The speech Democrats view as dangerous and offensive is the same speech that Republicans feel is being silenced.
Judge rules against Florida social media law, Ohio GOP cuts muni broadband ban, Democrats want increased child privacy protections.
As Florida's governor signs new social media law, Section 230 is on a collision course with reform and the law.
February 22, 2021 – Panelists at a communications research conference on Thursday were divided about how to reconcile free speech […]
February 16, 2021 — After being abruptly removed from web servers by tech giants on January 10, the controversial social […]
February 13, 2021 – With many current proposals to revise Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, supporters of the […]
Facial recognition technology has malfunctioned more frequently for people of color, Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said at the Multicultural […]
December 2, 2020 — This Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday morning voted 14-12 to advance Federal […]
September 21, 2020 — In the United States, widespread public use of mobile phone cameras and social media has thrust […]
July 28, 2020 — Senators on Tuesday remained broadly divided on the extent and direction that changes to Section 230 […]
July 27, 2020 — The U.S. Commerce Department under the Trump administration on Monday followed through on the president’s orders […]
July 14, 2020 — Russia is actively attempting to shift trusted institutions both in the United States and abroad, said […]
July 10, 2020 — A letter signed by over 150 prominent intellectuals and artists was published by Harper’s Magazine on […]
July 8, 2020 — Despite the hate that big tech companies receive, social media platforms are essential in enabling online […]
June 26, 2020 — The debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act spans a broad range of views, […]
June 23, 2020 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has played an important role in the shifting center […]
June 22, 2020 — Legal experts disagreed on Monday about whether Section 230 is exacerbating or helping to solve problems […]
June 17, 2020 — Conversations around the removal or revision of Section 230 are often fraught with treacherous implications for […]
June 17, 2020 — “Section 230 is on fire in D.C.,” said Eric Goldman, professor at the Santa Clara University […]
June 10, 2020 — IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announced Monday that the company would end its facial recognition development programs, […]
June 9, 2020 — Though disinformation is rampant online, there is still hope that social media companies can control it, […]
June 3, 2020 — The actions that President Donald Trump has taken to punish tech companies for alleged anti-conservative discrimination […]
5G is an important driver of economic growth, wrote James Prieger, a professor of economic and public policy at Pepperdine […]
June 2, 2020 — Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s attempts to punish Twitter’s fact-checking […]
May 29, 2020 — President Donald Trump continued to rage against Twitter over allegations of censorship by the company in […]
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 – Proponents of the high tech industry and law enforcement officials from several countries squared off, […]
WASHINGTON, August 20, 2019 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has been termed one of the most important […]
Public Knowledge, the Computer & Communications Industry Association and TechFreedom on Friday pushed back at the Trump Administration’ reported Executive Order that […]
WASHINGTON, August 7, 2019 — As the second anniversary of the Unite the Right rally approaches, activists are calling for […]
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2019 — President Donald Trump on Monday morning attempted to strike a tone of unity by denouncing […]
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2019 — Policy experts and tech executives emphatically defended the controversial Section 230 of the Communications Decency […]
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2019 – Television broadcasters’ main bête noire used to be the cable industry, known more formally as […]
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2019 — The primary responsibility of moderating online platforms lies with the platforms themselves, making Section 230 […]
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 — Legislation authored by Sen. Joshua Hawley could signal the start of a new chapter of […]
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 – The CEO of search engine Google came to Washington on Tuesday and politely rebutted all […]
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Critics of municipal involvement with broadband infrastructure will find all manner of reasons to oppose them, and […]
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2010 – Sen. Al Franken says that he believes “net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time, and the merger of...
WASHINGTON, January 18, 2010 – Verizon Communications’s net neutrality filling is unique in that the telecom giant is one of the only companies which provides broadband...
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2009 - A cable industry leader made the case Wednesday that proposed government rules to regulate internet access in support of so-called Net...
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2009 - Hill staffers and online safety said Friday that two bills currently before Congress take very different approaches to issues of cyberbullying...
