Capture lane

Regulatory Capture

The Regulatory Capture capture lane traces 1573 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

1573 events From Jan 1, 1819 To Jun 10, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1819–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2023-07-19IRS Whistleblowers Testify Hunter Biden Investigation Was Obstructed by DOJ 4 src
Hunter Biden · U.S. House Oversight Committee
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2023-07-18SEC Charges DWAC with Securities Fraud, Imposes $18 Million Penalty 3 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group
confirmed
2023-07-10FTC Loses Microsoft-Activision Challenge, $69 Billion Merger Approved Despite Opposition 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Microsoft Corporation
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2023-07-01US Adds Intellexa and Cytrox to Entity List for Cyber Exploit Trafficking 5 src
U.S. Commerce Department · Bureau of Industry and Security · U.S. Treasury Department
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2023-06-30Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness 6-3 - Protects Debt System Against Democratic Relief 3 src
John Roberts · Joe Biden · Elena Kagan
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2023-06-29FBI Arrests Three in "Trust Social" Investigation for DWAC Insider Trading 3 src
Bruce Garelick · Federal Bureau of Investigation · HSI · Digital World Acquisition Corp
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2023-06-29Shvartsman Brothers and Bruce Garelick Charged in $22.9 Million DWAC Insider Trading Scheme 5 src
Bruce Garelick · Southern District of New York · U.S. Department of Justice
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2023-06-26SVB Executives Sold $84 Million in Stock Before Bank Collapse 4 src
Greg Becker
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2023-06-14Commerce Department Designates Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group as National Security Threat for PLA Support—Five Years After Carbyne Co-Founder Worked There 3 src
Bureau of Industry and Security · Frontier Services Group · Erik Prince · CITIC Group · +3
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2023-05-31FTC fines Ring $5.8 million for employees' illegal surveillance of customers' private videos 3 src
Ring · Amazon · Federal Trade Commission
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2023-05-30Texas SB 1751 — which would have capped Bitcoin miner demand-response participation at 10% — dies in House State Affairs Committee after passing Senate 30–1; industry lobbying preserves unlimited subsidy access 4 src
Texas Legislature
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2023-05-09Tucker Carlson Announces Move to Twitter/X, Forgoes $25 Million to Break Non-Compete 4 src
Tucker Carlson · Elon Musk · Twitter · X · +2
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2023-05-01Tennessee Renews $168 Million CoreCivic Prison Contract Despite Deaths and Fines, Exposing Corporate Capture 3 src
CoreCivic · Bill Lee
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2023-04-26Ukraine Launches Brave1 State-Backed Defense and Surveillance Technology Platform 3 src
Ukraine Ministry of Defence
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2023-04-19Trump Second NFT Collection Sells Out While Revealing Substantial Digital Asset Income 3 src
Donald Trump · CIC Digital LLC
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2023-04-01Heritage Foundation launches Project 2025 initiative 4 src
Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts · Paul Dans · Mark Meadows · +3
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2023-03-22Digital World Acquisition Corp Fires CEO Patrick Orlando Amid SEC Investigation 3 src
Patrick Orlando · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group · Securities and Exchange Commission
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2023-03-19Swiss Government Forces Emergency UBS Acquisition of Credit Suisse After Regulatory Failure, Ending 167 Years of Swiss Banking History 3 src confirmed
2023-03-13ProPublica Exposes Cigna's Automated PXDX System Denying 300,000 Claims in Two Months at 1.2 Seconds Per Case 2 src
Cigna · ProPublica
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2023-03-10Silicon Valley Bank Collapses in $212 Billion Bank Run, Third-Largest U.S. Bank Failure Caused by Regulatory Rollback 3 src
Greg Becker · FDIC · Federal Reserve · Elizabeth Warren · +1
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2023-02-15North Dakota Legislature Rejects Oil Royalty Protections, Creates Toothless Oversight Program 4 src confirmed
2023-02-03East Palestine Train Derailment: Norfolk Southern Hazardous Chemical Disaster 4 src
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Trump Administration
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2023-01-31FTC Loses Challenge to Block Meta's VR Acquisition, Major Setback for Khan 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan
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2023-01-24DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Tech Monopoly, Seeks Historic Breakup 4 src
Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Jonathan Kanter
