Platform Accountability & Governance

EPIC Urges Northern District of California to Reject NetChoice’s Request to Enjoin California Law to Regulate Addictive Feeds for Minors

December 11, 2024

On December 10, 2024, EPIC submitted an amicus brief in NetChoice v. Bonta, an important case about whether the First Amendment prevents the government from regulating harmful, content-neutral features on online platforms. EPIC’s brief urged the court to deny the tech industry trade association NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction that seeks prevent California’s Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) from going into effect by declaring the law unconstitutional.

• Age Assurance

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• The First Amendment

• Updates

Judge Upholds New Jersey Law Protecting Public Officials’ Privacy and Security

December 3, 2024

A Federal Judge last week rejected a constitutional challenge against Daniel’s Law, a New Jersey law that allows judges, law enforcement officers, and other public officials to request to have their personal information, including their home address and phone number, removed from websites.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• The First Amendment

• Updates

The Fight for Privacy Continues

November 6, 2024

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Census Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Open Government

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Voter Privacy

• Updates

Design-Based Lawsuits Against Platform Companies Reveal Fault Lines in Courts’ Section 230 Interpretations

November 1, 2024

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Section 230

• Analysis

In Anderson v. TikTok, the Third Circuit Applies Questionable First Amendment Reasoning to Arrive at the Correct Section 230 Outcome

October 10, 2024

The opinion correctly held that Section 230 did not bar the claims to the extent that they alleged TikTok’s own algorithmic design caused the tragic circumstances, but it arrived at its decision through a questionable First Amendment analysis instead of careful Section 230 reasoning. TikTok is now asking the entire Third Circuit to re-hear the case and overturn the initial ruling.

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Section 230

• The First Amendment

• Analysis

EPIC and ACLU Encourage NIST to Advance Privacy and Equity in Digital Identity Guidelines

October 9, 2024

This week EPIC and the ACLU submitted joint comments urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to center equity, accessibility, and privacy in the Second Draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Government Databases

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Urges NY Attorney General To Center Data Minimization and Age Determination Best Practices in Rulemaking for NY SAFE for Kids Act

October 1, 2024

Yesterday EPIC submitted comments with the Center for Digital Democracy urging the New York Attorney General to center privacy and age determination best practices in its rulemaking to implement the New York SAFE for Kids Act.

• Age Assurance

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• The First Amendment

• Updates

Comments of EPIC to the NY Attorney General on the NY SAFE for Kids Act

October 1, 2024

• Age Assurance

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• The First Amendment

• Comments

Bloomberg Law: Cops Battle Data Brokers for Privacy in Constitutional Clash

September 30, 2024

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Privacy Laws

• The First Amendment

• News

New York State Bar Association: U.S. Supreme Court Suspicious of State Social Media Regulation

September 26, 2024

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• The First Amendment

• News