Jonathan P. Garvin of Mintz writes: The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced Thursday that in furtherance of the work of the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau signed Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania to share expertise and resources and to coordinate efforts conducting…
The House Intelligence Committee’s Surveillance ‘Reform’ Bill is a Farce
India McKinney of EFF writes: Earlier this week, both the House Committee on the Judiciary (HJC) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) marked up two very different bills (H.R. 6570 – Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act in HJC, and HR 6611, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 in HPSCI),…
Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from emergency abortion
Sickening. Disgusting. Infuriating. PogoWasRight can’t even find the right words to express how despicable this situation is. No woman should have to go to court to get permission to get healthcare that she and her doctor believe is necessary. No woman should have to risk being left infertile because some people she doesn’t even know…
EU Strikes Deal to Regulate ChatGPT, AI Tech in Landmark Act
Jillian Deutsch reports: The European Union reached a hard-fought deal on what is poised to become the most comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence in the western world. […] After more than 33 hours of negotiations this week, delegates from the European Commission, the European Parliament and 27 member countries agreed to a set of controls…