The FTC Should Be Careful about Rewriting the COPPA Rules
The FTC Should Be Careful about Rewriting the COPPA Rules
Plus AI, broadband rates, content moderation, deepfakes, and more…
COPPA: Jim and Berin filed comments with the FTC warning it that new rules for COPPA risk both textual and constitutional challenges: “COPPA has dodged First Amendment challenge because Congress was careful to avoid burdening sites that serve adults, but now the FTC proposes blurring that line,” Berin said.
Gemini AI: In City Journal, Corbin looked at the troubled launch of Google’s AI image app. “An AI’s responses can be improved, but they can’t be ‘fixed,’” he wrote, and the future may have many different AI tools that cater to different tastes, values, and affinity groups.
Podcast: On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, Corbin spoke with Samuel Hammond of the Foundation for American Innovation about state capacity and AI: How will AI affect legacy executive agencies? What about public choice theory? And how will AI shape the future of governance?
On his Substack, Corbin offered some further thoughts on his new podcast episode and his new City Journal piece. The unifying thread is (once again) the great Freeman Dyson.
Broadband: TechFreedom cosigned a letter from Americans for Tax Relief opposing the NTIA’s illegal attempt at backdoor broadband rate regulation by requiring states to mandate a maximum rate of $30 for an “affordable broadband plan.”
Content Moderation: Corbin joined a panel on February 26 at American University discussing Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton. We’ve now got the video for this event.
Deepfakes: The Washington Post’s Tech 202 technology newsletter quoted Ari about deepfake AI video: “not every deepfake is inherently defamatory or fraudulent . . . any law treating all deepfakes the same would be constitutionally suspect at best.”
Age Verification: Last week, the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas H.B.1181, which mandates adult age verification for pornography. On a previous episode of the Tech Policy Podcast, Corbin predicted such the outcome and the Court’s reasoning (i.e., using Ginsberg v. New York (1968) to evade all of Internet-speech law).
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