Battle Over Big Tech Bills Goes Down to the Wire
By: The Hill Date: July 5, 2022 Lobbying both for and against legislation to crack down on U.S. tech giants is intensifying as the Senate enters a critical month for the antitrust bills. All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who will need to decide whether to prioritize measures to regulate […]
With Clock Ticking, Battle over Tech Regulation Intensifies
By: Washington Post Date: June 27, 2022 The left-leaning advocacy group Fight for the Future watched as tech companies blanketed the airwaves with ads urging millions to tell their senators to block major antitrust bills winding their way through Congress. Trying to make the most of its significantly smaller budget for counter messaging, the […]
The #1 Period Tracker on the App Store Will Hand Over Data Without a Warrant
By: Vice News Date: June 27, 2022 Stardust, an astrology-focused menstrual tracking app that launched on the App Store last year, is one of Apple’s top three most-downloaded free apps right now. From sometime around Sunday evening until Monday mid-morning, it was in the number one spot. It’s also one of very few apps that […]
The European Commission has a Big New Plan for Startups. Here’s What You Need to Know About it
By: Sifted June 22, 2022 European policymakers are going to publish the most comprehensive plan so far for how to help European startups grow and compete globally. The stakes are high — Europe wants to produce its own deeptechs to compete with innovations coming from the US and China — and the EU realises […]
Tech Industry Group Cites Inflation in Ad Slamming Antitrust Bill
By: The Hill May 16, 2022 A group representing the nation’s largest tech companies is rolling out a seven-figure TV ad campaign slamming a key antitrust proposal that seeks to curb tech giants’ power, warning it could raise already soaring prices on consumers. The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) — which represents companies […]
The Messy Progress on Data Privacy
By: New York Times May 12, 2022 The latest attempt to create the first broad national data privacy law in the United States is causing the typical nonsense in Washington. But from the mess in Congress and elsewhere in the U.S., we’re finally seeing progress in defending Americans from the unrestrained information-harvesting economy. What’s emerging is […]
Small Group, Big Headache: Inside DHS’ Messy Disinformation Governance Board Launch
By: Politico May 5, 2022 It started the way all Washington’s spiciest scandals start — with a departmental working group. Over just a few days last week, the creation of a new board in the Department of Homeland Security generated an outcry on the right, from genteel retiring lawmakers to the loudest hosts on […]
‘Democracy Will Wither’: Barack Obama Outlines Perils of Unregulated Big Tech in Sweeping Speech
By: The Guardian Date: April 22, 2022 Technology companies must be reined in to address the “weakening of democratic institutions around the world”, Barack Obama said Thursday, in a sweeping keynote speech on the perils of disinformation. Speaking at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, the former president made his most extensive remarks yet about the technology […]
Considerations of Data Use for Global Investors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Data use has become intrinsic to the operations, strategy and business models of many companies across a wide range of industries. It has, in fact, grown exponentially in recent years, rising to a massive 44 zettabytes overall in 2020: 40 times larger than the number of stars in the observable universe. By 2025, IDC […]