COLLINS BACKS NET NEUTRALITY BILL: A Senate bill that would stop the Federal Communications Commission's effort to repeal net neutrality just won its first Republican backer on Tuesday, with Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsSenate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Democratic senator calls for eliminating filibuster, expanding Supreme Court if GOP fills vacancy What Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies MORE (R-Maine) throwing her support behind the effort.

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"Senator Collins does not support the FCC's recent decision to repeal net neutrality rules, and she will support Senator Markey's legislation that would overturn the FCC's vote," a spokeswoman, Annie Clark, said in a statement to The Hill.

"She believes that a careful, deliberative process involving experts and the public is warranted to ensure that consumers have strong protections that guarantee consumer choice, free markets and continued growth."

The move was first reported by the Bangor Daily News.

The bill, which is being pushed by Sen. Ed Markey Edward (Ed) John MarkeyDemocratic senator calls for eliminating filibuster, expanding Supreme Court if GOP fills vacancy McConnell says Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg will get Senate vote Massachusetts town clerk resigns after delays to primary vote count MORE (D-Mass.), would use a legislative tool called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the FCC's vote last month to scrap the popular Obama-era rules.

Democrats have promised to use the CRA's procedural mechanisms to force a vote on Markey's bill, putting the heat on Republicans during a midterm election cycle.

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Senate Democrats said Tuesday the bill now has 40 sponsors.

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TECH TO TESTIFY ON TERRORISM, SOCIAL MEDIA: Representatives from major technology firms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will testify on Capitol Hill this month on their efforts to combat extremist content on their platforms.

The Senate Commerce Committee announced on Tuesday that it will hold a hearing exploring extremist content on social media platforms on Jan. 17.

The committee said the hearing, titled "Terrorism and Social Media: #IsBigTechDoingEnough?," will look at "the steps social media platforms are taking to combat the spread of extremist propaganda over the Internet."

Facebook's Head of Global Policy Management Monika Bickert, YouTube's Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations Juniper Downs and Twitter's Head of Public Policy and Philanthropy Carlos Monje, will testify at the hearing.

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TWITTER MISSES COMMITTEE DEADLINE: Sen. Mark Warner Mark Robert WarnerIntelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' House approves bill to secure internet-connected federal devices against cyber threats MORE (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, scolded Twitter on Tuesday after the company failed to meet a deadline to provide lawmakers with more information on Russia's election meddling.

Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, testified before the committee in November and was supposed to turn over information on interference by the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency and their response on Monday.

Facebook and Google provided responses, but Twitter requested an extension.

"I'm disappointed. I've been disappointed throughout this," Warner told reporters. "Twitter has been often times the slowest to respond. Most of their work was derivative to the Facebook work. The other companies met the deadline which was way over a month from when they testified."

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MICROSOFT SUSPENDS SOME PATCHES FOR VULNERABILITIES: Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is suspending patches it released to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre cybersecurity flaws in AMD chips following user complaints of frozen computers from the patch.

"To prevent AMD customers from getting into an unbootable state, Microsoft will temporarily pause [some] Windows operating system updates to devices with impacted AMD processors at this time," the company said in a statement.

Microsoft also shifted responsibility for the issue away from itself, blaming it on receiving incorrect "documentation previously provided to Microsoft."

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DIMON: I REGRET CALLING BITCOIN A FRAUD: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has walked back his criticism of bitcoin, saying its underlying technology could be useful for financial markets.

Dimon told Fox Business in an interview aired Tuesday that he regrets calling the cryptocurrency "a fraud," but that he's still "not interested that much in the subject at all."

Dimon in September threatened to fire Chase employees that invested the bank's money in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin prices were cruising upward at the time, months before cryptocurrency values skyrocketed.

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HOUSE PASSES HOMELAND SECURITY CYBER OVERSIGHT BILL: House lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at boosting oversight of the way that the U.S. government discloses cyber vulnerabilities to the private sector.

The legislation was introduced before the Trump administration issued a first-ever charter outlining the secretive method, known as the vulnerability equities process (VEP), by which the executive branch determines whether to disclose what are called "zero day" vulnerabilities to affected vendors.

The legislation passed Tuesday would specifically require the Department of Homeland Security, which is now known to have a seat at the table in VEP, to report to Congress on the policies and procedures by which previously unknown vulnerabilities are disclosed to the private sector.

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YOUTUBE LOOKING AT 'FURTHER CONSEQUENCES' FOR LOGAN PAUL: YouTube on Tuesday said it was looking at "further consequences" for Logan Paul, a popular personality on the platform, after he posted a video showing a dead body.

"Like many others, we were upset by the video that was shared last week," YouTube tweeted.

"We expect more of the creators who build their community on @YouTube, as we're sure you do too. The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences."

Paul sparked controversy when he posted a video on his channel last week that showed a dead body hanging from a tree. The video was recorded in a Japanese forest that is known as a location that attracts people considering suicide.

Paul apologized for the video, which was taken down from YouTube. He said he had intended to use the video to raise awareness for suicide prevention.

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