Tech Policy Press

Thank you shoutout to Gabby Miller of Tech Policy Press for featuring Vermont in the piece: Vermont’s Data Privacy Act Passes, But May Face Hurdles On Way To Governor’s Desk. Excerpt: 'It appears that an April hearing organized by the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development may have emboldened some of the privacy bill’s champions to push for a stronger bill. The hearing gathered testimony from five out-of-state lawmakers who worked, with varying levels of success, to pass data privacy laws in their states. The Republican State Senator from Kentucky, Whitney Westerfield, appears to have been particularly influential on the issue of a private right to action... Rep. Marcotte noted feeling “re-energized” after the hearing. “You think of a private right of action as a partisan thing where Republicans would be against something like that, and Democrats would be for it,” Rep. Marcotte said. He took this energy to the House floor in an impassioned speech on Thursday afternoon, telling his colleagues that a vote against H.121 is a vote that extinguishes their constituents’ rights. The amended version of the bill passed the House 139-3 by a roll call vote. “I think that helped change the course in the Senate as well,” Marcotte added.' [ Read the full article: https://bit.ly/tpp121 ] #dataprivacy #consumerprotection #techpolicy FYI Phil Scott Jason Gibbs Kendal Smith Fauna Hurley Lydia Slauson

Excerpt of my statement to Tech Policy Press on the U.S. Senate AI "roadmap": 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘐 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘈 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥-𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘐 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥: 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯-𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2022 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘐 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 2023 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. https://lnkd.in/efQxF3Za ppointment-condemnation/

Last Friday, state lawmakers passed the Vermont Data Privacy Act (H.121), a bill that's being hailed as one of the strongest privacy bills in the country and a win for child online safety advocates. It includes a private right of action, a minimum duty of care for minors, and limits the amount of personal data companies can collect on consumers, writes Gabby Miller. https://lnkd.in/ePxiKh5B

In the age of AI, a different vision is needed of how to organize and capitalize the field of journalism, writes Charis Papaevangelou. https://lnkd.in/dRJVR3DS

On the eve of Mexico's elections, advocates are responding to threats to freedom of expression and the right to access information, write ARTICLE 19's Martha Alicia Tudón Maldonado and Aga Maciejewska. https://lnkd.in/dTEFSS8A

Craig Forman and Jamie Neikrie consider the ability for generative AI to create highly credible but entirely fictional synthetic history. https://lnkd.in/drYkKQn4

The US Senate AI working group has released a 31 page policy roadmap listing various funding and legislative priorities, as well as areas that require further study. Here's a rundown on what's included: https://lnkd.in/dTVKMYvs

The latest paper released as part of Meta's 2020 US research project looked at whether deactivating Facebook and Instagram accounts shaped political attitudes in the lead-up to election day in 2020. Our primer summarizes the methods, key findings and implications of this study. https://lnkd.in/dJG6_ufb

Anya Schiffrin and Haaris Mateen consider a startup that offers AI companies the option to pay for publisher content – a ‘toll’ on its use in training and retrieval. Could such a model work? https://lnkd.in/d-rhM9iM

Three months after Europe's Digital Services Act entered into full effect, the list of 'trusted flaggers' remains surprisingly short, writes Inbal Goldberger. What's the hold up?  https://lnkd.in/gUeCM7sS