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Google Opt-Outs: Greater or Less Transparency for Consumers?
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Google Opt-Outs: Greater or Less Transparency for Consumers?

So while the CMA’s decision prioritizes the rights and transparency needs of firms relying on a “strategic,” regulated company, it does so at the expense of end-consumer confidence in the…

After Billions in Spending, the FCC May Finally Ask Whether E-Rate Improves Student Learning
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After Billions in Spending, the FCC May Finally Ask Whether E-Rate Improves Student Learning

The FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asks whether the E-Rate program should be changed to reflect today's digital environment. The honest answer is that we don't know, because we've never…

Will the First Amendment Affect the Midterms? Government Pressure to Control Speech and AI Tools Worries Americans
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Will the First Amendment Affect the Midterms? Government Pressure to Control Speech and AI Tools Worries Americans

A recent poll conducted for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression indicates that a large portion the public is concerned about the federal government pressuring private businesses to influence…

A Federal Privacy Law Must Face the Tradeoffs
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A Federal Privacy Law Must Face the Tradeoffs

A federal privacy law with meaningful preemption would not eliminate every cost of privacy regulation, but it would make those costs more predictable and more uniform.

The Internet’s Continuous Crime Problem, and How the Domain Industry Is Profiting From It
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The Internet’s Continuous Crime Problem, and How the Domain Industry Is Profiting From It

The domain name registration market has a serious but solvable problem: An estimated one in five sales currently benefit criminal actors. New research puts that reality in sharp focus, and…

Can Congress Use AI?
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Can Congress Use AI?

Shane is joined by Aubrey Wilson to discuss how Congress can provide members and staff with the training, guardrails, and practical support they need to use AI responsibly and effectively. 

Government-Compelled Speech and the Groundhog Dayification of Social Media Regulation
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Government-Compelled Speech and the Groundhog Dayification of Social Media Regulation

Lawmakers can break free from their Groundhog Day-like repetitive cycle of statutory futility in regulating social media platforms by adopting their own public-information campaigns and digital literacy programs to help…

Generative AI Spam Clogs the Paths to Justice: Is More AI the Answer?
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Generative AI Spam Clogs the Paths to Justice: Is More AI the Answer?

As we proceed deeper into an AI economy where scarce but expensive human resources are required to buttress against the excesses of (near-costlessly generated) AI spam, such taxes offer an…

Cartoon Preemption in Federal Privacy Legislation
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Cartoon Preemption in Federal Privacy Legislation

The SECURE Data Act would improperly sweep away state laws and legal approaches that help protect privacy and data security.

The European Commission’s New Proposed Regulations Want to Re-Engineer Your Smartphone
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The European Commission’s New Proposed Regulations Want to Re-Engineer Your Smartphone

The smartphone is a meticulously engineered security architecture, and the European Commission's Draft Measures under the Digital Markets Act now threaten its integrity.

AI in the Everyday: Notes from Google I/O
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AI in the Everyday: Notes from Google I/O

A week ago, I had the chance to attend Google I/O, which made one thing clear: the next phase of AI isn't about the extraordinary. It's about the everyday.

Chatrie After-Action: Lock Up Your Stuff
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Chatrie After-Action: Lock Up Your Stuff

Chatrie will make it no wiser to rely on legal protections. You must lock up your own stuff.

AI Cybersecurity Can’t Wait for Washington: Why Industry Must Lead
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AI Cybersecurity Can’t Wait for Washington: Why Industry Must Lead

Industry must lead in AI cybersecurity. The government must be ready to keep up.

Lessons From Arkansas: Social Media Addiction Legislation is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary
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Lessons From Arkansas: Social Media Addiction Legislation is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary

An April decision by a federal court in Arkansas illustrates why legislation designed to prevent the supposed scourge–moral panic?–of social media addiction is both unconstitutional and unwarranted.

In AI, Bigger Firms Mean Faster Progress
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In AI, Bigger Firms Mean Faster Progress

Large firms are not slowing AI; naïve regulatory policies do.