Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia., chairs a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Manchin and other Senate infrastructure negotiators are meeting with President Joe Biden […]
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Slower traffic should keep right under the law. But how often does that happen?
It is a universal pet peeve: a car or truck that cannot keep up with the flow of traffic. You’re traveling on the interstate on cruise control — maybe you’re speeding, maybe you’re not — and then BOOM, you’re forced to hit the brakes because another car is in the […]
Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens : NPR
Roman Dobrokhotov, chief editor of The Insider, walks surrounded by police and journalists, in Moscow on Wednesday. Police raided his home after the investigative news organization was designated as a “foreign agent.” Last week, it became the 16th media outlet to be added to the Russian Justice Ministry’s foreign agents […]
China’s PIPL privacy law imposes new data handling requirements
Credit: Dreamstime As part of the country’s growing scrutiny over the tech sector, China enacted on August 21 a sprawling and comprehensive data privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which goes into effect on November 1, 2021. In combination with China’s newly enacted and still little-understood Data Protection […]
Cyber Law Gives Cuba New Way to Silence Critics, Analysts Say | Voice of America
MADRID – Cuba has introduced new controls over online content deemed to affect national interests, in a move described as “Orwellian” by independent media and activists. Decree 35 was passed last week, following the biggest anti-government protests in decades, as Cubans called for better living conditions amid economic hardship and […]