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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SCOTUS Punts on Content Moderation, Rush to Regulate AI Sucks All the Oxygen out of D.C.
Read more: SCOTUS Punts on Content Moderation, Rush to Regulate AI Sucks All the Oxygen out of D.C.May 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 their platforms. In short, the high court punted, declining to overturn Section 230. This was the first time the Supreme Court dealt with cases related…
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Developers Alliance Joins Industry Coalition in Calling for Caution on the Revision of the Product Liability Framework
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Industry Coalition in Calling for Caution on the Revision of the Product Liability FrameworkDevelopers Alliance joined a broad coalition of associations representing technology companies in calling the EU legislators not to rush the negotiations on revising the product liability framework. The joint letter points out several important aspects that should be carefully considered due to their impact: • the disproportionate extension of the scope with regard to software,…
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Europe continues to rewrite internet law, from AI algorithms to encryption
Read more: Europe continues to rewrite internet law, from AI algorithms to encryptionThe April 2023 European Policy Update Data protection and privacy The Italian Data Protection Authority has announced that Open AI’s Chat GPT has been reinstated in Italy after implementing a series of changes in response to its order. The changes include enhanced transparency for European users and non-users about the processing of personal data, options…
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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 – laws are being written and implemented that mandate technology companies, their staff, and software developers, to secretly surveil their customers on the government’s behalf. This…
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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 “eventually” but impossible – full stop. Anyone that says anything different is lying, or is naive. Perhaps both. Second, using technology to monitor communications is…
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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. This mindset protects users, helping to create a more robust internet where devs can design and deploy new products and services. These products and services…
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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 the Franklin Square Group, held a webinar to discuss Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act – the law that created the internet. The panel…
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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 reasons are: • lack of transparency for users and data subjects whose data are collected• apparent lack of legal basis for “the massive collection and…
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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 discusses the impact of Section 230 on free speech and the First Amendment. To watch the complete webinar, you can join the Developers Alliance and…
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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 of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” These 26 words…
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