The bill would remove some of those protections by allowing users who face cyberstalking, targeted harassment and discrimination to seek legal action against the platforms.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Anti-Defamation League said they support the Democratic proposal, but it is already facing some opposition from progressives with the digital rights group Fight for the Future saying the bill would solidify the market power of tech giants and harm smaller sites.
AMAZON DENIED: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday denied Amazon’s request to delay a union election at one of its fulfillment centers in Alabama.
The Cybersecurity 202: Experts push Biden to establish presidential commission to boost trust in elections Tonya Riley
with Aaron Schaffer After a volatile election cycle marred by unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, a group of experts is recommending that President Biden form a commission to boost Americans confidence in elections and to propose ways to increase security by 2022. The Alliance for Securing Democracy and Center for Democracy and Technology, in a new report first shared with The Cybersecurity 202, wants Biden to form such a commission by executive order in his first term. They envision a six-month period for the commission to hear from a variety of stakeholders, including local election officials and cybersecurity experts, and recommend ways to improve U.S. election administration and faith in the results.
The Gaston Gazette
Gaston County school board members spent their Monday morning coordinating with lawmakers on hopes and goals for the future of Gaston County Schools.
House Reps. John Torbett, Dana Bumgardner, and Kelly Hastings, along with N.C Sens. Kathy Harrington and N.C. Sen. Ted Alexander, attended the board’s 2021 legislative meeting, which the board holds annually to communicate with state legislative leaders.
The all-Republican legislative delegation kicked off the meeting by summarizing a variety of ongoing issues, including inconsistent vaccine roll out across the state, curriculum and instruction, getting students back in school and the state budget. While it’s early, Torbett said the pandemic may have not had significant impacts on funding.
When Hector Xavier Monsegur reviewed the hacker movie Blackhat for the news site the Daily Dot (published under the byline of Kevin Collier, national security reporter), there were rumblings. Monsegur, better known as Sabu, had been the de facto leader of LulzSec and AntiSec; later he became better-known for selling out his crew members and becoming not merely a cooperative federal witness, but a proactive collaborator who willingly directed, then sold out his crew members. Former crewmate Jeremy Hammond, for instance, has done his best from behind the bars where he’ll be for the next ten years to explain that Monsegur and the FBI created, ordered, and facilitated crimes including those for which Hammond is serving time.
More than 600 students and employees at Gaston County Schools tested positive for COVID-19 during the first semester of the 2020-21 school year.
As of the week of Dec. 14, 2020, 650 students and employees contracted the virus at some point during the semester, according to charts provided by the school district.
That total includes 21 COVID-19 cases at the school district central office and seven cases among those in Gaston Virtual Academy.
Aside from the occasional dip, case totals per week within the school district has steadily increased since school began in August.
Gaston County Schools reported a massive jump, from 65 cases the week of Nov. 30 to 119 cases the following week.