FCC Seeks Comments on Trump Plan to Weaken Internet Firms’ Liability Protection August 4, 2020 By Todd Shields The Federal Communications Commission will take comments for 45 days on President Donald Trump’s proposal to weaken liability protection for...
GOP Senator Wants to Tie Internet Firms’ Liability Immunity to Curb on Behavioral Ads July 28, 2020 By Nandita Bose Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Tuesday introduced legislation that would penalize large tech companies that sell or show targeted advertisements...
Trump Administration Wants FCC to Write Rules on Liability for Social Media Content July 28, 2020 By David Shepardson A U.S. Commerce Department agency on Monday petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to reinterpret a 1996 law to require transparency...
Twitter Offers Some Details on How Hackers Accessed Data July 20, 2020 Twitter Inc. said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in...
Adviser to EU Judges Says Online Platforms Not Liable for User Copyright Violations July 16, 2020 By Marine Strauss Google’s YouTube and other online platforms are not liable when users illegally upload copyrighted works onto their platforms, but rightholders...
Senators Propose ‘Scalpel, Rather Than Jackhammer’ to Reform Internet Liability June 25, 2020 By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to reform part of a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such...
Justice Department Outlines Proposed Overhaul of Social Media Immunity June 19, 2020 By Ben Brody and Chris Strohm The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
How Americans Feel About Social Media Content Liability, Moderation June 17, 2020 By Elizabeth Culliford Most Americans do not trust social media companies to make the right decisions about what should be allowed on their...
Trump Administration to Unveil Proposal for Changing Immunity for Tech Platforms June 17, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department will propose legislation as soon as Wednesday to try to remove protections that big tech platforms...
Tech Group Sues Trump Over Order Weakening Social Media Immunity June 3, 2020 By Alison Frankel and Nandita Bose An advocacy group backed by the tech industry sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would...