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Section 230 gives providers of technology companies two
important liability protections.

Senate bill would undo Trump rule that dismantled healthcare coverage for preexisting conditions Published Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021, 1:22 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » Senate bill would undo Trump rule that dismantled healthcare coverage for preexisting conditions (© BillionPhotos.com – sto...

Stafford residents plagued by late U.S. Mail deliveries Stafford County has been experiencing delays from the U.S. Postal Service with residents receiving their mail weeks late. The Postal Service has stated that these delays were a result of the combination of the increased online orders from people staying at home and a decrease in staff because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Stafford Board of Supervisors addressed these delays at their meeting on Feb. 2 and continued discussion at their me...

AWS criticized over how it shared information on SolarWinds hack SHARE Amazon Web Services Inc. is under fire for not publicly sharing information at a congressional hearing this week about the SolarWinds hacking campaign, though it did say it shared details in private briefings with lawmakers and law enforcement. AWS was one of the cloud providers whose platforms hackers are believed to have used to carry out the operation. The cyberattack, which U.S. authorities say ...

With the change in administrations in Washington, there has been a drive to enact or amend legislation in a variety of areas. However, most initiatives lack the zeal found with the...

The parade of bills to curtail the immunities given to “interactive computer services” under CDA Section 230 is bipartisan. Senators Warner, Hirono and Klobuchar announced the SAFE TECH Act.  The SAFE TECH Act would limit CDA immunity by enacting “targeted exceptions”  to the law’s broad grant of immunity.

Just because Senators Warner, Hirono, and Klobuchar are apparently oblivious to how their SAFE TECH bill would destroy the Internet...

Warner Senate bill aims to increase access to healthy, nutritious food, eliminate food deserts Published Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, 2:37 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » Warner Senate bill aims to increase access to healthy, nutritious food, eliminate food deserts (© belyaaa – stock.adobe.com) ...

Fri, Feb 5th 2021 10:55am — Mike Masnick For the past few months weve been seeing a ton of terrible/ridiculous/awful/unconstitutional bills coming from mostly Republicans to try to wipe out or undermine Section 230. Most of those were focused on trying to force websites to do less content moderation. Now that the Democrats are back in power, it appears were going to be getting the opposite. Senator Mark Warner has introduced his new Section 230 reform bill, called the SAFE TECH Act ("Safegua...

[co-author: Taylor Daly] On Friday, December 4, 2020, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1668, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, into law. The measure, which was approved by the House of Representatives in September and unanimously approved by the Senate in November, would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop standards and guidelines for the federal government on “the appropriate use and management by agencies of [IoT] ...