US lawmakers are watching to see whether Colorado's bill for regulating AI, modeled on Connecticut's now derailed bill, can withstand the tech lobby pressure
Mallory Culhane / Politico : X: @cendemtech , @mallorykculhane , and @cendemtech . LinkedIn: James Maroney X: @cendemtech : @CenDemTech's Matt Scherer in @Politico talking about recent state legislat...
The US OMB releases new AI guidance, requiring that all federal agencies submit an annual AI report and have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use
Given the widespread usage of machine learning in software this sounds so broad as to be useless. … X: Vice President Kamala Harris / @vp : At the first-ever Global AI Summit last year, I laid out our...
More than 100 human rights and LGBTQ groups and many kids condemn the Kids Online Safety Act after the January 31 hearing, saying it is “to control information”
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post : Mastodon: @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold . X: @cendemtech , @progresschamber , @evan_greer , and @washingtonpost Mastodon: Jeremiah Lee / @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold : @Techmeme I ...
An analysis of 36GB of US school network logs for January 2022 to August 2023 finds widespread internet censoring filters, such as for health and sexuality info
A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. X: @meghann , @katiedrumm , @cendemtech , @toddf...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee advances the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0; critics highlight issues, like forcing companies to collect more user data
Policy Analyst, Free Expression Project — Aliya Bhatia is a policy analyst … Twitter: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : At Senate Commerce markup of KOSA/COPPA 2.0. Cruz, the top Republican, says he'...
A look at ~123 real-time crime centers in the US that use CCTV, facial recognition, and social media monitoring, as critics warn of creeping surveillance
Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance. Twitter: @acluofga and @cendemtech Twitter: @acluofga : As...
On the 10th anniversary of his revelations, Edward Snowden says he has “no regrets” and “2013 seems like child's play” versus current surveillance capabilities
of lying to Congress notoriety—the Snowden Revelations pulled forward the adoption of encryption on the internet by 7 years. Snowden: “That's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said about me.” [vi...
How Finland, ranked first of 41 European countries in a media literacy survey, teaches students to spot misinformation on social media, starting in preschool
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here's what other countries can learn from its success. Tweets: @cendemtech , @slwalter123 , @enjig , @manoj_naandi , @ivana...
Yelp will add a note on crisis pregnancy center pages to distinguish them from clinics with abortion services, amid pressure on Google to clarify search results
and aren't ¸— doing amid intense pressure from both sides of the abortion issue in the post-Roe era. Here's the latest move by @yelp ... https://www.axios.com/... @cendemtech : “Yelp adding prominent ...
A look at China's plans for the IPv6+ internet protocol, set to be presented at the UN's ITU conference, in a bid to lure regions lagging in IPv6 adoption
Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv : Tweets: @cendemtech , @byron_wan , @byron_wan , @bertuzluca , and @byron_wan Tweets: @cendemtech : “'The strategy is unlikely to work'... For [@CenDemTech's @MalloryKnodel]...