Archive for Digital Updates – June
Staff / Google Announces Plan to Start Paying Some News Publishers
On June 25, Google published a blog with its plan to start a “licensing program to support the news industry.” The program is supposed to ... Read More
Staff / Republican Senators Introduce New Bill to Limit Section 230
On June 17, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) proposed the “Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act,” requiring digital platforms to fulfill their duty of good ... Read More
Staff / DOJ Proposes Section 230 Immunity Limitations
On June 17, the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed changes to the Section 230 immunity that big tech currently enjoys. It includes requiring the platforms to ... Read More
Staff / Most Americans Don’t Trust Big Tech, Recent Study Says
On June 16, Gallup and the Knight Foundation released a poll showing that eight out of every 10 Americans don’t trust big tech to moderate ... Read More
Staff / Ad Companies Keyword Block Terms Related to the Black Lives Matter Movement
AdAge reports that certain marketers are blocking keywords that would put advertising content next to Black Lives Matter coverage. These keywords include “BLM,” “George Floyd” ... Read More
Staff / Four GOP Leaders Ask FCC to Clarify Section 230
On June 9, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) requested that the FCC “clearly define the framework under which ... Read More
Staff / Senate Committee Holds Hearing About Section 512’s Modern-Day Impact
On June 2, Public Knowledge’s Policy Counsel Meredith Rose testified that Section 512 has allowed online censorship to thrive. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s ... Read More
Staff / Twitter’s Objectivity Questioned Over Net Neutrality
Twitter recently rejected an ad campaign by the Free State Foundation opposing net neutrality and calling for the internet not to be regulated as a ... Read More
Staff / Facebook Won’t Pay Australian News Publishers
On June 5, Facebook responded to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Mandatory News Media Bargaining Code proposal, saying the “competitive rivalry in the relationship between digital platforms ... Read More
Staff / Tech Group Challenges Section 230 Executive Order
On June 2, the Center for Democracy and Technology filed a complaint in the District Court for the District of Columbia claiming that President Trump’s ... Read More
