First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. Speaking of which, the Technology Policy Update is being published daily during the week, and here are the Other Developments and Further Reading from this week. Other Developments … Continue reading Further Reading and Other Developments (17 July)
First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. Other Developments The United States District Court of Maine denied a motion by a number of telecommunications trade associations to enjoin enforcement of a new Maine law instituting … Continue reading Further Reading and Other Developments (11 July)
First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. Other Developments The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held an oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the FCC Chair and four Commissioners.New Zealand’s Parliament … Continue reading Further Reading and Other Developments (29 June)
First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. Other Developments The House Financial Services Committee’s National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Subcommittee held a virtual hearing titled “Cybercriminals and Fraudsters: How Bad Actors Are Exploiting … Continue reading Further Reading and Other Developments (20 June)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an order to a number of large technology companies with an eye towards determining if the current threshold for federal examination of mergers and acquisitions is too high for a number of technology-related acquisitions. However, larger acquisitions above the threshold of about $90 million are not part of … Continue reading FTC Demands Ten Years of Information From Big Tech On Mergers and Acquisitions
The House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee continued its series of hearings titled “Online Platforms and Market Power” with an examination of the agencies charged with enforcing federal antitrust laws: the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Subcommittee Chair David Cicilline (D-RI) said the U.S. is experiencing a … Continue reading House Judiciary Committee Continues Its Antitrust Examination
“Meet The Immigrants Who Took On Amazon” – Wired. This article traces a burgeoning movement of workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Minneapolis-St. Paul comprised largely of Somali immigrants to win some concessions from management. The article also traces Amazon’s view on unionizing (not surprisingly, it’s not favorable) and its employment practices. Whether the … Continue reading Further Reading (23 November)
“The Porch Pirate of Potrero Hill Can’t Believe It Came to This" – The Atlantic. How technology intersects with and possibly exacerbates long entrenched societal problems. A fascinating read starting with someone stealing Amazon packages in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco neighborhood.“Why Do We Tolerate Saudi Money in Tech?” – The New York Times and … Continue reading Further Reading (15 November)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced a legal action against Google “alleging they engaged in misleading conduct and made false or misleading representations to consumers about the personal location data Google collects, keeps and uses” according to the agency’s press release. In its initial filing, the ACCC is claiming that Google mislead and … Continue reading ACCC Charges Google With Violations Of Consumer Laws Over Android Location Settings
This week, we will look at a pair of bills referenced by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) at a recent hearing on data ownership that take a different approach to privacy. In short, these bills would approach the issues presented by mass collection and use of consumer data by … Continue reading Privacy Bill A Week: “Own Your Own Data Act” (S. 806) and the “Designing Accounting Safeguards To Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on Data” (S. 1951).
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