A Democratic bill filed in New Hampshire that would treat social media platforms as common carriers and require them to carry speech violates the First Amendment, tech industry associations told New Hampshire’s House Judiciary Committee during a hearing Thursday.
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Karl Herchenroeder, Associate Editor, is a technology policy journalist for publications including Communications Daily. Born in Rockville, Maryland, he joined the Warren Communications News staff in 2018. He began his journalism career in 2012 at the Aspen Times in Aspen, Colorado, where he covered city government. After that, he covered the nuclear industry for ExchangeMonitor in Washington. You can follow Herchenroeder on Twitter: @karlherk
NTIA requested comment Wednesday on a potential response to data privacy harms inflicted on “marginalized” and “underserved communities.” NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said the agency will explore the intersection between privacy and civil rights, including digital discrimination impacting economic and social opportunity.
Congress needs to come together to establish national privacy standards, President Joe Biden and House Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said separately Wednesday, renewing attention to an issue that saw bipartisan progress in 2022.
Senate Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., last week told us he’s in favor of Congress considering banning TikTok across the U.S., a concept that’s gaining bipartisan interest after Congress banned the app on federal devices.
The bipartisan trio behind legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. will reintroduce the bill in 2023 and push hard for the support of Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., said Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., in an interview (see 2212130068). Congress included a provision in its must-pass omnibus spending bill that would ban the Chinese-owned social media app on federal devices, and several states have enacted government bans.
Senate Republicans welcomed bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. Democrats were less enthusiastic, though Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said he’s willing to explore the idea.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shouldn’t write rules that rush ISPs and network providers reporting cyber incidents, said representatives from Comcast, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks Tuesday.
Google and iHeartMedia violated the FTC Act when they aired some 29,000 “deceptive endorsements by radio personalities promoting their use of and experience with Google’s Pixel 4 phone” in 2019 and 2020, the FTC and seven state attorneys general said Monday in a settlement for $9.4 million.
The FTC should take a light-touch regulatory approach to protecting children from social media advertising harms, NCTA commented Friday in support of industry self-regulation for kids influencers and child-directed ad endorsement.
The FTC should end its data privacy rulemaking process because the agency lacks authority and Congress is the proper venue to settle the privacy debate, Senate Republicans told the agency in comments on an Advanced NPRM. A bipartisan group of 33 state attorneys general urged the commission Thursday to issue a rule to better protect consumers.