Congress Passes ‘TAKE IT DOWN’ Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an overwhelming 409-2 vote (with 22 members not voting), the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed the “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological ...
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FSC Details Industry’s Debanking Concerns to Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a blog post published yesterday, the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) said the organization was “proud to hear our Statement for the Record on the debanking of ...
How About We Try to Improve NI, While We’re at It?
Lately I’ve been reading a lot about recent advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”), some of which are starting to freak out even the sort of sci-fi addled academics and techie ...
What the Adult Industry Can Expect From a Divided Congress
With the midterm elections just a few weeks behind us, there is a veritable concern among adult industry professionals and firms with the prospects of regulation in the next session ...
Walters: Slipping IP Law Changes into Spending Bill “Irresponsible”
Late last month, when Congress passed a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package and a $900 million COVID-19 relief measure, the legislation included two major changes to intellectual property law: the ...
Anti-Porn Bills Die in Congress
The 117th Congress of the United States of America was sworn in on Sunday, January 3, 2021, pending a few disputed results and the winners of Georgia’s runoff Senate elections. ...
The Bill Is Dead! Long Live the Bill
Pro tip for Congress-watchers: If you spend your time trying to make sense of every fool thing Congress proposes, considers, debates or collectively pontificates about, you will eventually lose your ...
When the COVID-19 Dust Settles, What Will Become of Section 230?
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic seizing worldwide attention, politicians from both major parties in the U.S. seemed to be setting their sights on undermining Section 230 of the Communications Decency ...
Congress, I’m Begging You: Don’t Screw Up Section 230
YNOT's Ben Suroeste doesn't ask much of the U.S. Congress -- just that America's Representatives and Senators legalize more of his favorite recreational substances, someday name a post office after ...
Backpage Seizure, Indictment Suggest Feds Don’t Need SESTA
PHOENIX – Often lost in the debate surrounding the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (“FOSTA”) and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (“SESTA”) is a question which seems like it should ...
