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Texas sued over terrible social media law

The Verge

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) have sued to stop Texas from enforcing HB 20, a new law barring large social media companies from banning users or removing content based on the “viewpoint” of the user. It argues that as a whole, the law infringes on web services’ right to free expression.

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

Achieve

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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Local history buffs are turning to Facebook to share memories of bygone eras

Fast Company Tech

And while some history pages are run by professional historians or museum workers like Marks, many others are run by amateurs who essentially volunteer their time to moderate posts, removing spam and other unwanted content like political arguments from groups that in some cases have hundreds of thousands of members.

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. How many Florida panthers still exist in the U.S.?”) (“Joe, join our new Art Lovers Speakers Series.”) Subject line: “How many Florida panthers still exist in the U.S.?”

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. How many Florida panthers still exist in the U.S.?”) (“Joe, join our new Art Lovers Speakers Series.”) Subject line: “How many Florida panthers still exist in the U.S.?”

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Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on ‘viewpoint’

The Verge

The new law , passed as HB 20 in early September, controversially prohibits banning (or demonetizing or otherwise restricting) content based on “the viewpoint of the user or another person,” whether or not that viewpoint is expressed on the social media platform itself. unless they’re spam. Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images.

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Decrypted: How Twitter was hacked, GitHub DMCA backfires

TechCrunch

On Wednesday night, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe blamed Iran for an email operation designed to intimidate voters in Florida into voting for President Trump “or else.” It’s estimated about 2,500 emails went through in the end, with the rest getting caught in spam filters.

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