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Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
We’re anticipating activity on privacy, intermediary liability, Facebook, and other topics impacting the online community in March and April.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
5G, Advertising, Cyber War, Ethics Reform, Net Neutrality, Social Media
Legislative business was held up at the beginning of 2019 with border wall discussions & negotiations to reopen the government, but there were significant outcomes including the re-organization of House and Senate committees and a handful of confirmation hearings in the Senate, including the hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee for U.S. Attorney General nominee William Barr.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
California, Canada, Eshoo, Facebook, Hurricane Michael, NAFTA 2.0, New Jersey, Section 230, Thanksgiving, USMCA, Virginia, Warner
After midterms, Congress is headed into an abbreviated lame-duck session and a season of more potential reshuffling in the Executive Branch.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
California, CDA, Chamber of Commerce, China, Communications Decency Act, Droegemeier, Facebook, Foreign Intelligence Operations, Google, House Judiciary, House Judiciary Committee, Kelvin K. Droegemeier, National Science Board, NDAA, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Oklahoma, OSTP, Russia, Section 230, Senate, Senate Intelligence Committee, Senate Intelligence Hearing, Silicon Valley, Twitter, U.S., University of Oklahoma, US, White House
New privacy legislation and cereal rules in development, tariffs, hearsing on social media responsibility, and more.
Legislative Update, Open Internet, Premium Content, US Policy
House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, as well as the House Judiciary Committee discuss data protection issues.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
California, Cambridge Analytica, Congressional Review Act, Connecticut, Consent Act, CRA, Cybersecurity Caucus, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, FCC, Florida, Huawei, Kennedy, My DATA Act, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, New York, Open Internet Order, Save Net Neutrality Act, SC, Secure Data Act, Senate Judiciary Committee, South Carolina, Texas, Whitehouse, ZTE
Privacy/Data Breach/Encryption bills are proposed, net neutrality fights continue, and intermediary liability still in question.
Digital Trade, Encryption, Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
California, CDA, China, Communications Decency Act, Congressional Review Act, Connecticut, Consent Act, CRA, Facebook, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Florida, Honesty in Ads Act, Kennedy, Lancu, Louisiana, MA, Massachusetts, Montana, MT, My DATA Act, NAFTA, Nelson, New Jersey, New York, Open Internet Order, Open Internet Preservation Act, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Save Net Neutrality Act, Section 230, Senate, SESTA, Tennessee, TN, United States Patent Trademark Office, US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, US Senate, Vermont, VT
Zuckerberg’s visit, a plethora of potential Net Neutrality legislation, trade policy fears, erosion of Section 230, and the possible return of encryption banning dominate Congress in April.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
California, California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, CDA, CLOUD Act, Communications Decency Act, Congressional Review Act, CRA, DC, Dodd-Frank, Dodd-Frank banking law, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Florida, FOSTA, H.R. 1865 (115), H.R. 4682, H.R. 4943, H.R.4585, House Judiciary Committee, MA, MT, NAFTA, Nelson, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Omnibus appropriations bill, Open Internet Order, S.2383, Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017, Section 230, SESTA, Tennessee, The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data, TN, US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, VT, Washington
Congress rushed to pass an Omnibus Appropriations Bill, while SESTA-FOSTA passed eroding CDA Section 230, and competing Net Neutrality legislation was discussed.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
California, China, CLOUD Act, Congressional Review Act, Connecticut, DE, Delaware, ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Hatch, India, Intellectual Property, MA, Massachusetts, Montreal, NAFTA, New York, Russia, Russian Election Interference, SC, Secretary of State, South Carolina, Utah, Whitehouse
After a government shutdown early in the month, updates to net neutrality, the CLOUD Act, cybersecurity policy, trade agreements, and more.
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
Capitol Hill, CDA, Children’s Health Insurance Program, CHIP, Communications Decency Act, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, fisa, FISA Authorization Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FOSTA, NAFTA, NAFTA 2.0, Open Internet Order, Section 230, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Section 702, SESTA, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, The New York Times
Issues related to the Federal government’s budget continue to dominate discussions in Washington after a three-day government shutdown. Fights over intermediary liability, surveillance reform, and trade continue.
