The Internet Association, Whose Members Include Amazon, Facebook and Google, Writes Open Letter To Donald Trump (cnet.com) 19
The Internet Association -- a group of 40 top internet companies including Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Netflix, Twitter, Uber and Yahoo -- issued an open letter on Monday that congratulates Donald Trump on his victory and offers a long list of policy positions they hope he'll consider during his time as president. From a report on CNET:That list includes:
Upholding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act so internet companies can't get sued easily for things their users say or do online.
Upholding Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act so internet companies can't get easily sued if they quickly remove copyrighted content that users upload (such as infringing photos and YouTube videos).
Reforming the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act -- "Internet users must have the same protections for their inbox as they do for their mailbox," states the association. Supporting strong encryption (Trump called for a boycott of Apple when it refused to comply with an FBI order to unlock an iPhone linked to terror.)
Reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which lets the NSA collect online communications without a warrant.
Providing similar copyright protections for companies that operate outside the US.
Reforming the US Patent Office to deter patent trolls, a term for companies that sue other companies based on patents without actually producing new products.Here's the full list.
Upholding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act so internet companies can't get sued easily for things their users say or do online.
Upholding Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act so internet companies can't get easily sued if they quickly remove copyrighted content that users upload (such as infringing photos and YouTube videos).
Reforming the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act -- "Internet users must have the same protections for their inbox as they do for their mailbox," states the association. Supporting strong encryption (Trump called for a boycott of Apple when it refused to comply with an FBI order to unlock an iPhone linked to terror.)
Reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which lets the NSA collect online communications without a warrant.
Providing similar copyright protections for companies that operate outside the US.
Reforming the US Patent Office to deter patent trolls, a term for companies that sue other companies based on patents without actually producing new products.Here's the full list.
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You beat me to it! I had to go back and forth several times... "Yup! That's a dupe!"
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It's the End of the Universe. [youtube.com]
Why stop at two... (Score:1)
Who knows? Maybe they're gunning for a hat trick.
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Yes, I agree I never thought it would come to this. But think about it in technology context for a moment. Google News, then Facebook, have been automatically curating news for a long time now. And Slashdot - the technical elite - is selecting, editing (mangling no more I guess) and then publishing them by hand. The irony kills me. Why are we doing it by hand?
Trump this! Thump that! Marsha Marsha Marsha! (Score:1)
Can't you come up for air?
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The "libs" crying are people stuck on a bubble that don't even dare to challenge the vision imposed on em.
It's pretty much a cult thing.
Most things in there are good except one (Score:1)
On demand and sharing economy companies are (Score:2)
On demand and sharing economy companies are Controlling workers like Employee W2 but only paying them like 1099's and they don't cover workers comp or in some cases letting them bear the risk when things go bad that if they where W2 that the employer covers.
If one is good... (Score:1)
replace H1B with Green Card is a good idea as it (Score:2)
replace H1B with Green Card is a good idea as it removes the H1B job lock.
DMCA (Score:1)
No. SCRAP the DMCA altogether. DMCA has been abused countless times to stifle free speech with no repercussions. At the very least, there needs to be a strong deterrent to repeat offenders who abuse the power of DMCA takedown notices.
Some of that list (Score:2)
Data driven innovation? How about trying to learn how to encrypt your own brands data before seeking even less consumer privacy with lots of different data?
Warrant for content stored across technologies? That US wide domestic collect it all policy seems to be getting its access for decades without comment.
Strong encryption? What use is strong encryption if the US brands hand over the keys to the US gov?