Technology, People and Policy.
This piece was originally published on Slate Future Tense. “No other sentence in the U.S. Code,” technology scholar David Post has written, “has been responsible for the creation of more value than” a little-known provision of the Communications Decency Act called Section 230. But in January, President Donald Trump’s technology adviser Abigail Slater suggested that Congress should […]
Welcome back! Hopefully you return rested and ready after a President’s Day long weekend. Between the role of AI in human rights violations, a new “Digital Gangster”, copyright laws killing the internet, robocalls and tech disclosure, we’ve got enough to catch you back up to speed in this week’s Protego Press Roundup. In Case You […]
Regulating content is hard- instead start with privacy and data protections OpenAI, a nonprofit research organization initially backed by wealthy Silicon Valley individuals such as Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Reid Hoffman, and Peter Thiel as well as companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, seeks to advance artificial intelligence with the goal of ensuring humanity develops […]
Concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) creating a new class of weapons that kill without human guidance has led governments, industry titans, frontline tech workers, and human rights activists alike to demand that they be brought to heel or banned altogether. But as important as it is to control emerging technologies that could take the human […]
As we enter the second week of February, technology continues to make headlines. Whether it’s ongoing developments related to Facebook and Amazon, fake news or Artificial Intelligence and the government, lots to discuss in this week’s Protego Press Roundup: In Case You Missed It. Zach Graves wrote a piece about the Government Accountability Office’s announcement […]
Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced the formation of a new office to aid Congress in understanding science and technology matters. This office will be organized as a 15th mission team under GAO’s organization chart called “Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics” (STAA). Its work will focus on four key areas: Conducting technology assessments and providing technical services […]
After being delayed during the 35 day long shutdown, the State of the Union finally happened last night. While the political world tuned in to see which guests each member of Congress will bring, we’ve tuned into the tech policy news. And, here are a few of the topics that caught our attention: In Case […]
by Renee DiResta and Bryan Jones “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland With news […]
In the absence of better laws or solutions from tech platforms, it may be worth a try U.S. intelligence officials are already issuing warnings about foreign interference in American democracy ahead of what promises to be a bruising 2020 election cycle. Delivering a threat assessment to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence Dan […]
After 35 days, the Shutdown finally ended, although the Congressional Budget Office on Monday estimated the economic cost at $11 billion. Between that, and the Polar Vortex, a chill is being felt in DC. But, as always, tech issues are heating up, and here are just a few of the stories we’re following this week: […]