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The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
During the 1980s and the 1990s, federal prosecutors used the law to bring charges against several Mafia figures. In 1985, United States Attorney Rudy Giuliani (who would be indicted under Georgia RICO laws in August 2023 [9]) indicted 11 organized crime figures in United States v.
As of 2012, Michigan spent over $4.5 million through this program, and has trained over 100 local police officers to use social media sites to identify and target events. [2] In more recent years, a majority of police departments have some sort of social media-based strategy in place. [3]
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The Texas law would forbid social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users from acting to "censor" users based on "viewpoint," and allows either users or the Texas attorney ...
The report identifies a strong link between social media use and child identity theft. Among victims of child identity theft in the past six years, 96% were active social media users when their identities were compromised and they subsequently suffered financial losses linked to fraud or scams.
Status of social media age verification laws in the United States. In 2022 California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273) which requires websites that are likely to be used by minors to estimate visitors ages to give them some amount of privacy control and on March 23, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 152 and HB 311 collective known as the Utah Social Media ...
That could lead to higher penalties under the 2020 hate crimes law. The definition, which is only referred to in the bill, describes antisemitism as "a certain perception of Jews, which may be ...