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Electronic Frontiers Georgia (EFGA) is a non-profit organization in the US state of Georgia focusing on issues related to cyber law and free speech.It was founded in 1995 by Tom Cross, Robert Costner, Chris Farris, and Robbie Honerkamp, primarily in response to the Communications Decency Act.
Some, like The Verge and the EFF, have argued that the bill could potentially face challenges in the Supreme Court or in lower courts if passed due to 1st Amendment violations. Similar state bills in Indiana, [ 76 ] Mississippi, [ 76 ] Texas, and Utah [ 77 ] [ 78 ] [ 79 ] were quickly struck down by their respective state courts as ...
It never took effect, as three separate rounds of litigation led to a permanent injunction against the law in 2009. Had the law passed, it would have effectively made it an illegal act to post anything commercial on the internet that is knowingly harmful to children without some sort of vetting program to confirm user ages. [27] [28] [29] [30]
The broadcast of educational children's programming by terrestrial television stations in the United States is mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under regulations colloquially referred to as the Children's Television Act (CTA), the E/I rules, or the Kid Vid rules.
The NFL has taken NFLBite to court through civil lawsuits in attempts to stop their streaming of full NFL games, but are unable to seek criminal charges due to limitations of U.S. copyright law. [4] The bill adds to Title 18 of the United States Code that would make operating these sites a criminal felony , with a maximum penalty of up to ten ...
On February 27, 2018, the FOSTA-SESTA package was passed in the House of Representatives with a vote of 388–25. [1] On March 21, 2018, the FOSTA-SESTA package bill passed the Senate with a vote of 97–2, with only senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul voting against it. [2] The bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump on April 11, 2018 ...
Minnesota, New York, Delaware also have new gun laws coming into effect in the New Year. Minnesota passed a binary trigger ban, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. A binary trigger allows a gun to ...
Signs posted around many bridges, including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, state that filming the structure is prohibited.The legality of such restrictions is problematic; in view of the First Amendment in the United States of America, restrictions on taking pictures of a public structure in public may be unconstitutional (in view of the fact that prohibiting taking pictures will probably ...