For years now, ACT | The App Association has urged Congress to adopt a set of requirements that establishes net neutrality principles in statute. The debate came back to a head in 2017 as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) undid its classification of internet services as Title II, thus removing [...]
By Anna Bosch and Matt Schwartz On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement, which provided a stable, streamlined, and inexpensive mechanism for the transatlantic flow of data between the two regions. The court cited concerns with U.S. surveillance law, which [...]
In 2019, the app economy contributed a total of €187 billion in direct and indirect revenue to the European Union’s (EU) economy and supported up to 1.7 million jobs in all sectors. In 2019, the app economy added 0.4 percent in value to the EU’s GDP in 2019. Mobile app [...]
Recently, we compiled a primer on the various legislative responses to facial recognition currently percolating at all levels of government. Since then, facial recognition, especially law enforcement use-cases, has received increased scrutiny as part of the ongoing national conversation about racial justice and police reform. Last week, major vendors Microsoft, [...]
“Prepare for failure, yell and do not expect anything.” “Before inspiration, comes the slaughter.” “Seek success, but prepare for vegetables.” No, these are not bizarre threats or samples of Kanye West’s tweets, these are quotes created by Inspirobot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven bot that was designed to create inspirational [...]