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View Online Technology Technology The Big Story  GOP tees up Zuckerberg contempt vote  The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is moving forward with plans to consider recommending that the House hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress. © Greg Nash GOP members of the panel have accused Meta of not cooperating with its investigation into the company's content moderation practices.   The committee announced Tuesday that it is slated to consider its report recommending Congress hold Zuckerberg for contempt during a Thursday session.   House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) launched an investigation in February into how tech companies communicate with the federal government.   The Thursday vote comes after a series of hearings on the same topic from the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.   A spokesperson for Meta said Tuesday that the company has sent more than 53,000 documents to the committee, a slight uptick from the more than 50,000 documents the company said it shared as of Monday.   "For many months, Meta has operated in good faith with this committee's sweeping requests for information," the Meta spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill.   "We began sharing documents before the committee's February subpoena and have continued to do so."   Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter, we're Rebecca Klar and Ines Kagubare — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here. Essential Reads  How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future: Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand is off to a rocky start Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter is off to a rocky start. On Sunday, the eccentric billionaire announced the rebrand of the company formerly known as Twitter — which he purchased in October for $44 billion — to X. But the switch has been caught up in more hurdles for Musk and the changing platform.   Full Story White House to nominate former NSA, CIA official as next national cyber director President Biden will nominate Harry Coker to be the country's next national cyber director and replace Chris Inglis, who resigned earlier this year, the White House announced Tuesday. Coker, a national security expert, has more than four decades of experience in public service. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years before moving to the CIA and the NSA, where he held various positions. He currently works as a senior fellow at Auburn University's McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security  Full Story App-based firms: Worker-classification regulation should wait on confirmed Labor secretary  A trade group representing app-based tech firms is urging President Biden to not finalize worker-classification regulation until a permanent Labor secretary is confirmed.  The group, Flex, has opposed Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su's nomination to the permanent role. Flex argued in a letter to Biden that Senate's "lack of support" for Su is due to concerns about her position on gig workers.  Full Story The Refresh  News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: Snap sales continue to drop Snapchat parent company Snap reported that its quarterly sales fell for the second time, The New York Times reported. Germany to reinstate Google Street View Google Street View will start updating images of Germany's streets after a decade-long halt following privacy concerns, Bloomberg reported. On Our Radar  Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a markup of two children's online safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0, on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET.  The House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup on a report recommending that the House of Representatives cite Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for contempt of Congress on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET.  In Other News  Branch out with other reads on The Hill: Google rebounds from unprecedented drop in ad revenue with a resurgence that pushes stock higher SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google snapped out of an unprecedented advertising slump during its latest quarter, signaling a return to growth cycle needed to fuel investments in artificial intelligence technology that expected to reshape the competitive landscape. The results for the April-June period released … Full Story Head of US cybersecurity agency sees progress on election security, with more work needed for 2024 CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Efforts to protect the nation's election systems have grown exponentially since the 2016 presidential election, but more is needed to defend the integrity and resiliency of the election process ahead of next year's vote, the head of the nation's cybersecurity agency said Tuesday. … Full Story What Others are Reading  Two key stories on The Hill right now: UPS, Teamsters announce tentative deal days before contract was set to expire UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced Tuesday a tentative collective bargaining agreement — just days before their current contract … Read more Trump anxiety among GOP senators grows as indictments appear to help him Republican senators who don't want to see former President Trump as their party’s nominee are feeling increasingly anxious that special counsel … Read more What Others are Reading  Opinions related to tech submitted to The Hill: How the administration's cyber strategy falls short   You're all caught up. 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