On September 8, 2023, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, announced a new bipartisan framework for artificial intelligence (“AI”) legislation. Senator Blumenthal said, “This bipartisan framework is a milestone – the first tough, comprehensive legislative blueprint for
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Senate Whitepaper Addresses AI in the Workplace
On September 6, 2023, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, published a white paper addressing artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential benefits and risks in the workplace, as well as in the health care context, which we discuss here.
The whitepaper notes that employers
FCC Releases Reconsideration Order that Affirms and Clarifies Broadband Label Requirements
On August 25, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted an Order on Reconsideration (“Reconsideration Order”) that addressed three petitions requesting that the agency reconsider its broadband label requirements. Among other things, the FCC affirmed its requirement that broadband Internet service providers (“ISPs”) display on the label all monthly fees with respect to the service.
Labeling of AI Generated Content: New Guidelines Released in China
On August 25, 2023, China’s National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (“TC260”) released the final version of the Practical Guidelines for Cybersecurity Standards – Method for Tagging Content in Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (《网络安全标准实践指南——生成式人工智能服务内容标识方法》) (“Tagging Standard”) (Chinese version available here), following a draft version circulated earlier this month.
FCC Announces Limited Exemption from Forthcoming One-Time Foreign Ownership Disclosure for International Section 214 Licensees
Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced a limited exemption from the obligation that holders of international Section 214 authority respond to a forthcoming one-time information request concerning their foreign ownership. The narrow exemption provides relief from the reporting obligation for international Section 214 licensees that have made foreign ownership disclosures to the
The EU e-evidence package is published in the Official Journal
On July 28, 2023, more than five years after the Commission’s original proposal, the EU e-evidence Regulation and Directive were published in the Official Journal of the European Union, signalling the end of the legislative process for this file.
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UKIE Publishes Industry Principles on Paid Loot Boxes
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The Principles were recommended by the Technical Working Group on Loot Boxes (“TWG”), a panel of games companies,
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Further Regulation of Illegal Advertising: UK Government Publishes Response to its Online Advertising Programme Consultation
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FCC Proposes Voluntary Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices
On August 10, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) concerning the creation of a “voluntary cybersecurity labeling program that would provide easily understood, accessible information to consumers on the relative security of an IoT device or product, and assure consumers that manufacturers of devices bearing the Commission’s IoT cybersecurity