President Joe Biden on Friday
revoked a controversial executive order that former President Donald Trump signed last summer that targeted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Trump’s executive order directed a section of the Commerce Department to petition the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to “clarify” Section 230. Trump signed the order after Twitter fact-checked several of his tweets.
The former president
became fixated on the law, which shields all websites from being liable for what users post on them, as his presidency ended.
The executive order was
faced a lawsuit from a consumer advocacy group that argued it was unconstitutional.
A Bucks County mom was ordered to stand trial Friday for allegedly harassing her teen daughter’s cheerleading squad teammates with anonymous messages and videos. Investigators are still trying to determine if "deepfake" technology was used to create the images.
Langhorne man gets prison for assault on Bucks County prison cellmate
A Langhorne man will spend up to four years in state prison for assaulting his cellmate in Bucks County Prison early last year.
On Thursday, Javier Blanco, 24, pleaded guilty to assaulting his cellmate, causing a brain bleed in January 2020, according to Manuel Gamiz Jr., spokesman for the Bucks County District Attorney s Office.
Blanco was sentenced to two to four years in state prison, as well as two years of probation, Gamiz said. Judge Diane Gibbons accepted the plea.
Bucks County Corrections and county detectives jointly filed charges stating Blanco assaulted his 68-year-old cellmate on Jan. 3, 2020.