Tag: International

  • It’s Time for Courts to Tackle AI Harms with Product Liability

    July 25, 2024

    After this past Supreme Court term, federal agencies' ability to regulate AI is up in the air. But AI regulatory efforts in Europe show us that agencies aren't the only way to regulate this technology. Our courts have a role to play too, and product liability may just be a path forward.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Analysis

  • EPIC and 48 Civil Society Organizations Send Joint Statement to New EU Presidency to Withdraw CSA Regulation that Would Break Encryption.

    July 2, 2024

    EPIC and 48 civil society organizations sent a joint statement to the new president of the EU reiterating our concerns over the proposed

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Protection

    • Encryption

    • International Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC Awards the Tire Meu Rosto da Sua Mira Campaign as EPIC International Privacy Champions

    May 29, 2024

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy & Racial Justice

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • What U.S. Regulators can Learn from the EU AI Act

    March 22, 2024

    On March 13, the European Union Parliament passed the Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act” or “the Act”), taking the penultimate step in a years-long legislative process. Originally proposed in early 2021, the sweeping, harms-based Act categorizes artificial intelligence systems by preconceived risks to fundamental rights, public safety, and public health into prohibited, high-risk, or low or no-risk systems.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • International Privacy

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Analysis

  • EPIC Urges UK Department for Education to Consider Privacy and Safety of Transgender Children in New Guidance

    March 13, 2024

    On March 12, EPIC submitted comments to the UK Department for Education regarding its draft consultation on gender questioning kids. The Draft Consultation is meant to guide schools and colleges in England on policies regarding requests by transgender children to socially transition, such as name and pronoun changes.

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges NIST to Center AI Transparency and Data Minimization in AI Risk Management Following Biden Executive Order

    February 2, 2024

    oday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) commending their efforts to develop additional AI risk management resources pursuant to President Biden’s AI Executive Order and recommending additional guidance around AI transparency, accountability, and data controls to mitigate the risks of both generative and non-generative AI.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Updates

  • European Commission Publishes Interactive Summary of Platform Content Moderation Data

    February 1, 2024

    The European Commission has published an interactive dashboard that summarizes data on content moderation decisions from multiple online platform providers.

    • Access to Information

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • International Privacy

    • Online Harassment

    • Updates

  • EDPB Clarifies Ban on Meta’s Processing of Personal Data for Targeted Advertising

    December 8, 2023

    On December 7th, the EDPB clarified that a contract is not a legitimate purpose for Meta’s processing of personal data, striking down the subscription service model.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Big Data

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Updates

  • EDPB Orders Stop to Meta’s Behavioral Advertising

    November 2, 2023

    On October 27, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted an urgent binding decision that the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) must ban Meta from behavioral advertising in the European Economic Area by November 10th.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Updates

  • Generative AI and Elections: The Approaching Train Wreck

    September 18, 2023

    If you already find parsing through election ads and campaign speeches to get to the truth difficult, just wait for what is ahead with a 2024 election season filled with generative AI generated ads. Misinformation and disinformation already exist in our elections, but generative AI will exacerbate this problem, leaving voters flooded with information and unable to sort out what is real.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Election Security

    • Government AI Use

    • International Privacy

    • Voter Privacy

    • Web Scraping

    • Analysis