State Laws Would Ban Silicon Valley From Testing Self-Driving Cars, But Give...
If a car could drive itself to pick up a passenger on command, it is likely that fewer people would own a car. Many companies think the future of vehicle-based transportation is on-demand fleets of...
View ArticleUsing Data to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
Prescription drug abuse is a significant problem in America. One way states are attempting to address this problem is through prescription drug monitoring programs — government-run databases designed...
View ArticleDeepfakes Are on the Rise — How Should Government Respond?
The past year has seen a remarkable rise in the quality and quantity of deepfakes — realistic-looking images and videos produced with artificial intelligence that portray someone doing or saying...
View ArticleHow Artificial Intelligence is Aiding the Fight Against Coronavirus
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has dominated the global news and resulted in travel restrictions, school closures, market panic, and many more disruptions as health organizations work to contain the spread...
View Article5 Q’s for Peter Herr, Director of Product at Base Operations
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Peter Herr, Director of Product at Base Operations, a Washington, D.C.-based startup that aggregates global threat data to help businesses mitigate risks...
View ArticleReforming the UK Online Safety Bill to Protect Legal Free Expression and...
In an attempt to respond to growing concerns about hate and awful activity online, the Online Safety Bill imposes duties of care—binding legal obligations for online services—that require online...
View ArticleWith the Right Amendments, UK’s Online Safety Bill Can Balance Free...
LONDON—the UK’s Online Safety Bill has pit advocates willing to forfeit civil liberties for safer online spaces against those who staunchly oppose any attempts to circumscribe free speech and anonymity...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Loses If Westminster Passes Poor Online Regulation
Concerns about the UK’s Online Safety Bill are justified, which is why Parliament needs to significantly amend the Online Safety Bill to protect free expression and privacy lest they have to scrap the...
View ArticleWhat Should the New Prime Minister Liz Truss Do to Help People Stay Safe Online?
The UK can become a pioneer in online safety, but the new prime minister should focus on high-level, flexible guidelines to ensure innovation in content moderation, private communications, digital...
View ArticleRemoving “Legal But Harmful” Provision Is Step Toward Fixing a Broken UK...
LONDON—In response to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to eliminate provisions from the Online Safety Bill that compel high-risk online services to remove content that is “legal but harmful” to...
View ArticleOnline Safety Bill Would Undermine End-to-End Encryption on Communication...
LONDON—Public attention on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Molly Russell and Olly Stephens has added pressure for the UK government to swiftly pass legislation to increase public safety on...
View ArticleLegislative Proposals in the UK, US, and EU Would Restrict End-to-End...
LONDON—From Washington to London to Brussels, policymakers are advancing a trio of legislative proposals aimed at protecting Internet users. But without amendments to protect end-to-end encryption,...
View ArticleUK’s Online Safety Bill Is Now Worse. Parliament Should Not Pass It.
The House of Commons passed the Online Safety Bill to the House of Lords. But the Online Safety Bill—the UK’s attempt to make the Internet safer by regulating how online services handle content,...
View ArticleIreland’s Latest Online Safety Law Is Unfair Parallel for Changes in UK’s...
UK policymakers are using a new Irish content moderation regulation as justification for a provision in their own bill tackling online harms—the Online Safety Bill— to criminalize senior tech...
View ArticleCenter for Data Innovation Welcomes Commitment to Corporate Transparency,...
WASHINGTON—In response to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledging more corporate transparency at the Summit for Democracy, Daniel Castro, director of the Center for Data Innovation, issued the...
View ArticleWhite House Should Update Cybersecurity Strategy to Consider Impact of AI
The White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan this week, a multi-year plan for how the Biden administration plans to execute its cybersecurity strategy. Overall, both...
View ArticleSHOP SAFE Act Will Fail to Provide Any New or Meaningful Protections for...
WASHINGTON— In response to U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) re-introducing the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-Commerce (SHOP SAFE) Act,...
View ArticleCMA Chair Falls Into The Trap Of AI Fear-Mongering As He Reframes Old Risks...
Marcus Bokkerink, Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), delivered a keynote speech to the AI Fringe Hub on November 1, 2023. In his speech, Bokkerink discussed the balance between...
View ArticleSmall Changes Could Strengthen the Proposed Fake Review Rule
Reviews play a major role in e-commerce sales by allowing consumers to make informed decisions about products and businesses based on information from previous customers. However, fake reviews can...
View ArticleDigital Transformation Should Be at the Heart of the UK’s Economic Agenda
The UK economy has experienced sluggish growth for years, but the country has a unique opportunity to use recent advances in AI to reinvent itself as an economic powerhouse driven by digital innovation...
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