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Hill sighting: Paris Hilton w/ Reps. @ocasio-cortez.house.gov and Laurel Lee pushing to pass a bill allowing victims of nonconsensual AI pornography to sue for damages.

Passed the Senate unanimously, TBD on whether House GOP leadership will take up the cause, too.

Data centers have a political problem — and Big Tech wants to fix it A growth engine for the economy is becoming a political albatross. Can messaging change that?

More details on why 2026 is shaping up to be an epic battle over AI infrastructure development in this post from @gabbymiller.bsky.social.

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These Tech Firms Won’t Tell Us If They Will Help Trump Deport Immigrants The Intercept asked data companies that store personal data if they will help Trump conduct mass deportations. Few had anything to say.

I asked more than three dozen tech companies that sell, possess, or help analyze personal data whether they would help facilitate Trump's promised mass deportation operations—Only six responded, and only one said no theintercept.com/2024/12/02/l...

Kamala Harris’ Views On Tech Policy, As Told By Her Senate Record | TechPolicy.Press What bills Harris supported may offer insight into tech policy issues her administration would prioritize, writes Gabby Miller.

What bills and resolutions then Senator Kamala Harris supported may offer insight into tech policy issues a possible Harris-Walz administration would prioritize, writes @gabbymiller.bsky.social.

Washington’s Big Week for Child Online Safety | TechPolicy.Press The Senate will vote on two child online safety bills this week, as the White House promotes its Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force.

Coming off a dramatic weekend, both the White House and Senate are taking steps to address the “youth mental health crisis” and strengthen protections for children online, writes staff writer @gabbymiller.bsky.social.

The DSA at 100 Days | TechPolicy.Press Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

1/ Over at @techpolicypress.bsky.social we're running a series of pieces this week coinciding with the first 100 days since the full implementation of Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA), looking at open questions and issues around its implementation. We've published four pieces so far today.

Q&A: Ireland’s Digital Services Coordinator on 100 days of the DSA | TechPolicy.Press Platform engagement is "not necessarily the same as compliance," Ireland's John Evans told Gabby Miller in an interview.

John Evans joined Ireland's Coimisiún na Meán in July 2023 as Digital Services Commissioner. @gabbymiller.bsky.social interviewed him about getting up and running 100 days after the full implementation of the EU's Digital Services Act.

Major Platforms Fail LGBTQ Safety Tests, Says New GLAAD Report | TechPolicy.Press GLAAD gave a failing grade to nearly every platform assessed in this year’s Social Media Safety Index, writes Gabby Miller.

Major social media companies, including Meta and YouTube, are failing to protect LGBTQ safety, privacy, and expression while profiting off of the rise in anti-LGBTQ hate, according to GLAAD's latest Social Media Safety Index, writes @gabbymiller.bsky.social.

TikTok Sues US Over Law That Would Force Its Sale | TechPolicy.Press TikTok argues that the law is unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds, writes Gabby Miller.

On Tuesday, TikTok sued the US government over a new law requiring its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest or face a ban on the app. The suit argues that the law is unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds, writes @gabbymiller.bsky.social

NIST Unveils Draft Guidance Reports Following Biden's AI Executive Order | TechPolicy.Press The reports are an opportunity for public engagement in AI governance, writes Gabby Miller.

This week, NIST issued four draft guidance reports that offer the opportunity for public engagement on AI governance in the United States, writes @gabbymiller.bsky.social. Here’s a breakdown of each:

AI Charges Conversations at International Journalism Festival | TechPolicy.Press How to regulate AI for journalism was much debated in Perugia, writes Gabby Miller.

AI was in the spotlight in Perugia, Italy last week, with 11 of more than 200 panels focused on the technology's relationship with journalism. @gabbymiller.bsky.social breaks down discussions on how AI fits within existing regulatory frameworks for news media.

With @gabbymiller.bsky.social, I took a look at what all 100 US Senators have been saying about TikTok. Some of their comments are... interesting. Take a look- and if we missed a relevant statement, let us know. www.techpolicy.press/what-us-sena...

US House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Aimed at TikTok | TechPolicy.Press The US House of Reps. overwhelmingly passed a bill that would functionally ban TikTok from the US, writes Gabby Miller.

US House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Aimed at TikTok - @gabbymiller.bsky.social:
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Newsletter | TechPolicy.Press Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

At Tech Policy Press, we produce a weekly newsletter that contains updates and links to all of the content we produce each week, including from contributors. To give you a sense of what that looks like, I'm going to do a thread here of this week's articles in hopes it might entice you to subscribe.

Will Generative Ghosts Help or Haunt? Contemplating Ethical and Design Questions Raised by Advanced AI Agents | TechPolicy.Press A new paper explores the design and ethical questions raised by AI systems intended to represent the dead, reports Gabby Miller.

A new paper by Google DeepMind and University of Colorado researchers explores the design and ethical questions raised by AI systems intended to represent the dead, reports Gabby Miller @gabbymiller.bsky.social:

European Commission Seeks Public Input on Proposed Digital Services Act Guidelines to Enhance Election Integrity | TechPolicy.Press The Digital Services Act allows relevant parties to propose codes of conduct for specific challenges regarding illegal content and systemic risk, Gabby Miller writes.

European Commission Seeks Public Input on Proposed Digital Services Act Guidelines to Enhance Election Integrity- @gabbymiller.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/european-com...

European Commission Seeks Public Input on Proposed Digital Services Act Guidelines to Enhance Election Integrity | TechPolicy.Press The Digital Services Act allows relevant parties to propose codes of conduct for specific challenges regarding illegal content and systemic risk, Gabby Miller writes.

European Commission Seeks Public Input on Proposed Digital Services Act Guidelines to Enhance Election Integrity- @gabbymiller.bsky.social for @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/european-com...

Learn more about the hearing and CEOs from Meta, Discord, X, and Snapchat who will head to the Hill on Wednesday via this background I wrote for @techpolicypress.bsky.social

www.techpolicy.press/backgrounder...

TikTok just pushed to my phone an exclusive #parentsoftiktok newsletter sign up — just days before a Senate hearing where tech execs will be grilled re: their child online safety efforts, including TikTok.

Also looks like the initiative more broadly isn’t even new, it launched Oct ‘23…

Backgrounder: US Senate Judiciary Committee to Grill Tech CEOs on Child Safety | TechPolicy.Press CEOs from Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter), will head to Capitol Hill later this month to testify about their platforms’ efforts to protect children, writes Gabby Miller.

NEW: On Weds Jan. 31 the Senate Judiciary Committee will host a hearing on online child safety, including platform responses to CSAM and child exploitation, with the CEOs of Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X. For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @gabbymiller.bsky.social breaks down the state of play:

Reviewing Amicus Briefs Filed in Appeal of California Age Appropriate Design Code Act Injunction | T... Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

I'd make the joke about how "we read the amicus briefs in the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act injunction appeal so you don't have to," but they are actually very interesting! Click through and read summaries from @gabbymiller.bsky.social and me:
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2024 Set To Be Crucial Year For Child Online Safety Litigation | TechPolicy.Press Litigation against tech firms over alleged mental and physical harms to children will advance in the year ahead, writes Gabby Miller.

A review of ongoing policy discussions and legislation to protect children's online safety ahead of 2024, by staff writer @gabbymiller.bsky.social: