Key Facts

• Roger Williams is the Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business.
• He called for modernizing federal laws about surveillance.
• The goal is to protect businesses from unfair wiretapping lawsuits.
• These lawsuits involve regular technologies used on websites.
• The legislative efforts to address this are bipartisan, meaning both political parties support them.
• The changes aim to stop what is seen as misuse of wiretap laws against businesses.
• Wiretapping laws currently may not reflect modern technology used online.