Constitutional Crisis & Why State Privacy Law Patchwork Won’t Work for AI
Plus antitrust, encryption, and more…
Constitutional Crisis: On Substack, we declared our commitment to fighting for the rule of law as America’s constitutional crisis deepens.
To learn more, check out the latest Tech Policy Podcast, in which Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez of Law & Chaos talk with Corbin about some of the most disturbing things—renditions, purges, defiance of court orders—happening right now.
Upcoming Event: Register now for the sixth installment of our “Tech in the Courts” webinar series on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. ET—co-hosted with the Washington Legal Foundation. Our panelist of experts will analyze the recent proceeding on the White House’s proposal to develop an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan.
AI: Andy submitted comments to the House Energy & Commerce Committee on a federal privacy and security framework. He explained why a federal privacy law that preempts state-level AI frameworks would be superior to a state-by-state patchwork approach.
Antitrust: On the latest episode of our Rethinking Antitrust podcast, Hannah Garden-Monheit, former Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, spoke to Bilal on the implementation of President Biden’s 2021 executive order on promoting competition and whether it will have an impact beyond the Biden Administration.
Privacy: We joined several civil society partners in a coalition letter urging the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee to protect encryption by amending the TAKE IT DOWN Act.
Section 230: The Darien Times quoted Corbin on the disastrous consequences of repealing Section 230.
I’m sure dozens of varying state laws will be simple to follow!