Ben Brody

Washington, D.C.

Technology Reporter at Punchbowl

Technology reporter @PunchbowlNews. Formerly @mlexclusive, @Protocol (RIP), @business and more. Not the war photographer. He/him.

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Facebook hasn’t been ‘forthcoming’ about data breach, Sen. Warner says

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Ben Brody |Todd Shields

WASHINGTON • Facebook hasn’t been “fully forthcoming” as Congress investigated Russia’s attempted meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said Sunday. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he questioned “the use of this really sketchy firm Cambridge Analytica,” but Facebook “blew that off” as they did other concerns over Russia’s actions.
Tech is urging Congress to formalize the AI Safety Institute

Oct 22, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody

News: A group of tech giants, industry groups and think tanks are pushing Congress to make a key Commerce Department AI initiative permanent before the end of the year. Amazon, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, IBM and other tech companies implored congressional leaders to formalize the AI Safety Institute in a letter obtained exclusively by Punchbowl News.
Jim Jordan’s plans for Judiciary, tech and more

Oct 17, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Jake Sherman |Ben Brody

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 17, 2024 CANTON, Ohio – Count House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) among the many skeptics of the Kids Online Safety Act. “We all want to protect kids, but I’ve got concerns,” Jordan said during a wide-ranging interview about the election and his legislative priorities should Republicans keep the House majority.
FTC’s Slaughter backs Khan for chair as tech eyes her for the role

Oct 17, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody

Add one of Lina Khan’s fellow agency Democrats to the list of progressives calling for the Federal Trade Commission chair to keep her job. The nod from Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter comes as some surrogates for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign signal they’d like to see Khan exit. But Slaughter’s praise also comes as some in tech whisper they’d prefer Slaughter take over the agency if Harris wins.
Top Democratic aide on House Judiciary calls for Google breakup

Oct 15, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 15, 2024 News: Breaking up tech giant Alphabet by selling off Chrome and Android would make it easier for the government to enforce whatever remedies a federal judge imposes to deal with the firm’s antitrust violations.
Tech group lays out tax priorities

Oct 15, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Laura Weiss |Ben Brody

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? The Vault October 15, 2024 Companies are hustling to get in on the 2025 tax debate, and the tech world is no different. A major industry trade group, the Information Technology Industry Council, sent a letter today to Ways and Means Committee Republicans and the House GOP tax teams laying out tech priorities in the looming tax fight.
Details of kids online safety bill are ‘very problematic,’ Johnson says

Oct 13, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody |Jake Sherman

Speaker Mike Johnson told us he likes the idea behind the Senate-passed Kids Online Safety Act but the text has big issues. Johnson’s concerns likely spell doom this year for the bill, which would require large social media companies to implement design features that protect young users from a range of potential harms.
Kids online safety bill faces uncertain path this Congress

Oct 10, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 10, 2024 We’ve reported on how the Kids Online Safety Act faces an uphill battle in Congress this year and our Canvass respondents agree. Just 41% of senior Hill staff who responded to The Canvass say it’s likely Congress will pass the measure in the lame duck.
Kids online safety bill supporters bring the fight to Johnson

Oct 10, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody

Supporters of the Kids Online Safety Act are taking their pressure campaign to Speaker Mike Johnson’s literal home turf as they push him to move the bill during the upcoming lame-duck session. A group of the bill’s supporters are placing digital ads on smartphones within a two-mile radius of Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday for the LSU football game. The advocates say they chose that matchup against Ole Miss because Johnson is scheduled to do the coin toss.
‘Out and out brawl’: Khan supporters ready to fight to protect FTC chair

Oct 9, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Ben Brody

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 09, 2024 Supporters of Lina Khan are starting to boil over at signals that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign might want to get rid of the Federal Trade Commission chair. Become a Premium member to continue reading Become a Member Already a subscriber?