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FCC Proposes Reporting and Other Obligations To Secure Routing of Internet Traffic

On June 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") that would require providers of retail broadband internet access service to create detailed plans to address and...more

FCC’s Net Neutrality Redux: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its latest network neutrality order, Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (the "Order"), which was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2024,...more

Department of Transportation Request for Information Signals Growing Interest in AI in the Transportation Sector

On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Advanced Research Projects Agency Infrastructure (ARPA-I) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comment from interested parties on potential...more

FCC Investigating Role of Connected Car Services in Protection of Domestic Violence Survivors

On April 8, 2024, the FCC released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking comment on a number of issues under the Safe Connections Act (SCA) specifically related to connected car services. As indicated by...more

EU Unanimously Approves Comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Act

On February 2, 2024, representatives from the European Union (EU) member states formally approved the final text of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (the Act), which will be subject to final legislative approval in the...more

Diverging International Approaches to the Copyrightability and Authorship of AI-created Works

When can a work created using artificial intelligence ("AI") be copyrighted? And, if an AI-enabled work can be copyrighted, who is the "author"? The Beijing, China Internet Court took a different approach than the U.S....more

FCC's Expansive New Rules Prohibiting "Digital Discrimination" in Broadband Access

On November 20, 2023, as required by Section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (Infrastructure Act), 47 U.S.C. § 1754, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order and Further...more

Here We Go Again — FCC Proposes to Revive Net Neutrality Rules

On Monday this week, Anna Gomez was formally sworn in as the FCC's fifth commissioner, bringing the Commission back to its full complement and giving Chairwoman Rosenworcel a third Democratic vote. The very next day,...more

FTC Warns EdTech Vendors About COPPA Compliance

The FTC issued a significant new policy statement on May 19, 2022, warning companies that supply educational technology (EdTech) to schools not to use data harvested by their applications for purposes unrelated to education....more

Ninth Circuit Upholds Denial of Injunction Against California Net Neutrality Law

On January 28, 2022, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in ACA Connects v. Bonita, upholding the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction against the operation of California SB-822, which...more

President Biden Signs Executive Order Encouraging Greater Regulation of Tech and Communications Companies

On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a far-reaching Executive Order seeking to fight market concentration and anticompetitive practices across the entire U.S. economy, stating that "[a] fair, open, and competitive...more

Federal Judge Lets California's Net Neutrality Law Take Effect—But What Comes Next?

The whirlwind of developments during 2021 on "net neutrality" rules that is probably inevitable given the change in administration gathered speed this week, when a federal district court in California denied an industry...more

Senators Propose Substantial Revisions to Section 230's Protections for Online Providers

On February 5, 2021, three Democratic Senators released the SAFE TECH Act, which aims to require online service providers to address fraud, harassment, and the use of social media to organize extremist violence. If passed,...more

"Dark Patterns" Make Their Appearance in California's New Privacy Law

Last fall, California voters approved Proposition 24, thereby enacting the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). As DWT noted the day after the election, "CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in...more

FCC Reaffirms Deregulation of Internet Access Services

On Thursday, October 29, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its Order on Remand (adopted at its October 27 meeting), responding to the D.C. Circuit's remand of certain aspects of the agency's earlier...more

Executive Order "Clarifies" (Rewrites) Online Speech Protections

A May 28, 2020, Executive Order claims to "clarify" a vital protection for internet speech, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230, and proclaims that online platforms are public forums under the First...more

Science, Statistics, and the Privacy Implications of Reopening the Economy

States and cities around the country, hopeful that the worst of COVID-19 will soon pass, are discussing reopening businesses, public spaces, and schools. While privacy issues may not be the first thing that comes to mind in...more

Washington Enacts First-in-the-Nation State Law Regulating Governmental Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Governor Jay Inslee signed (with a partial veto) S.B. 6280 on March 31, 2020, establishing new statutory regulations on the use of facial recognition technology by state and local government agencies. ...more

Privacy Issues in the Ongoing Controversy Over Section 230

The United States Department of Justice recently held a workshop to discuss potential concerns about Section 230 of the Communications Act. Section 230 protects online platforms and services from defamation and other types of...more

Focus on the Proposed Washington Privacy Act

Senate Bill 6281, the "Washington Privacy Act" (the "Act") passed the Washington State Senate on February 14, 2020. A House committee approved an amended version of the Senate bill on March 2, 2020, which now moves to the...more

Washington State Takes Center Stage for Privacy Legislation

As the 2020 legislative session begins, Washington State looks like Ground Zero for privacy bills....more

“De-Identified” Data under the CCPA – Some Words of Caution

The CCPA (as recently amended) takes effect on January 1, 2020. As is well known, the law imposes a wide range of disclosure and other operational obligations on businesses that collect, use, or sell consumers’ “personal...more

Update from LitLand: Reflections on Standing in the OPM Data Breach Litigation: Clapper, Iqbal, and Espionage

A few weeks ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the D.C. Circuit for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of its ruling in American Federation of Government Employees v. OPM, 928 F.3d 42 (D.C. Cir 2019), decided last...more

D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC Deregulation of Broadband Service But Opens Door to Possible State Regulation

On October 1, 2019, a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit issued a lengthy per curiam decision that largely upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom order, issued by the agency in early...more

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