Let's Talk Tech: Russia's Punishment for Solarwinds Hack, Apple to Allow Parler Back on App Store and Facebook Calling on Congress for User Data Guidelines

Episode #29: On today's show, I will be talking about: Biden's punishment on Russia for the 2020 Solarwinds hack, Apple's decision to let Parler back on the app store, and how Facebook is renewing its calls for Congress to create guidelines about how online services should make users’ data available to transfer to other platforms as it expands its own feature to do just that. Pour yourself a nice cup of coffee & get ready to download the latest tech news for the week.

Sources:

• President Biden's decision to punish Russia for the SolarWinds hack broke with years of US foreign policy that tolerated cyber espionage, The Wall Street Journal
  
• Apple will let Parler back on the App Store, CNN Business
  
• Facebook calls for data portability laws as it expands the types of info users can transfer to other services, CNBC.com
  

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