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The Trump-era National Highway Safety Administration will be remembered for what it didn’t do: offer clear rules for deploying autonomous driving technology. Tesla has been the beneficiary.

A tumultuous attempt to seize the U.S. Capitol brought a renewed focus to the role of internet platforms in promoting the spread of violent extremist.

‘The risks … are simply too great,’ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said of allowing President Trump to continue posting on Facebook between now and the Jan. 20 inauguration of his successor.

At least two congressional laptops were missing after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, and other electronics may also have created vulnerabilities.

Many of President Trump’s most extreme followers are migrating to alternative social platforms. With Trump now permanently banned from Twitter, he may follow them.

President Trump made reforming Section 230, the law that lets internet companies censor content, into a signature cause. Will the tumultuous end of his presidency, including his own deplatforming, advance or undo that effort?

Although Biden didn’t make tech regulation a campaign focus, experts say he’s likely to continue the Trump administration’s push to curb Facebook’s market power.