Makena Kelly

Former Policy Reporter

Parler’s parent company has laid off a majority of its staff

Makena KellyJan 10, 2023

What a Speaker McCarthy means for Big Tech

Makena KellyJan 10, 2023

President Biden nominates Gigi Sohn for FCC — again

Makena KellyJan 3, 2023

In 2022, cozy games went from niche to video game fixture

Makena KellyDec 27, 2022

Congress blew its last chance to curb Big Tech’s power

Makena KellyDec 20, 2022

Democrats plan to return over $1 million from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

Makena KellyDec 16, 2022

Makena KellyDec 15, 2022

Everything ok in there, Mr. Musk? Sincerely, the FTC.

Just this week, we’ve learned that Twitter hasn’t paid rent on its San Francisco HQ, the company’s legal department is in turmoil, and Musk sold nearly $3.6 billion worth of Tesla shares.

And today? Well, all of this financial stress apparently has regulators worried. A source familiar confirmed to me that the FTC sent a request to Twitter asking whether the company had enough resources to comply with its 2011 consent decree with the agency.

FTC Asks Twitter How It Plans to Comply With Consent Decree

[Bloomberg.com]

Richard LawlerDec 15, 2022

SBF is in jail, so what’s going on with FTX and all of the investigations?

The Verge policy reporter Makena Kelly gets us up to speed on what’s going on with FTX and its co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

This week both the Senate and the House of Representatives had hearings about the failed crypto exchange. They did not include live testimony from Mr. Bankman-Fried, who has been arrested in the Bahamas ahead of extradition to the US to face a number of criminal and civil charges.