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By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced that Carolina Botero, Connecting Humanity, and 404 Media will be the recipients of the 2024 EFF Awards. These awards are given in recognition of significant contributions to ensuring technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA), a legislative package that includes the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). If passed, this legislation would impose broad restrictions on online speech, raise significant First Amendment concerns, and create complex compliance challenges for businesses aiming to protect young people online.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® has projected that despite a third consecutive year of declines in U.S. hardware revenues, overall retail revenues for the U.S. consumer technology industry will grow by 1% in 2024 to $505 billion, followed by a 4.4% growth in 2025 to $527 billion. This forecast is detailed in CTA’s U.S. Consumer Technology One-Year Industry Forecast (July 2024). The industry is expected to see support from services sales in 2024, with a potential rebound for hardware sales anticipated in 2025. Over 750 million connected consumer tech devices are...
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
WhatsApp is collaborating with National Trading Standards to enhance awareness of digital scams and promote online safety. This initiative extends a campaign initially launched in 2021.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
The Senate recently voted to invoke cloture on the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). In response, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a leading think tank for science and technology policy, issued a statement from Policy Analyst Alex Ambrose.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
BRUSSELS – Today, global tech trade association ITI called on the European Commission to target reporting thresholds, fully leverage existing standards, and adopt a flexible compliance timeline in its response to the Commission’s draft implementing regulation on cybersecurity risk management and reporting obligations for digital infrastructure.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, John Miller, Senior Vice President of Policy and General Counsel for the global tech trade association ITI, testified before the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation. The hearing was titled “Enhancing Cybersecurity by Eliminating Inconsistent Regulations.”
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
The Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe has released its final Tech Policy Brief before the summer break, set to return in September. This edition addresses key technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe, the U.S., and internationally, offering CDT’s perspective on their impact on digital rights.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
Internet governance and human rights are currently at the forefront of the United Nations' agenda. Recently, delegates convened in New York to discuss the Global Digital Compact, a two-year process that will culminate in a globally negotiated text affirming the central role of governments in governing the internet. The internet is considered a global public good, governed by various stakeholders across different bodies. Civil society organizations, such as the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), play a crucial role in ensuring that human rights are protected, enabled,...
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
Recent AI incidents have underscored the urgent need for robust governance to mitigate risks and ensure responsible development of AI-powered systems. For example, 4chan users leveraged AI tools to create violent and explicit images of female celebrities, and Google’s Gemini generated offensive images of “historical” figures. These incidents are part of a long history of AI failures, from chatbots spewing hate speech to algorithms exacerbating racial disparities in healthcare. Ongoing AI incidents raise a crucial question: Why do AI failures persist? The answer, while...
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
Leagues Cup, the first in-season club tournament in North America across all men’s professional sports, begins tomorrow, July 26. MLS Season Pass will be the exclusive platform where fans can watch every match. The World Cup-style, monthlong tournament features all 47 clubs from Major League Soccer and Mexico’s Liga MX. All clubs pause their regular seasons to participate in the tournament, which concludes with the top three teams receiving automatic bids to the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Financial sextortion is a crime with severe repercussions. Meta has extensive experience combating this issue, working closely with experts to recognize scammers' tactics, understand their evolution, and develop effective countermeasures. Financial sextortion crosses borders, and cybercriminals known as Yahoo Boys have increasingly targeted individuals online. Under Meta's Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy, Yahoo Boys' accounts are removed when identified.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
The House Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation plans to hold a hearing on Thursday to discuss ways to improve cybersecurity. This session follows the recent CloudStrike software error, which resulted in one of the most significant Microsoft server outages in history. The hearing aims to evaluate whether the current regulatory environment contributed to these failures and if government procurement decisions may expose federal actors and stakeholders to similar risks in the future.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
DENVER and REDMOND, Wash. — JULY 24, 2024 — Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced a partnership to leverage the Microsoft Cloud for advancing Lumen’s digital transformation. Additionally, Microsoft has selected Lumen to enhance its network capacity and capability in response to increasing demands on its datacenters driven by AI.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
BOSTON—A citizen journalists’ group represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a federal lawsuit today against a Massachusetts community-access television company for falsely convincing YouTube to take down video clips of city government meetings.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Netflix has announced a fourth season of "Alpha Males," created by Alberto and Laura Caballero and produced by Contubernio Films.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Microsoft collaborates with Mass General Brigham and University of Wisconsin–Madison to further advance AI foundation models for medical imaging
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Following the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to strike down the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a prominent think tank for science and technology policy, issued a statement from Joe Kane, ITIF’s director of broadband and spectrum policy.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
CDT joined 15 civil society organizations and individuals in a letter to the Biden Administration, outlining baseline requirements for inclusion in a forthcoming National Security Memorandum. The memorandum is intended to address "the governance of AI used as a component of a national security system or for military and intelligence purposes." This directive follows Executive Order No. 14,110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, which mandates the completion of this memorandum by July 26.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Regulators are now faced with the decision of whether to accept arguments from tech firms that are training large language models on vast amounts of data.
