This week, the US signed into law a ban on ByteDance owning TikTok as part of an appropriations bill; the company has 270 days to sell off TikTok or lose access to the US market. Edward Zitron published an interesting article, looking through emails produced during the antitrust case, explaining what went wrong behind the…
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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…
Links for Week of March 22, 2024
This week, there is some interesting commentary on the Supreme Court’s rulings in two cases involving when it is OK for government officials to block comments on their social media pages. The standard is not well defined, though. I also liked Bruce Schneier’s essay written with Nathan Sanders on AI and the Evolution of Social…
Links for Week of February 23, 2024
This week, more came out about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The 4th Circuit ruled to block a $1B copyright verdict from 2019 against an ISP, Cox Communications. I also liked a Verge article about Robots.Txt files. KOSA Copyright Robots.Txt files
Links for Week of January 12, 2024
This week, an Ohio social medial law was blocked for vagueness. The law would have required parental approval for children’s social media accounts. Evan Brown had a nice post on an Alaskan court allowing blockchain service of process, in a case involving blockchain. Further, I liked Dennis Kennedy’s musings on why he’s decided to step…
Links for Week of October 27, 2023
This week, I found Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto to be interesting reading. Further, Nilay Patel of the Verge had a great interview with Professor Lawrence Lessig. Deep thoughts all around! Techno-Optimist Manifesto Interview – Lawrence Lessig
Links for Week of September 30, 2022
Internet Governance / Social Media https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/netchoice-paxton-first-amendment-social-media-content-moderation Trade Dress / Copyright https://evan.law/2022/09/27/company-successfully-defends-against-trade-dress-and-copyright-infringement-claims-over-online-software-tool/ Discussion of Hachette v. Internet Archive https://www.llrx.com/2022/09/fenced-off-culture-the-privatized-internet-internet-archive/
Links for Week of September 23, 2022
Privacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/18/phone-data-privacy-customs/ https://gizmodo.com/ncis-whistleblower-military-data-broker-cymru-wyden-1849564984 Copyright https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/09/a-3-month-check-in-on-the-copyright-claims-board-ccb.htm Social Media https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/florida-to-supreme-court-let-us-regulate-social-networks-as-common-carriers/
Links for Week of September 16, 2022
Social Media https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/meta-tiktok-youtube-and-twitter-senate-hearing/ Antitrust https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/14/california-amazon-antitrust-lawsuit/ Internet Governance https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/eu-cyber-resilience-act-draft/ Trademark https://mashable.com/article/apple-iphone-14-dynamic-island-trademark-jamaica
Links for Week of September 9, 2022
Here’s the link to my interview with the 808 Podcast on Social Media Policies: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6973641587012644864/ Antitrust https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/08/content-moderation-blows-up-journalism-antitrust-bill-00055556 Privacy https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/efforts-to-id-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-raise-privacy-issues/