In our latest News of Note, Meta creates a bedtime story app, J&J gets FDA approval for its robotic surgery system, and the White House establishes an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse to coordinate cybersecurity defenses across critical infrastructure, and more.
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Internet & Social Media Law Blog
The Internet & Social Media Law Blog, published by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, covers legal issues related to internet technologies, social media platforms, and digital innovation. Topics include biometric security, artificial intelligence applications, quantum computing services, and evolving regulatory frameworks such as the EU Data Act and digital governance initiatives. The blog addresses the intersection of technology and law, focusing on data access, privacy, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and compliance with emerging digital regulations. It provides insights into how legal developments impact businesses leveraging internet and social media technologies.
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AI Workforce Regulation: What Employers Need to Do Now
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concern for employment lawyers and HR teams. It is already embedded in how many organizations recruit, manage and restructure their workforces. Regulators in California and Connecticut are responding with concrete legislative proposals and…
Emerging Compliance Expectations for Email-Tracking Technology
The use of email-tracking technology is drawing heightened regulatory scrutiny and has become a growing target of litigation. For many organizations, these technologies, which could be in the form of a “pixel,” “beacon” or URL tracking parameters embedded in links,…
London Robotaxis, Inclusive Technologies for Deaf Athletes and a 100 MW Data Center in India — News of Note for the Internet-Minded (3/4/26)
In this week’s News of Note, Nvidia plans rollout of AI-powered laptop chips, ASML’s EUV breakthrough promises a surge in chip production, and increasing threats from polymorphic malware force shift in cybersecurity strategies. Elsewhere, Acme Weather offers alternate weather predictions…
FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement to Encourage Age Verification Technologies
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a significant policy statement announcing that it will not bring enforcement actions under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) against certain website and online service operators that collect, use, and disclose…
The Next Thing Knocking at Real Estate’s Door: Quantum Computing
Beyond Irises and Fingerprints: The Expanding Boundaries of Biometrics
From a Thousand Flowers to Nipping It in the Bud: What J&J Teaches Us About Evaluating AI Use Cases
“Let a thousand flowers bloom” used to be Johnson & Johnson’s strategy to generative AI innovation. In short order, nearly 900 projects sprouted across the company.
But subsequent internal review revealed that only 10–15% of those projects produced 80% of…
Quantum‑as‑a‑Service: Contracting for the Next Wave of Cloud Computing
Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) has moved from lab curiosity to real-world adoption. The inflection point isn’t that enterprises will own quantum computers anytime soon; it’s that usable quantum capacity is becoming accessible through cloud platforms, and leading firms are reporting production-adjacent use…
Digital Omnibus: European Commission Seeks Evidence to Streamline EU Digital Rules
On September 16, 2025, the European Commission opened a call for evidence to inform a forthcoming “Digital Omnibus” aimed at simplifying and reducing administrative burden across the EU’s data, cybersecurity and AI regulatory frameworks. The initiative sits within the Commission’s…

