Tag: Congress
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Congress is Working on New Laws Putting Limits on How Companies Can Sell Your Private Data Online
Over the weekend, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a draft of a bill that would put new protections on data privacy online. This bill would force companies to respect people’s private data online and limit how they can sell data they have about you. “This bipartisan, bicameral draft legislation is the best…
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Congress Wants the FCC To Resume Gathering Broadcast Workforce Diversity Data
More than two dozen members of Congress are pushing to allow the FCC to start gathering data about the diversity of broadcast workforces again. “It is simple – a station is best placed to do so when its employees reflect the diversity of that community,” the letter — signed by 27 members of Congress —…
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Congress Wants to Update TV Laws To Address Cord Cutting & End Broadcast TV Blackouts
This week House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) introduced the Modern Television Acto of 2019. This bill would replace the 1992 Cable Act. Part of it would address TV blackouts and seek to increase competition in the world of TV. “Congress today begins a reboot of the rules governing…