Hippo-Sized Dilemma: How Age Verification Threatens Free Speech and Fails Kids
Plus major questions, antitrust appearances, and more…
Age Verification: Ari moderated our third “Tech in the Courts” webinar on the intersection of online child protection measures and First Amendment rights. The panel focused particularly on verification policies and why they do not withstand First Amendment scrutiny while also failing to protect kids.
Corbin filed an amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to uphold a ruling that blocks Mississippi's age-verification requirements for social media. While these laws score political points, they’re blatantly unconstitutional!
Space Law: Jim filed comments in response to NASA’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Microgravity Strategy. In crafting its overall strategy NASA must be mindful that its statutory authority is not unlimited, and especially when it comes to foreign diplomacy, NASA must not get out in front of the White House and the State Department.
Podcast: Attention admin law geeks! On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, Corbin provides a guided tour of the Supreme Court’s major questions doctrine. For more on the topic, check out his panel from the TPI Aspen Forum this year.
Antitrust: Bilal spoke at the IPWatchdog LIVE Conference on the implications of the Google ruling and developments in the Google ad tech trial. He also participated in an ITIF-sponsored educational seminar on the same topic.
AI Regulation: This week, California Governor Gavin Newsome vetoed SB 1047, a bill that would have disincentivized developers from open-sourcing AI models. In August, we wrote about the open-source issue in Reason and signed a coalition letter highlighting our concerns.
Upcoming Event: Join us on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET for the fourth installment of our “Tech in the Courts” virtual series—co-hosted with the Washington Legal Foundation—as we explore the regulation of the cryptocurrency industry.
Moo Deng’s got plenty to say!
But does she have an ID to post?