slow expansion of free wifi access in poorer areas and can already be put in place by the government and telecommunications firms, according to Senate Bill 2102, named the “Public Telecommunications Policy Act of the Philippines.”
The Marcos bill prescribes a lifeline rate for broadband and data use based on consumption thresholds of not lower than one gigabyte (1GB) per month.
“Low-income end-users need more than just the occasional mobile promo, with Internet access becoming a necessity just like water and electricity. Work-from-home arrangements, online education, e-commerce and internet banking are here to stay,” the Senate economic affairs committee chairman said.
Although the Philippines ranked 48th overall out of 110 countries in the Digital Quality of Life Index 2021, its Internet affordability ranked 72nd—the lowest among the five criteria on which digital well-being was assessed by the Netherlands-based cybersecurity firm Surfshark.
In the other four criteria, the Philippines ranked 20th in internet quality, 30th in internet security, 63rd in e-infrastructure, and 67th in e-government.
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