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Calls grow for European regulators to investigate Apple, accused of bullying smaller rivals (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:04House effort to pass surveillance overhaul collapses after President Trump tweets and pushback from DOJ (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 17:10Section 230: The little law that defined how the Internet works (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 17:09Editorial: Twitter has provoked outrage. But President Trump is the bigger problem. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 14:11Tribe and Geltzer: President Trump is doubly wrong about Twitter (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 14:11
Trump Draft Order Could Seek to Limit Protections for Social-Media Companies
A draft of an executive order President Donald Trump is expected to sign on May 28 would seek to limit the broad legal protection that federal law currently provides social-media and other online platforms. The draft order would make it easier for federal regulators to hold companies such as Twitter and Facebook liable for curbing users’ speech, for example by suspending their accounts or deleting their posts. The executive order would mark the Trump administration’s most aggressive effort to take action against social-media companies, which the president has threatened to do for years.
President Trump says Twitter is trying to ‘silence’ conservatives. His growing number of followers suggests otherwise. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 06:30Arizona sues Google over allegations it illegally tracked Android smartphone users’ locations (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 06:17Schools are some families’ best hope for Internet access, but Virginia laws are getting in the way
In Virginia, as in other states, school officials are racing to reach families by publicizing discounted offers from Internet providers, extending school Wi-Fi into parking lots, and distributing hotspot devices. And schools trying to do more face a major hurdle: long-standing laws that effectively bar county governments and public school systems from providing Internet directly to families.