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CPUC Says It Can't Enforce Controversial BEAD Condition
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) accepted BEAD funding but said that it has neither the authority nor intention to enforce some of the conditio…
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California Accepts $1.4 Billion Federal Broadband Grant That Could Threaten Its Own Consumer Protection Laws
UPDATE, Nov. 3, 2026: The California Public Utilities Commission signed the Notice of Award for the state’s $1.42 billion federal broadband grant Monday, accept…
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Tech, Telecom Scholars Tell Gavin Newsom To Find His Spine
I recently noted how California’s being told by the Trump administration that it can’t enforce any of its own telecom consumer protection laws if it wants to re…
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When the Fire Comes, Our Phones Have to Work. Condition 50 Puts That at Risk.
In the hills of West Sonoma County, a fire can crest a ridge faster than an evacuation order can reach you. In our Hacienda Firewise Council, we practice phone…
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AI Experts Warn California Lawmakers About Potential Danger
Experts in artificial intelligence delivered a sobering message to California legislators Wednesday: The technology is advancing at a rapid pace and the threats…
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The nudity is fake. The sextortion is real.
Stopping the spread of these apps is not easy. Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI, described efforts to…
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Trump Administration Could Nullify California Internet Protections
On August 31, the Trump administration sent formal notice of a $1.42 billion grant to California to supply broadband access to 270,000 households and businesses…
Strict Liability for AI Executives
As an OpenAI whistleblower recently explained, AI executives have knowingly fostered a culture that “guarantees periodic failures,” the scale of which is “growi…
Meaningful Data Minimization
Data minimization—the requirement that entities should collect, process, or transfer only personal data that is necessary and proportionate to a particular purp…
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A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy. .…
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SRI announces new Advisory Board and inaugural Scientific Advisory Committee
The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) at the University of Toronto has appointed a new Advisory Board and established a Scientific Adv…
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New Research Paper on Federal AI-CSAM Prosecutions
Together with Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that someho…