A congressional committee OK’d the Kids Online Safety Act, but there is no set timing on when the full Senate will take it up.
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CT’s senators differ on social media protections for children
Sen. Chris Murphy supports barring children under 13 from social media. But Sen. Richard Blumenthal believes age limits are hard to enforce.
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CT-led bill aims to protect kids online. Will it clear Congress?
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is renewing a push for the Kids Online Safety Act, which would implement stricter settings on sites used by minors.
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Connecticut House joins national civil rights campaign over Black hair styles
The Connecticut House voted for a bill intended to protect Black women from discrimination over their hair.
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The meeting was virtual. The racism all too real.
There was nothing new in the attack against Hayes. And that, say Black politicians, is the bigger problem.
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Internet giants say they are open to new political-ad rules
WASHINGTON — When it comes to disclosures about political ads, the Internet was like the Wild West, with few regulations that required them to lift the veil on those using social media to influence voters, a situation that allowed Russian operatives to meddle in U.S. elections last year. But that may be changing thanks to political pressure from lawmakers, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
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Tweet, Facebook post generate blowback at GOP
President Trump retweeted a cartoon image of a train running over a CNN reporter to his 35.9 million Twitter followers. Kyle Reyes, owner of a self-described “outrageous” Manchester marketing company, questioned in a Facebook video seen 36,000 times if the white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., actually were actors hired by the political left. Both caused problems for the GOP.
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Is the F-35 stealth fighter vulnerable to a Trump tweet?
One of Connecticut’s U.S. senators insists he won’t jump at every tweet by President-elect Donald J. Trump. But the other says he could not ignore what he took as Trump’s suggestion Monday that production of the F-35 fighter, the source of thousands of job in Connecticut and air superiority for the U.S. and its allies, might be reduced or abandoned.
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CT House passes online financial protections
The state House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation Wednesday that would broaden consumer protections against on-line financial threats ranging from payday loans to identity theft.
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Tribal lenders claim right to charge 448% on loans in CT
An Oklahoma tribe and its allies are fighting a legal, advertising and social-media war in Connecticut, claiming a right as a sovereign government to make unlicensed short-term loans at astronomical interest rates in defiance of state usury laws.