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Patchwork AI Regulations

By Ryan E. Long on December 26, 2023 at 4:36 pm

Introduction

Where’s Waldo LLC (“Waldo”), your U.K. based digital advertising company, just got funded. Wonderful news! But it also just received a notice from the California Attorney General. Not wonderful. Why did you receive it? In the AG’s view, Waldo has been doing business in California since 2019. Along the way, Waldo’s AI has been scraping and storing digital personality profiles of 100,000 California residents. The software then creates visual representations of this data for licensing to brands like Nike. Nobody told you that California’s Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulates the collection of such information. Until now. Read more to learn about some of the laws in the U.S. and beyond that regulate AI. Read more about Patchwork AI Regulations

FCC starts process to bring back common sense net neutrality protections and broadband oversight

By Barbara van Schewick on October 19, 2023 at 9:00 am

On Thursday, the FCC Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking for comments on the FCC’s plan to restore net neutrality.

Here’s my statement:

“I’m pleased that the FCC started the process to bring back net neutrality for all Americans and restore its oversight over the companies we pay to get online.  Read more about FCC starts process to bring back common sense net neutrality protections and broadband oversight

White paper: Consumer confusion audits and performance-based regulation

By Jen King on October 6, 2023 at 4:25 pm

In 2018, Professors Lauren Willis (Law, Loyola Law School), Manoj Hastak (Marketing, American University) and I (Jen King) submitted a report to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) to assist the ASIC with considering the feasibility of confusion audits and caps as a form of per Read more about White paper: Consumer confusion audits and performance-based regulation

Future Cybersecurity: Hybrid Threats Require Balanced Preparation

By Richard Forno on September 15, 2023 at 9:54 am

Last month, I was appointed an Honorary International Professor at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH), one of Mexico's older universities.  As part of the investiture ceremony, I presented a formal talk on the need for interdisciplinarity in cybersecurity thinking and some ideas on fostering the 'hacker mindset' in the modern era, which i am reposting here to help further our ongoing discussions about cybersecurity at CIS and beyond.

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Rushing to Launch the EU's Platform Database Experiment

By Daphne Keller on July 16, 2023 at 3:29 pm

One of the least appreciated transparency measures in the EU’s new Digital Services Act (DSA) is the requirement for platforms to send the Commission information about each individual content moderation action, and for the Commission to make that information available in a public database. Draft technical specifications for submissions to the database are out now. They are in real need of improvement, but it's not clear if there is time for that to happen. Read more about Rushing to Launch the EU's Platform Database Experiment

Yes, Telefonica, Forcing Apps to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality

By Barbara van Schewick on July 14, 2023 at 12:05 am

The European Commission is evaluating a proposal by Europe’s largest telecoms to force websites and apps to pay broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange, and Deutsche Telekom. This dangerous proposal would require companies like Twitch, YouTube, Netflix and more to pay every broadband provider in Europe, ostensibly to help fund the build out of faster networks in the EU. Read more about Yes, Telefonica, Forcing Apps to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality

EU Telecoms’ Newest Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Is Just As Terrible As Their Previous One

By Barbara van Schewick on July 8, 2023 at 4:26 am

Europe’s largest telecoms have a new proposal to get the government to force websites and apps to pay them, claiming it’s a beautiful market-friendly, light-touch, targeted solution. 

But if you look just a little closer, it’s the same as their previous flawed proposal. Read more about EU Telecoms’ Newest Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Is Just As Terrible As Their Previous One

Europe’s biggest telecoms are trying to trick the European Parliament into endorsing their proposal to force websites to pay them without proper evaluation and debate. MEPs shouldn’t let them.

By Barbara van Schewick on June 12, 2023 at 8:34 am

On Tuesday, June 13, the European Parliament Read more about Europe’s biggest telecoms are trying to trick the European Parliament into endorsing their proposal to force websites to pay them without proper evaluation and debate. MEPs shouldn’t let them.

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