One of the Google antitrust suits expands to encompass a recently announced “privacy” measure the tech giant will institute on Chrome. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced additional states and territories have joined the antitrust suit he is leading against Google. He also filed a revised and expanded complaint that brings additional claims against … Continue reading State Google Antitrust Suit Widens
Other Developments A United States (U.S.) federal court has ruled for a company from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in granting a preliminary injunction against the Department of Defense’s (DOD) designation of the entity as designation as a Communist Chinese military company. This ruling will almost certainly encourage many of the other PRC companies … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (23 March 2021)
Australia’s bills to tighten its online content regulation would place the country at the forefront of technology regulation again. A pair of bills have advanced in Australia’s Parliament that would give its government additional powers to combat objectionable and harmful material online even though a number of stakeholders have decried the legislation. The “Online Safety … Continue reading More Australian Legislation To Remake Regulation Of Online Realm
The IC at the end of the Trump Administration found Russian interference in the 2020 election but did not assess the impact of these efforts. The IC also found Iranian and possibly PRC interference. The United States Intelligence Community (IC) released the assessment on foreign interference with the 2020 election and found that the Russian … Continue reading U.S. Intelligence Community Again Finds Russian Efforts To Influence Election
Other Developments The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) on the “Compromise of Microsoft Exchange Server.” The agencies stated:The FBI and CISA assess that nation-state actors and cyber criminals are likely among those exploiting these vulnerabilities. The exploitation … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (15, 16, and 17 March 2021)
Other Developments Two provisions were attached to the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021” (H.R.1620) the House passed that would address the sharing of non-consensual sexual material. The fate of this bill is likely not positive in the Senate, however. Nonetheless, as summarized by House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s (D-SC) office:The amendment offered by … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (18 March 2021)
A key subcommittee turns to children online privacy issues that could be part of federal privacy legislation. As part of its examination of privacy issues and online education during the pandemic, the House Energy and Commerce’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will a hearing titled “Kids Online During COVID: Child Safety in an Increasingly Digital … Continue reading House Energy and Commerce Examines Online Children’s Privacy During Pandemic
The EU’s data regulators urge EU stakeholders to revise a bill to allow for the sharing of data as part of the EC’s Digital Strategy. The European Union’s (EU) bloc-wide data protection regulators have assessed the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to establish a new data sharing and usage regime. This new system would work alongside … Continue reading EDPS and EDPB Assess The EC’s Data Governance Act
Two bills would significantly increase broadband funding amongst other technology programs. Now that the White House and Democrats have completed work on the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (P.L. 117-2), their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan, they have turned to an infrastructure package. Like the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Democrats would use … Continue reading Democrats Turn To Infrastructure
The Biden Administration will change course from the Trump White House on technology policy, largely through engaging allies. Naturally, the new government in Washington has articulated a new vision of how the United States (U.S.) will engage with the world and policies and policies it will pursue. Even though much of what the Biden Administration … Continue reading The U.S. Reorients Foreign Policy With An Eye On Changing Tech Policy
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