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 –…
Read MoreDevs 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….
Read MoreMarch 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…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreYou 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…
Read MoreFebruary 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…
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court has a decision to make. Will they override We The People? What, exactly, do Supreme Court Justices know about the internet? Its origins, how it works,…
Read MoreThe following quote can be attributed to Bruce Gustafson, CEO of the Alliance: “Entrepreneurs and VCs rely on predictable and rational markets when they invest in innovation. For many small…
Read MoreJanuary 2023 US Policy Update Developers Alliances Submits Brief in SCOTUS Internet Liability Case On January 19, the Developers Alliance submitted an amicus brief in the case of Gonzalez v….
Read MoreExpert guidance from actual experts The challenge with regulating future-focused tech is that there’s a chronic shortage of technical experts in government. It doesn’t matter how smart the lawyers are;…
Read MoreThis week, developers and firms around the world are working to raise data security awareness as part of Data Privacy Week. Data Privacy Week was created in 2008 by the…
Read MorePrepare for the next internet cycle. AI is here for real, and no one’s truly ready. As I write this, the internet is agog over ChatGPT. A class-action lawsuit is…
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