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European countries approved sweeping reforms to copyright law on Monday after the European Parliament voted to adopt the new legislation last month. The EU Copyright Directive will protect and govern how copyrighted content posted online, bringing outdated rules up to scratch for the internet age. The law has been hotly debated both by politicians and …

House Democrats have passed a bill that would restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. But the victory is likely to be short-lived as Republicans on Capitol Hill vow to kill it in the Senate. Democrats pushed through their Save the Internet Act in a 232 to 190 vote Wednesday. In spite of many Republicans saying they too want to see legislation …

Executives at Facebook, YouTube and 4Chan could face jail time under new “world-first” laws designed to stop the sharing of violent videos and images on social networks.  The legislation, developed in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shooting and passed in the Australian parliament on Thursday local time, targets social networks with hefty fines and even jail terms for company …

A bill backed by House Democrats to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality protections passed its first hurdle Tuesday. Democrats pushed the Save the Internet Act through the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in an 18-11 vote that fell along party lines. The legislation codifies rules that were repealed in December 2017 by the Republican-led FCC. As part of this repeal, the …

The Federal Trade Commission is demanding that the nation’s largest broadband and wireless companies explain their privacy practices and how they monetize consumer data. On Tuesday, the agency sent letters to seven companies, including AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile and Verizon, posing a series of questions about their data practices.  “The FTC is initiating this study to better understand internet …

Now playing: Watch this: What is Article 13 and how will it affect you? 2:55 Protesters march against the EU Copyright Directive in Leipzig, Germany, over the weekend. Peter Endig/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of a controversial new law that will bring sweeping reforms to how copyrighted content posted online is governed. …

Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says it’s time for Congress to put net neutrality protections into law. McMorris Rodgers, of Washington state, last month introduced legislation to restore net neutrality safeguards that the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission dismantled in late 2017. In an interview with CNET, she said politicians on both sides of the aisles need to come together to …

Rep. Mike Doyle, who’s shepherding the Democrats’ bill in the House of Representatives to restore the Obama-era net neutrality protections, says he’s not waiting for Republican support before bringing the proposed legislation to a vote. In an interview with CNET, the Democrat from Pennsylvania, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on communications and technology, criticized his colleagues …

Republicans and Democrats faced off Tuesday in a House hearing on the Democrats’ plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. The hearing before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee House examined the Save the Internet Act, which Democrats introduced last week in the House and Senate. Out of the gate, Republicans on the subcommittee blasted Democrats, who …

US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle believe in a free and open internet, but it’s clear after today’s hearing in the House on net neutrality that they’re miles apart on how to get there. Democrats last year unsuccessfully fought to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules that were repealed by a Republican-led FCC in 2107. Meanwhile, Republicans have been pushing legislation …