Few members of Congress understand innovation and American competitiveness better than Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA). First elected to Congress in 1992, Representative Eshoo represents a large swath of Silicon Valley….
Read MoreA shrinking handful of Senators reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) again this Congress. Opposition to the bill remains strong, and that’s a good thing. Five fewer…
Read MoreThe USPTO should act with great care as it begins deliberations on reforms to the inter partes review (IPR) program. Developers Alliance members depend on IPR as a method to…
Read MoreMay 2023 US Policy Update Section 230 Lives to See Another Day…For Now The Supreme Court rejected lawsuits seeking to hold Google and Twitter liable for the content hosted on…
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 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 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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