Links for Week of April 12, 2024

This week, a surprise announcement of a bipartisan federal data privacy bill was quite interesting. Many prior efforts have gone by the wayside. The movie industry is again asking for new legislation to block websites dealing in pirated movies. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s essay on the end of online mobs.

American Privacy Rights Act

• https://iapp.org/news/a/top-takeaways-from-the-draft-american-privacy-rights-act/

Site Blocking Proposal

• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/movie-industry-demands-us-law-requiring-isps-to-block-piracy-websites/

The End of Online Mobs

• https://www.technollama.co.uk/the-end-of-the-online-mob-and-the-end-of-shared-reality