US lawmakers introduce bill to make high-speed internet available to all

Posted on 11/03/2021 by Engadget

A new bill aims to make high-speed internet more accessible everywhere in the US, including far-flung locations and underserved communities. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn has introduced the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act (PDF), wh...

New York State targets big tech with tougher antitrust bill

Posted on 05/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

New York state may consider a bill that would tighten antitrust rules so that the state can better prosecute Big Tech. The Twenty-First Century Anti-Trust Act would broaden the scope of what’s considered antitrust behavior, increase penalties and all...

EARN IT Act amendments transfer the fight over Section 230 to the states

Posted on 02/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an amended version of the EARN IT Act. The controversial legislation will now head to the full Senate floor for debate. While the amendments include substantial changes, groups like the ACLU and Free Press...

Members of Congress push to ban federal use of face recognition

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A group of Democratic Senators and House representatives have introduced a bill that seeks to ban federal use of facial recognition technology. It follows an incident in which Detroit police wrongfully arrested a man after a facial recognition system...

Republican Senate bill seeks an end to ‘warrant-proof’ encryption

Posted on 24/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A trio of Republican senators have submitted a bill that seeks to bring an end to “warrant-proof” encryption. If it passes into law as is, the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act would compel “device manufacturers and service providers” to help law e...

Airbnb agrees to hand over hosts’ data to settle its NYC lawsuit

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For two years, Airbnb has been battling a New York City bill that would force short-term rental services to hand over data about hosts. Friday, Airbnb agreed to share that data. The two sides reached a settlement with compromises that Airbnb says pro...

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to invest $100 billion in technology R&D

Posted on 27/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A group of bipartisan, bicameral politicians have drafted a bill that would “dramatically” increase investment in tech research and development. The Endless Frontiers Act would commit $100 billion over five years toward research in artificial intelli...

Bipartisan bill would make e-commerce platforms liable for counterfeit goods

Posted on 03/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Amazon and other e-commerce platforms have a huge fake-goods problem, but courts previously decided that they weren't liable for counterfeit products third-parties sold on their websites. A group of bipartisan lawmakers wants to change that. The grou...

Draft bill could penalize companies for using end-to-end encryption

Posted on 31/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Politicians may be looking for a roundabout way to thwart end-to-end encryption. Senator Lindsey Graham is drafting a bill, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, that would modify the Communications D...

Bipartisan bill would scale back key section of the Patriot Act

Posted on 23/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has introduced new legislation that would attempt to reform Section 215 of the Patriot Act definitively. Democratic and Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate have co-sponsored Wyden's Safeguarding Americans' Priva...

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