19 contractors had access to the IRS’s sensitive systems despite failing background checks. The Internal Revenue System (IRS) has lax protections for sensitive tax data stored on its networks and even provides system access to people who no longer work with the agency, according to a report by IRS watchdog Treasury Department Inspector General for
Israel’s government banned a controversial United Nations official Monday after she made statements the Jewish state decried as anti-Semitic. The Israeli foreign and interior ministries prohibited U.N. special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese from entering the country after she said that victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attacks were killed “in response to
Some evidence suggests that TikTok is still heavily censoring content critical of communist China. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is creating an official account on TikTok, despite the president banning the social media app from most government devices. The president signed a law banning the app on most government devices due to the national security
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign joined TikTok on Sunday, a platform Biden banned on all federal government-owned devices due to national security concerns. Biden’s team launched its first video, captioned “lol hey guys,” on the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The video, which has garnered more than five million views as
Creators of artificial intelligence “deep fakes” also could be held liable for damaging the reputations of those impersonated. Florida lawmakers are advancing twin bills through the Florida House and Senate that would make it easier to file defamation lawsuits against the media and creators of “deepfake” impersonations using artificial intelligence (AI). Companion bills HB 757
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched its account on TikTok, the popular social media app, Sunday night during the Super Bowl, despite his administration’s concerns about the app’s security and whether user data can be shared with the Chinese government. The account “Biden HQ” posted a video captioned “lol hey guys,” featuring Mr. Biden
Washington — A weekend meeting hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris with battleground state governors included no conversation about removing President Biden from the Democratic Party ticket, but plenty of talk about how to discredit special counsel Robert Hur’s report and campaign more aggressively on issues like abortion rights and immigration. The first-of-its-kind gathering, at