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2023-01-13Anonymous Whistleblower Leaks 1.7 TB of Cellebrite Data Including Full Software Suite 3 src
Cellebrite · Anonymous
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2023-01-03Federal Court Orders Unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein Case Documents 3 src
Virginia Giuffre · Ghislaine Maxwell
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2023-01-0190/10 Rule Loophole Closes, Ending For-Profit Colleges' Predatory Targeting of Veterans by Counting GI Bill and Military Tuition Assistance as Federal Aid 19 src
U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · For-Profit College Industry · U.S. Congress
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2023-01-01Cancer Drug Shortage Crisis Enables Gray Market Profiteering - Carboplatin Price Jumps from $50 to $500 Per Vial 4 src
Big Pharma · Food and Drug Administration
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2023-01-01Noem secretly accepts $80,000 from dark money nonprofit 4 src
Kristi Noem
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2022-12-31Arabella Advisors Network Raises Record $1.35 Billion in Dark Money 3 src confirmed
2022-12-27ICE whistleblower faces retaliation after reporting weapons violations at detention facility 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2022-12-23Bipartisan Inspector General protections enacted 4 src
U.S. Congress · Inspectors General
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2022-12-12FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged with Campaign Finance Violations and $8 Billion Fraud 3 src
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
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2022-11-25FCC bans Huawei and ZTE as national security threats while Carbyne operates unchecked 4 src
Federal Communications Commission · Huawei · Brendan Carr · U.S. Congress · +1
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2022-11-18Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Theranos Fraud, Exposing Regulatory Failures 3 src
Elizabeth Holmes · U.S. Department of Justice · Theranos · Food and Drug Administration · +1
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2022-11-18Jack Smith appointed Special Counsel to investigate Trump 3 src
Jack Smith · Merrick Garland · Donald Trump · Department of Justice
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2022-11-11FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Collapses in $32 Billion Fraud, Exposing Crypto Regulation Failure 3 src
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · Changpeng Zhao · Binance · +2
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2022-10-27Elon Musk Completes Twitter Acquisition with Substantial Saudi and Qatari Investment 3 src
Elon Musk · Qatar Investment Authority · Larry Ellison
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2022-10-19France Fines Clearview AI €20 Million for GDPR Violations and Unlawful Biometric Surveillance 3 src
Clearview AI · France
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2022-08-18Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to 15 Felonies, Agrees to Testify Against Trump Organization 4 src
Allen Weisselberg · Trump Organization · Alvin Bragg · Manhattan District Attorney · +1
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2022-08-08FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago 3 src
Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Merrick Garland · National Archives
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2022-08-08Treasury Sanctions Tornado Cash with Chainalysis Providing Analysis 3 src
OFAC · Chainalysis · U.S. Treasury
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2022-07-14DHS Inspector General Reveals Secret Service Deleted January 6th Texts After Oversight Request 3 src
U.S. Secret Service · Bennie Thompson · Liz Cheney
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2022-07-13Celsius Network Files Bankruptcy After Freezing $4.7 Billion in Customer Deposits, Exposing Crypto Regulatory Void 3 src
Celsius Network · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission · Three Arrows Capital · +1
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2022-07-05Voyager Digital Files Bankruptcy After Three Arrows Capital Collapse, Exposing Crypto Lending Contagion and Regulatory Failure 3 src
Voyager Digital · Three Arrows Capital · Securities and Exchange Commission · Celsius Network · +1
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2022-07-01Oracle Launches "Project Texas" with TikTok, $1 Billion Data Storage Partnership 3 src
Oracle · TikTok · ByteDance
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2022-07-01Roger Stone Settles $2.1 Million Tax Fraud Case Over Drake Ventures Shell Company 3 src
Roger Stone · Department of Justice · Internal Revenue Service
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2022-06-30Supreme Court Establishes Major Questions Doctrine in West Virginia v. EPA, Limiting Regulatory Power 5 src
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · +9
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2022-06-27Kennedy v. Bremerton: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 for Public School Prayer, Effectively Overturning Lemon Test 2 src
