On Wednesday, October 28, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a much-anticipated hearing titled, “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?” The witness line-up featured...more
10/29/2020
/ Facebook ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Google ,
Hate Speech ,
Immunity ,
Journalism ,
Online Platforms ,
PACT Act ,
Popular ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media ,
Transparency ,
Twitter ,
User-Generated Content ,
Website Owner Liability
Last week, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Exposure Notification Privacy Act, which would regulate...more
6/9/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rulemaking Process
Last week, President Trump signed an Executive Order targeting social media companies and the liability protections afforded to them under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (Section 230). The Order directs the...more
6/8/2020
/ Communications Decency Act ,
Executive Orders ,
Free Speech ,
FTC Act ,
Internet ,
Liability ,
Online Platforms ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media ,
Trump Administration ,
User-Generated Content
Two weeks ago, on March 9, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to seven companies that allegedly made false or deceptive claims about their products’ ability to...more
On March 17, 2020, key Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the Commission “to take immediate action to protect consumers from price gouging...more
In response to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, the federal government has taken several actions in recent days. The most consequential are: the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (signed...more
The House Bill. The House is taking a different approach to drafting a federal privacy bill. On December 18, Democratic and Republican staff for the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a bipartisan staff draft for...more
1/30/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Collection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
As 2020 gets underway, Congress will continue to deliberate on federal privacy legislation in the second session of the 116th Congress. The California Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, and...more
1/30/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Privacy Laws ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
As we begin a new year and the second session of the 116th Congress, ML Strategies is pleased to share some highlights of where we see action this year on Capitol Hill. Although the impending impeachment trial of President...more
1/23/2020
/ Appropriations Bill ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Privacy Laws ,
Tax Extenders ,
Trump Administration
With partisanship at a fever pitch, one area of agreement between both parties on Capitol Hill and with President Trump has been the need to address the increasingly fragile state of the nation’s infrastructure. However, as...more
As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more
8/12/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NCCIC ,
NDAA ,
NIST ,
OIG ,
OMB