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Technological Regulation
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC Announces Technology Advisory Committee Meeting
By Kevin M. Foley, Stanley V. Polit
On June 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) announced that it will hold a public meeting on July 16. At this meeting, the TAC will…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Nudges Can Help Regulate New Technologies
By Nissim Cohen, Hadar Y. Jabotinsky
New technologies are being introduced in markets around the globe. Disruptive innovations such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies, the Internet of things, automated cars and other products that support decision-making based on…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
Rulemaking Effort Looks at “Emerging” and “Foundational” Technologies
By Pillsburys Internet amp Social Media Team
Since January, Bureau of Industry (BIS) officials have been formulating an analytical framework for establishing controls on emerging technologies (which include biotechnology, artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, quantum information…
The Right Coast
After years of big spending, tech’s political machine turns to high gear
With lawmakers ramping up debate over privacy, antitrust and, in Hawley s case, legal protections the platforms rely on, the Silicon Valley giants are unleashing some of the Washington power…
The Right Coast
Antitrust Troubles Snowball for Tech Giants as Lawmakers Join In – The New York Times
WASHINGTON The federal government is stepping up its scrutiny of the world s biggest tech companies, leaving them vulnerable to new rules and federal lawsuits. Regulators are divvying up antitrust…
Byte Back
President Trump Declares National Emergency over Technology Threats
By Damiya Park, Grant Leach, Cortney Morgan
On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued Executive Order 13873 (“E.O. 13873”) and declared a national emergency in response to increasing actions by “foreign adversaries” to create and exploit “vulnerabilities…
Mike McBride Online
Linked – Australian Government Passes Law Forcing Tech Companies To Break Encryption
By Mike McBride
Dear Australia. I love you, but this is completely impossible: “Here’s a short summary of the new powers the legislation hands over to law enforcement and national security agencies: The…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Is the UK’s post-Brexit approach to platforms and the digital sector starting to emerge?
By Charles Brasted, Mark Jones, Graham Poole, Rupert Shiers, Peter Watts
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statements of intent on a digital service tax and competition law reforms reinforce other recent indications that the UK government is looking seriously at making…
Technology and AI
Responsibility of Technology
There’s fascinating and terrifying feature article about Facebook, Duterte, and the drug war in the Philippines, written by Davey Alba. My first trip there was actually to Davao, and having…
The Right Coast
The Politicians Are Coming for Silicon Valley
The chair would have seated either Larry Page, the co-founder of Google and chief executive of its parent company, Alphabet, or Sundar Pichai, who now runs Google. But neither accepted…