Legislative Proposals in the UK, US, and EU Would Restrict End-to-End...
LONDON—From Washington to London to Brussels, policymakers are advancing a trio of legislative proposals aimed at protecting Internet users. But without amendments to protect end-to-end encryption,...
View ArticleCoalition Letter to Parliament: Fix Online Safety Bill to Not Undermine...
LONDON—Today, a coalition of 70 individuals and organizations, including the Center for Data Innovation, sent an open letter to United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opposing the Online Safety...
View ArticleLatest Amendments to the UK’s Online Safety Bill Are an Improvement But Still...
LONDON—In response to the UK government’s most recent changes to the Online Safety Bill, the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement from Senior Policy Analyst Kir Nuthi: This week’s...
View ArticleBanning TikTok Is the Wrong Way to Address National Security Concerns, Says...
WASHINGTON—In response to legislation introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) to ban TikTok in the United States, the Center for Data...
View ArticleFeedback to the European Commission on the Draft Cyber Resilience Act
The Center for Data Innovation (Transparency Register #: 367682319221-26) is pleased to submit this feedback on the European Commission’s consultation and call for evidence regarding the Cyber...
View ArticleSmall Fixes Are Not Enough to Protect Free Speech in the Online Safety Bill
For three premierships now, politicians, pundits, and think tanks have been discussing the Online Safety Bill—the UK’s attempt to lead the world in online safety. Severe criticism of the bill has led...
View ArticleUK’s Online Safety Bill Is Now Worse. Parliament Should Not Pass It.
The House of Commons passed the Online Safety Bill to the House of Lords. But the Online Safety Bill—the UK’s attempt to make the Internet safer by regulating how online services handle content,...
View ArticleIreland’s Latest Online Safety Law Is Unfair Parallel for Changes in UK’s...
UK policymakers are using a new Irish content moderation regulation as justification for a provision in their own bill tackling online harms—the Online Safety Bill— to criminalize senior tech...
View ArticleCongress Should Stop the Impending Patchwork of Online Safety Laws
Louisiana’s new age verification law, which requires websites that host “material harmful to children” to verify the age of their users, should raise red flags for those concerned about safety and...
View ArticleCan Regulators Handle the Mastodons of the World?
Policymakers have spent years designing laws and regulations to go after Big Tech. But they were not prepared for the rise of decentralized alternatives. The last few years have seen tremendous growth...
View ArticleEvent Recap: Can Regulators Handle the Mastodons of the World?
The last few years have seen some users gravitate toward decentralized Internet services–such as Mastodon and Peertube—as alternatives to centralized “Big Tech” platforms. But recent bills and...
View ArticleWhat Are the Consequences of Backdoors for Online Privacy?
Law enforcement agencies are concerned about Apple’s new end-to-end encryption protections for iCloud, arguing more warrant-proof encryption compromises their ability to protect the global public. When...
View ArticleEvent Recap: What Are the Consequences of Backdoors for Online Privacy?
Law enforcement agencies are concerned about Apple’s new end-to-end encryption protections for iCloud, arguing more warrant-proof encryption compromises their ability to protect the global public and...
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Digital Equity 2.0: How to Close the Data Divide
The United States has strived to address digital inequities in the Internet economy through programs that combat the “digital divide.” But in the data economy, a number of social and economic...
View ArticleAmericans Will Miss Out on Benefits From AI Unless Policymakers Ensure...
WASHINGTON—The recent surge in artificial intelligence (AI) developments is already leading to more economic and social benefits, but inadequate data collection in the United States means that some...
View ArticleThe FTC’s Proposed Sanctions Against Meta Represent Regulatory Overreach
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced plans to add a series of sanctions to a 2020 privacy order with Meta that would inhibit Meta’s ability to offer services to children or launch new...
View ArticleOvercoming Barriers to Data Sharing in the United States
Both public and private sector actors face legal, social, technical, and economic barriers to data sharing in the United States, inhibiting much-needed innovation and discoveries. Overly restrictive...
View ArticleNo, AI Is Not a Surveillance Technology
At the TechCrunch Disrupt conference this year, Meredith Whittaker, president of the encrypted messaging app Signal and long-time critic of large tech companies, made headlines when she declared that...
View ArticleThe IPA Amendments Bill Questions the UK’s Ambition to be a Leader in Tech...
Labelled the “Snooper’s Charter” for permitting mass digital surveillance in the UK in the name of public safety, the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 is under scrutiny once again following the...
View ArticleIrish DPA’s Request to Meta Is a Misguided Move
The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) requested Meta pause its plans to train AI on public posts from its users last week. This request, instigated by complaints and pushback from the advocacy...
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