On August 11, the United States Postal Service filed volume incentives for Marketing Mail and First-Class Mail, with the Postal Regulatory Commission, which would start on January 1, 2024, and run through the entire year.
On July 27th, the Alliance joined a brief in Edgar County Watchdogs v. The Will County Sheriff’s Office, filed in the Supreme Court of Illinois.
The Alliance has been working on The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) legislation, S. 1409 advocating for an explicit exception for news media websites from the bill’s obligations on covered online platforms.
On July 7, the Alliance joined comments drafted by the National Press Photographers Association in response to the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) proposed rules relating to drone use in New York City.
On June 7th, the Alliance joined a brief in Netflix v. Babin, filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, dealing with the criminal prosecution of Netflix by the Tyler County District Attorney (“DA”) over a French film called ‘Cuties’.
The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the Flats Cost Coverage Audit Report on June 29, as required by Section 206 of the Postal Service Reform Act.
The Court navigates between free speech and Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act. The Supreme Court rules that Colorado cannot force a website designer to create designs against her beliefs. Decided on June 30, 2023.
The Supreme Court strengthens protections for journalists against charges of threat. For a threat prosecution, the government must prove that the speaker was intentionally reckless with their words. Decided on June 27, 2023
The News/Media Alliance submitted comments on June 23 on the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Amendments to the Negative Option Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on April 24.
On June 13, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution calling for Russia to immediately release wrongfully detained journalist Evan Gershkovich.
