For OTI’s Blog, I wrote an explanation for what happened in the EU with the AI Act. Because the decision taken in early December 2023 was a provisional and political one that happened behind closed doors, there is no text of the Act yet, and any text that crops up before mid February 2024 is…
Tag: European Union
Quick Thoughts: The Place for Private Governance in the AI Debate?
What follows is a quick post, with minimal editing, or links. A rant, if you will, originally written for my LinkedIn, but turns out I exceeded the character limit by a few thousand, so here it is: There are a lot of conversations surrounding the #AIAct in the EU, especially as today is the day…
Link: R Street Blog – Regulating Big Tech Around the World: EU and U.K. Competing Approaches to Co-regulatory Mechanisms
For the R Street Institute, I wrote an analysis of how the European Union and the United Kingdom are using similar co-regulatory mechanisms in regulating tech companies, but are doing so in very different ways, which shows the general flexibility of these mechanisms.
Link: TechDirt – The US Finally Has A Chance For A Federal Privacy Law. It Should Take It
For TechDirt, I wrote about the lack of principled or even ideological opposition to the passage of comprehensive federal privacy legislation, and how it is well past time Congress brings up the American Data Privacy and Protection Act for a vote.
Link: Lawfare – Is the DSA a New Dawn of Legislating Platform Governance Globally?
Alongside Bruna Santos, I wrote a post for Lawfare on the Digital Services Act and its unique and novel features, as well as whether the DSA can become a de facto standard for the future of platform governance.