What We’ve Been Up To: The Most Important News You'll Read All Week
Plus data security, antitrust, and more…
Content Moderation: On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, Corbin and Daphne Keller of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center had a wide-ranging conversation on the EU’s Digital Services Act, platform transparency, complexity theory, and much more. Check out Daphne’s amazing new Lawfare article, “The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform.”
Data Security: We joined a range of civil society groups in a letter raising concerns about a $2 million contract between Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Israeli spyware vendor Paragon Solutions, whose product can extract data from encrypted apps.
EU Antitrust: On the latest episode of Rethinking Antitrust, Greg Werden, a former DOJ economist, joined Bilal to analyze the European Commission’s draft guidelines aimed at preventing abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant firms.
FTC: JD Supra mentioned Berin’s January 2024 testimony at the FTC’s hearing (remarks at 12:39) on the proposed amendments to the Negative Option Rule.
U.S. Antitrust: Next Tuesday, Bilal will moderate a Concurrences panel examining the potential direction of antitrust enforcement following the election. The conversation will focus on its impact on businesses and consumers, exploring the shifting landscape of mergers, acquisitions, and market dominance.
Space Law: There’s still time to register (fee required) for Jim’s upcoming Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) webinar. His panel will explore how the Loper Bright ruling will affect the existing regulatory regime for commercial space operators, as well as possibilities for future legislation and regulation.
Why did the newspaper go to therapy?
It had too many issues.