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Oil and Gas Investor: Energy Lender Liability Beware
2021-06-25 10:00:00| OGI
Energy lenders must keep borrowers at arms length while they face COVID-19 challenges or risk lender liability.
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FCC to proceed with clarification of Section 230, which protects social media content from liability
2020-10-16 09:03:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Any changes would affect tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter: the section protects them from being held liable for their users' posts. It also allows them to moderate content in good faith, without repercussions. The original executive order by President Trump in May said the companies have gone beyond that "good faith" in their efforts to remove objectionable content, that they were starting to stifle free speech and showing "political bias." At the time, the executive order came under fire from the FCC"s two Democratic commissioners, who said the action was "politically motivated and legally unsound," CNBC reported. Pai says it now has that legal grounding.
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US justice dept proposes law to reform social media content liability
2020-09-24 09:18:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The US Department of Justice has proposed legislation on behalf of the Trump administration to reform the legal immunity provided to internet platforms distributing third-party content. This follows an executive order from President Trump in May calling on regulators to look at ways to make social media companies more responsible for content on their platforms.
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Coalition asks Congress to address COVID-19 liability protection
2020-08-07 17:18:00| National Hog Farmer
Legislative Watch: Businesses take necessary precautions; common food name protection; seasonality hearing; waiting on COVID-19 aid.
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US government asks FCC for new rules on social media liability
2020-07-28 09:29:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The US government is moving ahead with plans to change the way social media platforms are regulated, following an executive order issued in May. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, part of the Department of Commerce, filed a formal petition with the FCC asking the communications regulator to issue rules on when internet platforms are liable for user content posted on their sites.
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