MISSOULA — Lawmakers in Montana have moved to kill House Bill (HB) 492 – which would have required consumers to “opt-in” with their ISP’s to access adult sites – on a procedural technicality, according to local news reports. State Rep. Derek Skees, a Republican...

ORLANDO — Former President Donald Trump has called for state governments to effectively repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 through state legislation. That’s his plea with conservative Republicans in state legislatures, at least, if congressional...

WASHINGTON — The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) released the 2021 edition of their ‘Dirty Dozen’ List of organizations that ostensibly contribute to widespread sexual trafficking and exploitation. The list shows a willful ignorance of several things...

SACRAMENTO — A federal judge for the Eastern District of California has ruled that the state government can now enforce its own net neutrality laws. An oral ruling delivered by district Judge John Mendez described his intention not to block the law from taking effect. Four...

SAN FRANCISCO —  A California appellate court recently ruled that Twitter — as a digital platform protected under the Section 230 third-party liability shield — has the right to ban users who violate their terms of service. While this ruling was reached at a state court, it...

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal mandating that porn filtering software be installed on every new mobile device sold in Utah passed the State House last week.  House Bill (HB 72), introduced by anti-porn Republican State Rep. Susan Pulsipher, now advances to the Utah Senate with other...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to repeal the Trump administration’s rules that essentially repealed net neutrality at the national level. Republicans, however, are relishing the opportunity to capitalize on the politics of entirely...

WASHINGTON — Jack Dorsey, the chief executive officer of Twitter, Inc., told a group of investors that he views that potentially stricter rules for Section 230 could be harmful to the survival of the open-internet and digital-first industries. “Content moderation is a practice...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that the agency has voluntarily withdrawn a Trump-era legal challenge against the state of California’s net neutrality law intended to protect the open internet. Former President Donald Trump directed his...

SALT LAKE CITY — Where were you when porn was declared a public health crisis by the state of Utah? I was driving through the city of St. George, with my spouse, on our way to Las Vegas to visit her parents and family. We were stuck listening to conservative talk radio. Nothing...