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Tony Romm

Tony Romm

Senior Editor, Policy and Politics

    Latest articles by Tony Romm

    Technology
    A top European Union official is planning to press Apple, Facebook and others this week on privacy and hate speechA top European Union official is planning to press Apple, Facebook and others this week on privacy and hate speech
    Technology

    Věra Jourová, an EU commissioner, is paying the Valley a visit.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Top venture capitalists are suing the Trump administration after it delayed a key immigration programTop venture capitalists are suing the Trump administration after it delayed a key immigration program
    Technology

    More fallout from the government’s decision to delay the International Entrepreneur Rule.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Alphabet has asked a federal judge to delay a trial in Waymo’s war with UberAlphabet has asked a federal judge to delay a trial in Waymo’s war with Uber
    Technology

    Alphabet needs time to digest a key report and other data recently turned over by Uber, it told the judge.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    A SoftBank executive says his company is not just throwing around cash when it comes to ride-hailingA SoftBank executive says his company is not just throwing around cash when it comes to ride-hailing
    Technology

    Deep Nishar, SoftBank’s managing director, also dodged a key question about Uber and Lyft.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Twitter says it’s fixed a ‘bug’ that allowed ad campaigns to target users with derogatory termsTwitter says it’s fixed a ‘bug’ that allowed ad campaigns to target users with derogatory terms
    Technology

    In a statement, the company says it will “continue to strongly enforce our policies.”

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Full video: Chieh Huang, CEO of Boxed, from Code CommerceFull video: Chieh Huang, CEO of Boxed, from Code Commerce
    Technology

    Live from New York City.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Sweetgreen says the company’s cash-free experiment is going wellSweetgreen says the company’s cash-free experiment is going well
    Technology

    But it’s still developing a way to serve those without credit

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Apple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face IDApple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face ID
    Technology

    Sen. Al Franken wants to know how Apple will handle law enforcement requests.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    An anti-sex trafficking bill that Silicon Valley hates could see a hearing in the U.S. Senate next weekAn anti-sex trafficking bill that Silicon Valley hates could see a hearing in the U.S. Senate next week
    Technology

    Tech wants to address the problem -- but it doesn’t want to face new lawsuits.

    By Tony Romm
    Technology
    Blue Apron CEO Matt Salzberg: We’re not Amazon-Whole Foods, and we’re not trying to beBlue Apron CEO Matt Salzberg: We’re not Amazon-Whole Foods, and we’re not trying to be
    Technology

    Salzberg sounds an optimistic note even after Amazon’s big buy of Whole Foods.

    By Tony Romm