Neil Gorsuch
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2022-06-27Three Arrows Capital Ordered Into Liquidation After $3 Billion Hedge Fund Collapse Triggers Crypto Contagion 4 src
Three Arrows Capital · Voyager Digital · Celsius Network
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2022-06-24Dobbs v. Jackson: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade — The 49-Year Institutional Capture Project Succeeds 2 src
Samuel Alito · Leonard Leo · Federalist Society · Neil Gorsuch · +2
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2022-06-14FTC Blocks JAB Consumer Partners Veterinary Clinic Roll-Up: Private Equity Monopolization Strategy 3 src
Federal Trade Commission
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2022-06-07FTC Launches Bipartisan Investigation into PBM Market Concentration and Drug Pricing 2 src
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Chuck Grassley · CVS Caremark · +2
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2022-06-06Nine of Thirteen Axon Ethics Board Members Resign After Company Announces Taser-Equipped Drones Without Consultation 3 src
Axon · Rick Smith
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2022-06-01Ed Coristine fired from cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets 3 src
Edward Coristine
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2022-06-01Palantir Deploys AI Targeting and Intelligence Systems in Ukraine 3 src
Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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2022-05-24UK Fines Clearview AI £7.5 Million for Breaching Data Protection Laws 3 src
Clearview AI · United Kingdom
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2022-05-18Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Baby Formula After Abbott Recall Exposes Dangerous Monopoly 3 src
Joe Biden · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Defense
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2022-05-13Terraform Labs Halts Terra Blockchain After Complete Collapse of UST and LUNA Destroys $40 Billion 4 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · Paul Engelmayer · South Korea
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2022-05-12House Investigation Reveals Meatpacking Industry Drafted Trump DPA Order While 59,000 Workers Infected 3 src
Tyson Foods · Cargill · U.S. Department of Agriculture
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2022-05-10Chainalysis Raises $170 Million at $8.6 Billion Valuation in Series F 3 src
Chainalysis
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2022-05-09Terra's UST Algorithmic Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg, Triggering $40 Billion Death Spiral and Crypto Market Crash 4 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · Janet Yellen · Three Arrows Capital · +2
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2022-04-26Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors 3 src
Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2
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2022-04-15Tornado Cash Integrates Chainalysis Tool to Block OFAC-Sanctioned Addresses 2 src
Chainalysis · OFAC
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2022-04-12Amazon Injury Rate Double Warehouse Industry Average - 6.8 Per 100 Workers 3 src
Amazon
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2022-03-15Biden Administration 2022: Comprehensive Review of Political Appointees' Financial Disclosures and Ethics Compliance 3 src
Biden Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Political Appointees · Antony Blinken · +3
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2022-03-15FDA Commissioner Confirmed Amid Pharmaceutical Industry Ties Controversy 3 src
United States Senate
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2022-02-25National $26 Billion Opioid Settlement with Distributors and J&J, Zero Executive Prosecutions 3 src
Johnson & Johnson · State Attorneys General
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2022-01-17National Archives retrieves 15 boxes with 184 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago 3 src
Donald Trump · National Archives · Department of Justice
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2022-01-03Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Defrauding Investors in $9 Billion Fraud Scheme 3 src
Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
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2022-01-01Peter Thiel Receives Second Putin Meeting Invitation 4 src
Peter Thiel · Vladimir Putin · Daniil Bisslinger
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2022-01-01Starbucks Executes Systematic Union-Busting Campaign with Record NLRB Violations 3 src
National Labor Relations Board
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2021-12-29Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges 3 src
Ghislaine Maxwell · Southern District of New York · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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2021-12-21SEC Charges Nikola Corporation $125 Million for SPAC-Related Fraud and False Claims 3 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Nikola Corporation · Trevor Milton
