We have a great panel with us today. Former director of the bureau of protection for the federal trade commission. We will have the president of the computer and communication industry association. And here to discuss the department of justice proposal, we have lauren willard, counselor to the attorney general. We are very lucky to have this great panel here. We will walk through the actual proposal. Then for some commentary over the industry and consumer side of things. Give ai want to kind of little level set. Im sure most of the people dialed in have some familiarity with section 230 and understand what it is all about, but i would like to give some history to give some context to the statutes and so forth. When we talk about the Communications Decency act section 230 with the fairly recent movie, the wolf of wall particular the character based on daniel koresh. He was an employee with the company that was Leonardo Dicaprios business in that movie. Hillarify your memory, mr. Was the
Elderly people the right to end their lives even if they are not suffering from any medical condition. And the u. S. Accuses china of sponsoring hackers to spy on American Companies working on a vaccine for covert 1000. Those are your headlines at this hour now a look at the legal scene on americas lawyer with mike. And tony on this is americas war your last week in New York Times opinion columnist a very wise resigned from the paper and accused him of suffering from a severe case of being too politically correct she also alleged that employees of the paper were harassing her some are celebrating wises a hero others are expressing serious skepticism about a plane were going to dive into that topic and see what makes sense also in over a dozen lawsuits are merging against education secretary betsy devos again for helping her nonprofit universities prey on students pocketbooks and then later in the show theres been a Fatal Shooting targeting the family of a district judge overseeing the
Good afternoon as chairman of the Senate Commerce subcommittee on manufacture, trade and Consumer Protection i welcome you all here today to a hearing entitled, protecting americans from covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health present and president Public Health crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In light of the serious threat this post to america, in the shoe shuddering of mainstream businesses, the response of Public Health protocols, have been felt in every corner of the country. It has been clear the preventive practices, policies, and resources, including expanded testing case testing capabilities and the ability to have protective equipment or absolute assess these to reopening the economy extinguishing this health crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency recorded and recovery, there are frustration scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially of the nations most vulnerable communities like that of o
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Monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. Scams thathearing on have surfaced during the coronavirus pandemic. A Senate Congress subcommittee heard from officials on protecting the public, especially the senior population. Good afternoon. All here today to a hearing entitled acting americans from covid19 scams covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the Health Crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In addition to the threat this pandemic poses to americans, the Economic Impact resulting from responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. It has become clear that preventing practices and dedicated resources including expanding testing capability and the availability of personal protective equipment are absolute necessities to a responsible path forward in extinguishing this Health Crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency and coordinated recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially the na