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Attorney General Charity Clark: Press Conference - Data Privacy Day - January 28 01/26/2024

Recorded January 26, 2024.

Attorney General Charity Clark: Press Conference - $300,000 in Refunds to Vulnerable Vermonters 01/24/2024

Recorded January 24, 2024.

Attorney General Charity Clark: Attorney General Clark Announces Top Scams of 2023 01/11/2024

From the Office of AG Clark:

Attorney General Charity Clark announces the top 10 scams reported to her office’s Consumer Assistance Program in 2023. The press conference highlights scam trends and gives tips on how Vermonters can protect themselves from scams.

The Attorney General is joined by staff from the Consumer Assistance Program.

Attorney General Charity Clark: Announcing Lawsuit Against Meta for Instagram’s Harm to Teens’ Mental Health 10/24/2023

From the Office of AG Clark:

Attorney General Charity Clark announces the filing of a ground-breaking consumer protection lawsuit. The lawsuit will be filed as part of a coordinated,
nationwide enforcement action to protect youth. Attorney General Clark is joined by members of her office’s Consumer Protection Unit.

Attorney General Charity Clark has sued Meta to hold the company accountable for its contribution to the mental health crisis that grips teens in America and Vermont. The lawsuit, which targets Instagram, alleges Meta designed Instagram to cause young people to use the platform compulsively and excessively. Meta did this to maximize the time young users spend on the platform in order to maximize the company’s advertising revenue. In addition to causing compulsive use, Instagram poses other serious mental health risks to youth, which Meta knows and continues to perpetuate.

Attorney General Charity Clark: Attorney General Clark Discusses Disaster Relief Scams 07/14/2023

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, and Attorney General Charity Clark discuss different scams associated with disaster relief. Examples of scams to be aware of are phony charities, FEMA imposters, contractor fraud, and to a lesser extent price gouging.

For more information visit: www.ago.vermont.gov/cap or contact at 800-649-2424 or 

Attorney General Charity Clark: Attorney General Clark Announces Major Environmental Lawsuit 06/19/2023

From the Office of AG Clark:

Attorney General Charity Clark announces the filing of a major environmental lawsuit. The lawsuit is the first major suit filed during her tenure as Attorney General.

Attorney General Clark is joined by members of her office’s Environmental Protection Unit as well as a representative of the Agency of Natural Resources. 

Attorney General Charity Clark: Attorney General Clark Announces Top Scams of 2022 02/06/2023

From the Office of AG Clark:

Attorney General Charity Clark announces the top 10 scams reported to her office’s Consumer Assistance Program in 2022. The press conference highlights scam trends and gives tips on how Vermonters can protect themselves from scams.

The Attorney General is joined by staff from the Consumer Assistance Program.

The People's Law School: Understanding Your First Amendment Rights 07/21/2021

What does “freedom of speech” really mean? Join Professor Peter Teachout of Vermont Law School, Lia Ernst of the ACLU, Rebecca Turner of the Defender General’s Office, and Ben Battles and Rachel Smith of the Attorney General’s Office for a discussion of how the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the peoples’ rights to speak and protest.

Topics discussed include:

  • a brief overview of the First Amendment and the rights it protects
  • the right to protest
  • free speech and the police
  • students’ free speech rights

Attorney General TJ Donovan Announces Robocall Taskforce and Recent Settlement 04/28/2021

Attorney General T.J. Donovan announces a settlement with a small Florida-based company that routed thousands of foreign scam robocalls to Vermonters. The Attorney General investigated the company—Strategic IT Partner—after reports of scam robocalls to the Vermont Consumer Assistance Program (CAP). The settlement prevents Strategic IT Partner from bringing any robocalls into the U.S. from abroad unless the company first verifies they are wholly legitimate. The Attorney General announces the formation of a Robocall Team to assist in the office’s ongoing efforts to combat scam calls in Vermont.
 
“No U.S.-based phone company has ever been required to protect against illegal foreign call traffic so thoroughly,” said Attorney General Donovan. “But let me be clear: This is far from the end to scam robocalls, unfortunately. Dozens of U.S.-based companies carry illegal robocalls into the country by the millions every day. I am committed to continuing to identify those companies and confronting them. I want to thank the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General for their support and collaboration.”

St. Joseph's Orphanage Task Force to Announce Conclusion of St. Joseph's Orphanage Investigation 12/14/2020

The Attorney General and other members of the St. Joseph’s Orphanage Task Force announce the conclusion of their investigation into allegations of abuse and murder that took place at the St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington from 1940 to its closure in 1974.

Attorney General Donovan

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger

Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham

Acting Chief of the Burlington Police Department Jon Murad

The spokespersons for the Voices of St. Joseph’s Orphanage

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!

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