For New America’s Thread online magazine, I wrote a piece on the importance of Section 230 for public interest internet organizations, like Wikipedia or the Internet Archive. The piece underscores that while the statute is one that undoubtedly has downsides, needlessly reforming or repealing Section 230 can lead to more bad than good.
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Link: What Should U.S. Policymakers Know about the AI Act (So Far)?
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…
Video: The Intersection of Federal Privacy Legislation & AI Governance
On November 15th 2023, I moderated a virtual event for New America’s Open Technology Institute on how federal privacy legislation intersects with AI governance. The event featured Sara Collins, Director of Government Affairs, Public Knowledge; Willmary Escoto, U.S. Policy Counsel, Access Now; Brandon Pugh, Policy Director and Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats, R…
Link: OTI Blog – SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Platforms — What’s Next for Platform Accountability?
For the OTI Blog, along with Prem Trivedi, I wrote about the Supreme Court’s ruling on two important cases related to Section 230, and on what lies ahead, as well as what OTI sees as important work in the future
Link: OTI Blog – Privacy Is a Right, Protecting It Is Not Extreme
For the Open Technology Institute Blog, I responded to some incendiary accusations by the digital ads lobby that those who seek comprehensive privacy legislation at the federal level are extremists. Not only is that not true, but Democrats, Republicans, civil society, and parts of industry are all calling for this legislation.