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The Verge 

KOSA sponsors urge ‘quick and clean’ Senate vote with less than two weeks until recess

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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will finally get its moment on the Senate floor this week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced he’d move for a procedural vote on the bill as soon as Thursday. It fulfills a promise Schumer made to parent advocates who have championed the bill, which would impose a duty of care for online platforms to mitigate certain risks to kids. But the timing means that even if KOSA passes the Senate before the week is out... Читать дальше...

NBC News 

Netanyahu begins high-stakes Washington visit

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled progress toward a deal to get the hostages released by Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu met with hostage families in Washington ahead of his address to Congress on Wednesday and his meeting with President Biden. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports.

Scoop 

Lawyers For Survivors Welcome The Royal Commission’s Final Report

Cooper Legal celebrates and welcomes the tabling of the Royal Commission’s final report, Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light (“Whanaketia”), but also remembers those survivors who have died waiting for accountability.

Times Union 

Judge approves referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning of island community

A Georgia judge has approved a referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities. McIntosh County Probate Court Judge Harold Webster on Tuesday ordered that a special election be held Oct. 1. He said election officials verified that more than 20% of county voters signed a referendum petition. The referendum seeks to overturn a decision by McIntosh County commissioners to allow larger homes in the tiny Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island. Читать дальше...

PYMNTS.com 

HFSC Chairman McHenry: US Must Remain Leader in AI Development

The financial services industry may serve as a proving ground for the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said Tuesday (July 23). McHenry said this in opening remarks delivered during the committee’s hearing on AI applications in financial services and housing. “The financial services industry — one of […]

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