An article in the NYT today revealed Meta’s plan to take advantage of current political turmoil to sneak facial recognition into their smart glasses without enforcement bodies or privacy advocates noticing. But EPIC has noticed—and is ensuring that enforcers do, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
this is exactly what @kara-williams.bsky.social and i are trying to get at in this blog post from last week -- everything is AI = bad for people and policy, good for industry and advertising
some proposals and pleas:
consumerfed.org/specific-ter...
"If everything is 'AI,' it stops lawmakers and their constituents from meaningfully engaging with what a given piece of regulation would actually do. This presents a problem..."
More from @kara-williams.bsky.social and me on how ~we~ need to be talking about AI
consumerfed.org/specific-ter...
Back at it! 💪
had a great time today talking state privacy and AI policy — and about how a federal ban on this work is a horribly irresponsible idea — with state advocacy friends
“The best way to start to regulate #AI is to pass a good #Privacy law with #data minimization.”
- @kara-williams.bsky.social
Regulation is not the enemy of #innovation, but the #tech industry does not want any rules placed on it, regardless of how clear or commonsense the rules are. #AI
@benwinters.bsky.social @kara-williams.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social
In 2022, @propublica.org found landlords were using RealPage software to raise rents — potentially in violation of laws against collusion.
Cities then moved to ban such pricing algorithms.
But now, @wsj.com reports that House Republicans are seeking to “muzzle” those local efforts. THREAD
had some fun with @benwinters.bsky.social debunking common myths that the tech industry repeats ad nauseam to push back against any attempt to regulate AI
The tech industry only ever has two positions on any proposed tech regulation:
(1) Don’t regulate us. It’s too early. Our tech is still developing.
(2) Don’t regulate us. It’s too late. Our tech is everywhere.
The leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee wrote to #23andme saying that since there is no federal comprehensive data privacy law, they have "great concern" about the safety of Americans' most sensitive personal info. Not at all frustrating.
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
Just so we’re all clear, the Supreme Court *expressly ruled* that the president cannot fire FTC commissioners without cause in 1935’s Humphrey’s Executor. Trump’s action here is brazenly illegal under any interpretation of the law as it stands. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
