Tech Policy & Regulation

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AI Transparency & Disclosure
Broadband Policy
CHIPS Act
Children's Online Safety
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Crypto Regulation
Cybersecurity Law
Data Privacy
Deepfake Regulation
Digital Markets Act
National Security Surveillance
Net Neutrality
Platform Liability
Right to Repair
Photo of family and advocates of young people that allegedly died from the impacts of social media stand with a banner outside a courthouse.
Tech

Meta settles children’s mental health case for $18b

The owners of Facebook and Instagram will add new safety measures as part of the settlement

Dave Lozo
Graphic illustration of the McDonald's arch logo, but it's composed of hundreds of tiny sheets of paper, on an intimidating glitchy background in shades of red.
Tech

McDonald’s might have a huge dossier on you

The Golden Arches used data from its loyalty program to predict how often a customer would visit in the future, what he’d spend, what he’d order, and the likelihood that he’d stop buying McDonald's.

Molly Liebergall
Close-cropped photo of a Flock camera on a chaotic noisy digital background of reds and blues.
Tech

Backlash to Flock cameras is now a bipartisan issue

Vigilantes are reportedly disabling the cameras, a grassroots group called DeFlock is mapping the devices’ locations, and municipalities are cancelling Flock contracts.

Molly Liebergall
Chinese humanoid robots lined up on left, Roomba cleaning a floor on right
Tech

US bans foreign-made robots, China threatens to retaliate

They won't come after the Roomba you already own, but it might make it harder to get a new one.

Matty Merritt
Illustration of a person typing on a laptop, having a conversation with Claude, but some of their chat messages are blowing off the screen into cyberspace.
Tech

Claude chats were showing up in Google searches

Medical data and children's phone numbers were unintentionally appearing in search results

Dave Lozo
Row of teen boys using their phones
Tech

EU: Meta apps are so addictive they violate the law

Meta might have to make some changes, or get fined.

Brendan Cosgrove
Row of teens sitting on floor by lockers looking at their phones
Tech

Britain bans kids and teens from social media

Do these bans work? Um…maybe!

Matty Merritt

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