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Companies Must Be Transparent About Their Use of Artificial Intelligence
Making the use of AI known is key to addressing any pitfalls, researchers said.
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House Republicans Grill FTC Head for Alleged ‘Harassment’ of Twitter
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan cited an incident where he said Khan engaged in ‘targeted harassment’.
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AI Regulation Bill, Quantum Fiber in More Cities, Charter Awarded $60M in Florida Broadband
The AI Disclosure Act would require disclosures on all AI-generated content.
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Debaters Consider Whether a New Agency to Regulate Tech Platforms Would Do More Harm Than Good
November 9, 2020 – At a formal debate on whether technology platforms require a new regulatory regime, two well-established experts also clashed over how seriously policy-makers should take the recent House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee report on breaking up big tech companies. In the Technology
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Coronavirus Pandemic Renders Small Businesses More Reliant on Digital E-Commerce Platforms Than Ever Before
September 22, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has taken a dire toll on small businesses across the United States. In an attempt to subsist, many small businesses have been forced to close their physical doors, and try their hand in the digital marketplace, utilizing opportunities offered by e-commer
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Antitrust and Data Protection Emerge as Top FTC Priorities During Senate Hearing
August 5, 2020 — The five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission testified together before a Senate panel for the first time in nearly two years on Wednesday. The FTC is charged with maintaining a competitive marketplace and protecting consumers’ personal information, and members of the U.S. Senate
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Big Tech Must Be Broken Up, says House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman
July 30, 2020 – Several of the companies featured in Wednesday’s blockbuster big tech hearing need to be broken up, House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline, D-R.I., said at the conclusion of the nearly six-hour hearing. “This hearing has made one fact clear to me: These compa
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Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Vows to Hold Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Other Tech Executives to Account
May 7, 2020 — Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., head of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, said Thursday that he will not lessen the intensity of his investigation into anticompetitive practices potentially committed by big tech. Cicilline expressed concern
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Broadband Roundup: House Democrats Criticize FCC on T-Mobile Merger, Kansas City Broadband, 5G in LA
House Energy Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., sent a letter Monday to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai regarding the lack of transparency in the FCC’s approval of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. Pallone and Nad
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Democrats and Some Republicans at House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Take on Big Tech’s ‘GAFA’ Squad
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019 – In the House Judiciary Committee’s second hearing putting tech giants under the microscope, both the Democratic majority and some members of the Republican minority attempted to squeeze the companies into greater political compliance. At a Tuesday hearing featured witness
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American Antitrust Institute Experts Concur That Breaking Up Big Tech Is Hard to Do
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 — Talking tough against Silicon Valley may be popular. But breaking up big tech will be hard to do. That, at least, was one of the key messages coming from the American Antitrust Institute’s annual conference here on Thursday. While progressives and populists are resurgent
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Considers Three Ways for Congress to Address Controversial Surveillance Program
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2019 – Congress needs a plan for how to proceed when certain provisions of the USA FREEDOM Act, including the controversial call detail records program, expires in December, said speakers at a public forum held by members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on Frid
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Broadband Roundup: More Action on Connect America Fund, FTC versus FCC, NSA Surveillance Continues
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2014 – The Federal Communications Commission announced that its open meeting on July 11 will center on closed captioning of internet protocol-delivered video clips, the Connect America Fund’s rural broadband expansion, and modernizing E-Rate to deliver digital learning. Tom Whee
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Expert Opinion: New Domain Names are Coming, and Present Opportunities and Risks
On June 20, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally approved the program it has developed for creation of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The new gTLD program will expand the domain name system beyond the current 22 generic top-level domain names such as .com,
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ICANN Approves New Top Level Domains
WASHINGTON June 20, 2011 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan on Monday to expand Internet domain names from the familiar .com and .net include customized suffixes like .google or .movies. In a 13-2 vote the ICANN board of directors approved the plan aft
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House Subcommittee Examines Digital Goods Tax Bill
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 – The Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing Monday on a bill that would define limits on taxes for virtual goods and services on the Internet. The proposed legislation, known as the “Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011” aim
