The Senate reauthorized the U.S. SAFE WEB Act for another...
The Senate reauthorized the U.S. SAFE WEB Act for another seven years, by a voice vote Wednesday evening. Lawmakers in the upper chamber passed HR-6131, a House-passed bill to extend the 2006 law that provides the FTC with legal authority…
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and information sharing tools to combat international Internet scams, spyware and fraud targeted at U.S. citizens. The bill was authored by outgoing Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., and unanimously passed the House in September. Bono Mack said reauthorizing the bill was one of her top priorities and said it’s necessary to protect American consumers from “online predators” who are “jeopardizing future innovation as well as our nation’s fragile economic recovery,” in a news release following the Senate vote. Bono Mack lost her bid for reelection to Democratic challenger Paul Ruiz, a physician.