U.S. Internet Freedom Plunges for Fourth Consecutive Year

by Hangyun Kim | Oct 14, 2020 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Internet freedom in the United States dropped for the fourth consecutive year amid a global trend of countries using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover for silencing digital platforms, according to the Freedom on the Net 2020 report by Freedom House released...

A Day After Trump Ended Stimulus Negotiations, Experts Call for Fiscal Support to Counter COVID-19 Crisis

by Hangyun Kim | Oct 7, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – An increase in fiscal spending is necessary to respond to COVID-19, a panel of practitioners and experts from Japan, Germany, and the United States agreed at Wednesday’s online discussion hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The...

Google, Facebook and Twitter CEOs Confronted With Senate Subpoenas

by Hangyun Kim | Oct 1, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unanimously voted on Thursday to compel the CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter to appear before the committee amid concerns over the tech giants’ monopolistic powers and legal immunity. The...

Head of U.S. government news networks disobeys congressional subpoena

by Hangyun Kim | Sep 24, 2020 | Business & Tech, Topics

WASHINGTON – The new head of the United States Agency for Global Media failed to appear before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday, ignoring a subpoena the committee issued last week ordering him to testify amid questions over editorial independence at...