Hey USAmericans, your govt is trying to wreck the internet for everyone. Please make them stop.

"On July 20, we’re launching a week of action to get loud about our opposition to legislation like #KOSA and #EARNIT and demanding that Congress focus on passing badly needed comprehensive privacy legislation to actually protect us from the harms of big tech companies and data brokers ..."

https://www.badinternetbills.com/

#US #TechRegulation #privacy #DataFarming

#HatTip to @bstacey for the link.

Hey USAmericans, your govt is trying to wreck the internet for everyone. Please make them stop.

"On July 20, we’re launching a week of action to get loud about our opposition to legislation like KOSA and EARN IT and demanding that Congress focus on passing badly needed comprehensive privacy legislation to actually protect us from the harms of big tech companies and data brokers ..."

https://www.badinternetbills.com/

#TechRegulation

"Even Google staff complain that they can't figure out how to turn off location tracking [in Android]. Now, in any kind of sane world, this would be a prohibited activity. Section Five of the Federal Trade Commission Act gives the agency broad latitude to intervene to prevent ‘unfair and deceptive’ practices... And yet governments have taken no action."

#CoryDoctorow, 2023

https://www.tni.org/en/article/seizing-the-means-of-computation

#privacy #tracking #TechRegulation #LocationTracking #Google #Android

@davemosk
"the Christchurch Call to Action... [is] united by our shared objective to eliminate terrorist and other violent extremist content online and uphold the principle of a free, open and secure internet"

#JacindaArdern, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/09/jacinda-ardern-ai-new-zealand-planning/

Glad to see that second objective is in there. Haven't seen much sign of action on it from the #ChristchurchCall folks though.

#TechRegulation

@NZedAUS

Anyone know the current status of the NZ government's plan to force tech companies to backdoor encryption, for access by law enforcement?

"This is big news, and is of direct relevance to Matrix as an end-to-end encrypted communication protocol whose core team is currently centred in the UK."

https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors

If we can defeat this - as we did with software patents - a lot of companies developing encryption might consider moving their flag to Aotearoa ...

#encryption #TechRegulation

USAmericans keen on #TechRegulation might find this interesting:

"As outlined in our recommendation below, by: 1) convening an annual congressional regulation summit tasked with crafting regulations that integrate the interests all digital economy stakeholders, 2) increasing the technological literacy of lawmakers, and 3) building on the recent first round of regulatory bills, we hope to provide “wins” for each of America’s major cultural worldviews, as follows..."

https://www.culturalevolution.org/platform-of-policy-recommendations/big-tech-governance/

#JustFinished The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything by Matthew L. Ball #DigitalHistory #RedFez #EssentialRead and an eye-opener concerning the #TechRegulation #Standards and #Technology challenges, #UserNeeds #Usability #Xperience notwithstanding… still not convinced 🤔

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59064518

"if data privacy is the main issue, Tik Tok is hardly the only social media platform posing a potential threat to ordinary Americans. That is AOC’s point. The solution should therefore entail regulatory powers being applied fairly and equally to all players, and not just as a selective ban on only one of them."

#GordonCampbell, 2023

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2303/S00055/on-the-banning-of-tik-tok.htm

#privacy #TechRegulation #SocialMedia #TikTok

"These [federal antitrust] cases have the potential to address many of the ways Big Tech harms consumers, entrepreneurs, workers, and business owners, but the litigation process can be slow, difficult to track, and full of convoluted legal procedures and filings

The below timelines help bring clarity to this process, visualize what has happened so far, and detail what’s expected to unfold, assuming these cases ultimately make it to trial."

https://www.economicliberties.us/tech-lawsuit-timelines/

#TechRegulation #AntiTrust

"There seems to be more and more wrong stuff being said about Section 230 nearly every day, but hopefully this covers most of the big ones. If you see someone saying something wrong about Section 230, and you don’t feel like going over all of their mistakes, just point them here, and they can be educated."

#MikeMasnick, 2020

https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-section-230-communications-decency-act/

#TechRegulation #Section230 #UserGeneratedContent #moderation

I'm catching up on my Podcast queue. This Tech Won't Save Us interview with @timnitGebru about the current AI Hype is not to be missed. #AI #ChatGPT #TechRegulation
https://techwontsave.us/episode/151_dont_fall_for_the_ai_hype_w_timnit_gebru

"Meta is now prohibited to bypass the GDPR via a clause in the terms and conditions. Meta has to get "opt-in" consent for personalized advertisement and must provide users [in the EU] with a "yes/no" option."

#NOYB, 2023

https://noyb.eu/en/breaking-meta-prohibited-use-personal-data-advertising

#GDPR #EU #TechRegulation #Meta #privacy

> An effective “tech control” ecosystem is also about making sure alternative voices are not captured. After the 2008 financial crisis, MEPs assisted with the setting up of #FinanceWatch.. independent research and advocacy on #FinancialRegulation in the broader interest of society beyond banks.
Now, #Europe needs a #TechWatch. In an environment that is easily bought by those with the most money, independent research on #TechRegulation must be upheld.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/28/i-saw-first-hand-tech-giants-seduced-eu-google-meta
#GeorgRiekeles

DST, DPA Regulations with fees instead of fines and now this? Kenya is doing the utmost to transform "Digital Savanna" into a digital desert.

RT @lawyershubkenya@twitter.com

The government will have the authority to restrict Kenyans’ access to certain websites if the new law that could stoke up opposition from anti-censorship advocates sails through.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/amp/sci-tech/article/2001413717/new-law-gives-state-powers-to-censor-media?__twitter_impression=true
#LegalTech #TechRegulation #TechPolicy #LawyersHub

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lawyershubkenya/status/1396753861122174976