1.0Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Lawhttps://lawyerscommittee.orgIan Weinerhttps://lawyerscommittee.org/author/idweinerlawyerscommittee-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://lawyerscommittee.org/washington-d-c-passes-landmark-civil-rights-legislation-prohibits-discrimination-by-websites-and-other-online-services/">Washington, D.C. Passes Landmark Civil Rights Legislation, Prohibits Discrimination by Websites and Other Online Services</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lawyerscommittee.org/washington-d-c-passes-landmark-civil-rights-legislation-prohibits-discrimination-by-websites-and-other-online-services/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Washington, D.C. Passes Landmark Civil Rights Legislation, Prohibits Discrimination by Websites and Other Online Services” — Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>(Washington, D.C.) – The Washington, D.C. Council unanimously passed legislation today that will strengthen the District’s Human Rights Act by extending its public accommodations protections to online platforms. This will prohibit online service providers, such as social media platforms, from discriminating in their services and will allow legal action against online harassers who target D.C. […]