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Congress should target TikTok but not let US social media companies off the hook By: Lori Trahan TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress on Thursday, and much of the conversation will center on whether the United States should ban the app altogether. But focusing on a TikTok ban without also addressing the pervasive issues shared by US-based social media companies would be… Read more »

Trahan announces $300,000 for Greater Lawrence Community Action Council By: Mike LaBella  LAWRENCE — Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was joined by Lawrence leaders on March 13 to announce $300,000 in federal funding for the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council. The funding provided by USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant… Read more »

Next biothreat response? Lori Trahan listens to health leaders on lessons from COVID By: Melanie Gilbert  LOWELL — Are we ready for the next pandemic? What lessons were learned? These questions were discussed during a pandemic preparedness roundtable hosted by U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan at UKG on Monday. She was joined by Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh,… Read more »

TikTok CEO Is Quietly Meeting With Lawmakers Ahead Of First-Ever Testimony By: Alexandra S. Levine TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill ahead of his first-ever testimony before Congress, including several representatives who will be grilling him under oath on March 23. Chew has sought closed-door meetings with at least half a dozen members of the House… Read more »

Exclusive: U.S. rep mulls legislative action to press games industry on extremism By: Stephen Totilo  Major video game companies have been insufficiently forthcoming about responding to a reported rise in white supremacy and other extremism in online games, the office of Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) tells Axios. Driving the news: Trahan is releasing — and criticizing —… Read more »

‘These hands are gonna do big things’: Lori Trahan announces $4.5 million in funding for Community Teamwork’s Head Start programs By: Cameron Morsberger  LOWELL — With filing deadlines, bill negotiations and legislative agendas, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s day-to-day life in Washington, D.C. can often be filled with the minutiae and red tape of Congress. Thursday was not that kind… Read more »

Clean energy revolution charges up with new fusion facility at Devens By: Veer Mudambi DEVENS — Massachusetts has a history of being at the forefront of revolutions. The first shot in the American Revolution was fired in Concord, and the Industrial Revolution was fueled by the mill towns and cities along the Merrimack River — both of which, Democratic U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan pointed… Read more »

Congressional quintet celebrate more than $20 million in federal funding for Massachusetts community projects By: Shane Rhodes U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, along with U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan, Jim McGovern and Richard Neal are touting successful efforts to secure federal funding for a number of community-based projects across the state in December’s end-of-year omnibus… Read more »

New Devens fusion center to host US energy secretary By: Chris Lisinski  THE TOP ENERGY official in President Joe Biden’s Cabinet plans to visit Massachusetts on Friday to celebrate the opening of a new commercial fusion energy research center. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm plans to join elected officials and state policy leaders at a ribbon-cutting event in Devens,… Read more »

Twitter's new data access rules will make research harder By: Huo Jingan  Much of what we know about social media discourse is thanks to Twitter's longtime policy of allowing free access to its data. That has made Twitter data a treasure trove for researchers eager to study online behavior, including how falsehoods and conspiracy theories circulate. Kate Starbird remembers how… Read more »