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2021-12-15Harvard Study Finds Private Equity Hospital Takeovers Increase Emergency Room Deaths by 10% 3 src
Private Equity Industry · KKR
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2021-12-10Six Amazon Workers Killed in Edwardsville Warehouse Tornado Collapse 4 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon
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2021-11-16Jonathan Kanter Confirmed as DOJ Antitrust Chief After Longest Delay in Modern History 3 src
Jonathan Kanter · Department of Justice · U.S. Senate · Antitrust Division
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2021-11-03US Commerce Department Adds Candiru and NSO Group to Entity List 5 src
U.S. Commerce Department · Bureau of Industry and Security · NSO Group
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2021-11-02Pfizer Reports $22 Billion Profit on COVID-19 Vaccine, One of Most Profitable Drugs in History 3 src
Pfizer · U.S. government
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2021-11-01In-Q-Tel Leaders Launch Chain Bridge SPAC, Criticized as 'Revolving Door on Steroids' 2 src
In-Q-Tel
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2021-10-21Fed Implements Strict Trading Restrictions After Major Ethics Scandal 3 src
Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve Board · Elizabeth Warren · Robert Kaplan · +1
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2021-10-20Digital World Acquisition Corp Announces Trump Media SPAC Merger 4 src
Donald Trump · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Trump Media & Technology Group · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2
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2021-10-15Tether Fined $41 Million by CFTC for Lying About Dollar Reserves Backing Stablecoin 4 src
CFTC · Securities and Exchange Commission
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2021-10-03Pandora Papers Expose Global Elite's Offshore Financial Networks 4 src
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Tony Blair
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2021-10-01Former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Joins Moderna Backer Flagship Pioneering 4 src
Food and Drug Administration
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2021-09-15Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Maggie Nichols Testify Before Senate on FBI's Betrayal in Nassar Case 5 src
McKayla Maroney · Aly Raisman · Christopher Wray · Senate Judiciary Committee · +4
confirmed
2021-09-08Boston Fed President Rosengren Resigns Over REIT Trading Scandal 3 src
Eric Rosengren · Robert Kaplan · Jerome Powell
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2021-07-29Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted for Securities Fraud, Exposing How SPAC Loophole Enabled Investor Deception 3 src
Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation · Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
2021-07-27Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months for Exposing Drone War Crimes 3 src
National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · Biden Administration
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2021-07-21Clearview AI Raises $30 Million Series B Funding Despite Widespread Privacy Violations 3 src
Clearview AI · Peter Thiel
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2021-07-21Trump shows classified Iran attack plan at Bedminster, admits can't declassify 3 src
Donald Trump · Mark Meadows
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2021-07-09Biden Signs Executive Order 14036: 72 Competition Initiatives, Most Comprehensive Since FDR 3 src
Joe Biden · Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice
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2021-06-24Chainalysis Raises $100 Million at $4.2 Billion Valuation in Series E 2 src
Chainalysis
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2021-06-15Lina Khan Confirmed as FTC Chair at Age 32, Youngest Ever 3 src
Lina Khan · Joe Biden · U.S. Senate · Federal Trade Commission
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2021-05-18Amazon extends Rekognition police ban indefinitely as Congressional regulation stalls 4 src
Amazon · AWS · Andy Jassy · Jeff Bezos
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2021-03-25Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions 3 src
Brian Kemp · American Legislative Exchange Council
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2021-03-05Palantir and AWS Formalize Strategic Partnership for Government Data Analytics 3 src
Palantir Technologies · Amazon Web Services · Central Intelligence Agency · U.S. Department of Defense
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2021-03-01Private Equity Firm ReGen Healthcare Invests $100M in Failing Genesis Healthcare, Beginning Four-Year Collapse to Bankruptcy 4 src
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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2021-02-05Robinhood DTCC Collateral Waiver Revealed in GameStop Short Squeeze Fallout 3 src confirmed
2021-02-03Canadian Privacy Commissioners Declare Clearview AI Represents "Mass Surveillance" of Citizens 2 src
Clearview AI
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