New Technology & Software Regulation
Helping policymakers understand emerging technologies.
Preventing Policy Based on Political Impulses
New technology arises almost daily, and some of it’s incredibly disruptive. It’s critical we work with policymakers to provide knowledge and understanding of these emerging products and software. Why? So they don’t make rash decisions based on little information and a lot of emotion. Whether that’s AI or something that doesn’t exist yet, it’s on us to ensure they’re able to make rational, balanced decisions backed by fact.
The Latest on New Tech & Software Regulation
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UK’s Online Safety Act Is Live, While the EU Sends the First Formal Warnings to Very Large Online Platforms
Read more: UK’s Online Safety Act Is Live, While the EU Sends the First Formal Warnings to Very Large Online PlatformsThe October 2023 European Policy Update Content regulation Source: Ofcom (https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/safer-life-online-for-people-in-uk) The Online Safety Act, the UK’s framework content law, has received Royal Assent and will be implemented by Ofcom…
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Rudderless House Must Correct Course to Support Devs and Grow the Economy
Read more: Rudderless House Must Correct Course to Support Devs and Grow the EconomyOctober 2023 US Policy Update House Chaos Hits Home for Devs In early October, a band of hardline conservative Republicans voted to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from his role as…
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Developers Alliance Joins Other Tech Industry Associations Calling the EU Lawmakers to Strike a Fair Balance on Software Liability
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Other Tech Industry Associations Calling the EU Lawmakers to Strike a Fair Balance on Software LiabilityDevelopers Alliance co-signed a joint industry statement on the revision of the Directive on Liability for Defective Products (PLD), as the inter-institutional negotiations have just started. October 26, 2023 –…
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Key Points for the Revision of the Product Liability Directive
Read more: Key Points for the Revision of the Product Liability DirectiveThe revision of the Product Liability Directive (PLD) was presented as a targeted update of the harmonized framework for a strict liability regime for products in the EU. The proposal…
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Leading by Example: Google and Apple Take Important Green Steps
Read more: Leading by Example: Google and Apple Take Important Green StepsIf you’re into tracking the waves of innovation, you know we’re elbow deep in the AI, robotics, automation, and drone wave. What you may not know is that many scholars…
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We have (non-European) ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s DMA, and encryption is still under threat in both EU and UK
Read more: We have (non-European) ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s DMA, and encryption is still under threat in both EU and UKThe September 2023 European Policy Update Artificial Intelligence The AI Act is closer to a final version as the legislative process enters the last mile. A large part of the…
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Washington Turns Up the Heat on Tech; Developers Alliance Responds in Effort to Protect Innovation
Read more: Washington Turns Up the Heat on Tech; Developers Alliance Responds in Effort to Protect InnovationThe August and September US Policy Update Developers Alliance Joins Broad Coalition Calling on Senate to Reject STOP CSAM Act The Developers Alliance joined dozens of other industry associations, civil…
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Developers Alliance Joins Experts in Urging EU Lawmakers to Revisit Vulnerability Disclosure Rules in the Proposed EU Cyber Resilience Act
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Experts in Urging EU Lawmakers to Revisit Vulnerability Disclosure Rules in the Proposed EU Cyber Resilience ActPresident and CEO of Developers Alliance, Bruce Gustafson, has co-signed a joint letter with industry experts calling the EU lawmakers to reconsider the vulnerability disclosure requirements under the proposed EU…
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Artificial Intelligence Act – Key Points for the Last Mile of the Legislative Process
Read more: Artificial Intelligence Act – Key Points for the Last Mile of the Legislative ProcessAs the last phase of the legislative process unfolds, Developers Alliance reminds the EU co-legislators of several essential aspects:
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Fall 2023: Regulating Tech
Read more: Fall 2023: Regulating TechDeveloper issues are going to be widely debated behind the scenes even as politics takes center stage If you live inside the Brussels or DC bubble, you already know that…
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