The Innovators Network hosted a webinar, Age Verification and the Future of Online Safety, featuring an expert panel including: Eric Goldman, Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Co-director of the High Tech Law Institute; Shoshana Weissmann, Director of Digital Media and Resident Fellow of Technology and [...]
In early 2025, Chairman Guthrie (R-KY) and Vice Chairman Joyce, M.D. (R-PA) of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce launched a working group to solicit input and begin crafting a comprehensive federal data privacy and security law. As the process has evolved, three state privacy laws—the Kentucky [...]
As Congress advances the reconciliation package, a proposal to enact a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws has emerged as a key consideration. This moratorium has come in response to more than 1,000 AI-related bills introduced by state policymakers in the first few months of 2025 alone. Though well-intentioned, [...]
At the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent workshop, The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families, panelists raised important questions about children’s online safety but offered few practical, evidence-based solutions. Instead, they promoted policies, such as the App Store Accountability Act and similar age verification [...]
In February 2025, it was reported that the United Kingdom (UK) Office of the Home Secretary served Apple with a technical capability notice (TCN), a secret legal order demanding that the company build a backdoor that enables access to content Apple users have uploaded to the cloud. The UK [...]