Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Wednesday he plans a series of hearings on Communications Decency Act Section 230 with hopes of writing bipartisan legislation potentially dealing with platform liability on amplifying content.
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The House Commerce Committee will rework privacy legislation it passed in 2022 in hopes of strengthening the bill and reaching broader consensus on a comprehensive federal privacy law, Democratic and Republican leadership said Wednesday during a House Innovation Subcommittee hearing.
Conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday that a social media platform's inaction in removing terrorist content amounts to aiding and abetting terror plots. The court heard oral argument in Gonzalez v. Google (docket 21-1333) (see 2301130028).
As long as TikTok is subject to the whims of the Chinese Communist Party, the popular Chinese-owned social media app will remain a national security issue, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., told us Thursday. He said he shares concerns of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson’s resignation “raises significant questions about the agency’s direction and operations,” Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us Wednesday.
Snapchat and Instagram are two companies the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider for testimony at an upcoming hearing on children’s online safety, Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told us Tuesday.
FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson announced Tuesday she will “soon resign,” citing Chair Lina Khan’s “disregard for the rule of law and due process.” Wilson said she has “failed repeatedly to persuade Ms. Khan and her enablers [senior FTC staff] to do the right thing, and I refuse to give their endeavor any further hint of legitimacy by remaining.” Commissioner Noah Phillips announced his resignation from the commission in August and finished his tenure early in October (see 2210140048). Wilson's term would expire September 2025.
The Kansas House Legislative Modernization Committee passed by voice vote Monday a bill to codify an executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly (D) banning TikTok on state-owned devices and networks.
FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson announced Tuesday that she will “soon resign,” citing Chair Lina Khan’s “disregard for the rule of law and due process.” Wilson said she has “failed repeatedly to persuade Ms. Khan and her enablers [senior FTC staff] to do the right thing, and I refuse to give their endeavor any further hint of legitimacy by remaining.” Commissioner Noah Phillips announced his resignation from the commission in August and finished his tenure early in October.
House Commerce Committee Republicans skipped regular order, considering several TikTok bills at a subcommittee markup Tuesday, ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said during the proceeding. The bills address problems worthy of committee consideration, but Republicans haven’t held proper legislative hearings on several of the bills, so they haven’t gotten proper stakeholder review, he said.