September 30, 2023

Perkins Coie: New York Bans Employers From Requiring Disclosure of Personal Social Media Login Credentials

Perkins Coie: New York Bans Employers From Requiring Disclosure of Personal Social Media Login Credentials. “New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law bill A836 on September 14, 2023, prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring employees or job applicants to disclose the login credentials for their personal social media accounts, or from retaliating against employees or job applicants who refuse to do so.”

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September 16, 2023

Los Angeles Times: California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data

Los Angeles Times: California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data. “California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information. Data brokers include a variety of businesses that gather and sell people’s personal information, such as their address, marital status and spending habits. Those companies include credit reporting agencies, people-search sites and data analytic firms that work with political campaigns.”

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September 14, 2023

Ars Technica: Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts

Ars Technica: Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts. “California, the home to many of tech’s biggest companies and the nation’s most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.”

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September 12, 2023

ABC News: Sarah Sanders seeks to limit public records law amid suit related to her travel

ABC News: Sarah Sanders seeks to limit public records law amid suit related to her travel. “Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ push to overhaul the state’s expansive public records law stumbled at the start of a special legislative session she called this week, with Republican leaders late Monday reworking a bill to enact her changes as Sanders, who says the move is about security and government efficiency, faces criticism over the issue — even from within her party.”

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September 8, 2023

SF Chronicle: X, formerly Twitter, sues California over content moderation law

SF Chronicle: X, formerly Twitter, sues California over content moderation law. “X, the site formerly known as Twitter, sued the state of California Friday over a law passed last year requiring social media companies to divulge their terms of service, including how they moderate content on their sites. The lawsuit claims the law, authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, violates the company’s freedom of speech, while Gabriel said the law is designed to increase transparency around an important topic.”

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September 4, 2023

WWLP: Private investigators seek new record access law

WWLP (Massachusetts): Private investigators seek new record access law. “A bill before the Joint Committee on Transportation would allow licensed private investigators and detectives to digitally access records managed by the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Industry experts say they are already legally entitled to this information under the Driver Privacy Protection Act, but must go in-person to the registry where they sometimes end up waiting for hours alongside those renewing their license or scheduling a road test.”

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September 4, 2023

Big Tech firms bracing for EU’s biggest antitrust crackdown; Apple, Alphabet, Meta likely to be affected (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Big Tech firms bracing for EU’s biggest antitrust crackdown; Apple, Alphabet, Meta likely to be affected. “Big Tech is bracing for the European Union’s biggest ever clampdown on anti-competitive practices in the digital economy, potentially provoking a new wave of legal battles between regulators and Silicon Valley. By Sept. 6, antitrust regulators will announce a list of services likely to include Alphabet Inc.’s Google Search, Apple Inc.’s App Store, Amazon.com Inc.’s marketplace and Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook, to be targeted by rules aimed at preventing the most powerful firms from wrecking new markets before it’s too late to act.”

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September 2, 2023

404 Media: Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair

404 Media: Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair. “The organization that represents the literary works of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard has filed a petition with the Federal Government, asking it to make it illegal to circumvent software locks for the repair of a highly specific set of electronic devices, according to a letter reviewed by 404 Media. The letter doesn’t refer to any single device, but experts say the petition covers Scientology’s ‘E-Meter,’ a ‘religious artifact’ and electronic that is core to Scientology.”

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September 2, 2023

CTV News: Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $230 million to Canadian media

CTV News: Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $230 million to Canadian media. “Federal officials estimate Google would need to offer $172 million and Facebook $62 million in annual compensation to satisfy criteria they’re proposing be used to give exemptions under the Online News Act, a bill passed over the summer that will force tech companies to broker deals with media companies whose work they link to or repurpose.”

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August 30, 2023

Poynter: A policy tracker helped Nevadans make sense of the latest legislative session

Poynter: A policy tracker helped Nevadans make sense of the latest legislative session. “Imagine how difficult that political maze must be to navigate and understand for residents who’ve never visited a state capitol or read a bill. Making sense of the legislative session has been the goal of the Nevada Policy Tracker, a web page created by The Nevada Independent, a nonprofit news site that launched in 2017.”

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August 28, 2023

AFP: Microsoft’s Bing, LinkedIn vows more ads transparency

AFP: Microsoft’s Bing, LinkedIn vows more ads transparency. “Microsoft will provide more information on targeted adverts and protect users against any new risks from artificial intelligence, the company vowed Friday, as stringent EU rules on tech platforms enter into force. Internet giants must now enforce the milestone EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which demands they protect users online from harmful content and be more transparent about their algorithms.”

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