Content, Privacy & Data Regulation
Protecting consumer privacy without inhibiting developers’ ability to innovate.
Shaping Effective Privacy Policy That Doesn’t Overstep
Consumer protection, specifically related to digital privacy and data regulation, continues to be a focus of policymakers worldwide. But we believe good intentions can have unexpected results. Unnecessarily burdensome standards for securing online communications and tracking confidentiality can have a horrendous impact on small businesses and software developers. We work with the tech industry and lawmakers to help them better understand this complex topic as they write new regulation.
The Latest on Privacy & Data Regulation
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Congress Tackles Tech and Minors. But Are Their Solutions the Right Ones?
Read more: Congress Tackles Tech and Minors. But Are Their Solutions the Right Ones?April 2023 US Policy Update Not Every Social Problem has a Tech Solution Across the world – in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere –…
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Not Every Social Problem has a Tech Solution
Read more: Not Every Social Problem has a Tech SolutionTech can accomplish many things, but it can’t do that. Facts first. It is impossible to have both secure communications and a back door for law enforcement. Not “hard” or…
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More Deliberation Needed Before Senate Considers CSAM Bills
Read more: More Deliberation Needed Before Senate Considers CSAM BillsDevs work hard to make the internet a safer place. They have long operated under the premise that consumer trust is paramount, since users won’t pay for services they distrust….
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Content Moderation Takes Center Stage in Washington
Read more: Content Moderation Takes Center Stage in WashingtonMarch 2023 US Policy Update The Shield and Sword of Online Speech: Debating the future of Section 230 On March 23, the Developers Alliance, along with allies from Tripadvisor and…
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Italy Bans ChatGPT While the UK Takes a Pro-innovation Approach to AI Regulation
Read more: Italy Bans ChatGPT While the UK Takes a Pro-innovation Approach to AI RegulationThe March 2023 European Policy Update Artificial Intelligence The Italian Data Protection Authority (il Garante) has imposed a temporary limitation on the processing of Italian users’ data through ChatGPT. The…
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The Shield and Sword of Online Speech: Debating the future of Section 230.
Read more: The Shield and Sword of Online Speech: Debating the future of Section 230.The “Debating the Future of Section 230: The Shield and Sword of Online Speech” webinar presented diverse viewpoints on content moderation and governance. This brief video clip from the webinar…
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FAQs: A Primer for Section 230
Read more: FAQs: A Primer for Section 230What is Section 230? In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act. The Communications Decency Act’s Section 230 included the “26 words that created the internet”: “No provider or user…
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Senate Panel Holds Content Moderation Hearing, Alliance Weighs In
Read more: Senate Panel Holds Content Moderation Hearing, Alliance Weighs InYou could argue that some of the most important words in society today are found in a relatively obscure law crafted in 1996. That was the year Congress passed the…
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The DSA marks its first deadline, while the DMA gets into technical discussions
Read more: The DSA marks its first deadline, while the DMA gets into technical discussionsThe European February 2023 Policy Update Competition in Digital Markets The European Commission has sent an updated Statement of objections to Apple on concerns over App Store rules for music…
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Tech on Front Burner As Congress and Courts Tackle Multiple Issues
Read more: Tech on Front Burner As Congress and Courts Tackle Multiple IssuesFebruary 2023 US Policy Update The U.S. Supreme Court has a decision to make. Will they override We the People? The legal plumbing at the heart of all this is…
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