PRG News Roundup, April 5, 2023
News Italy recently banned ChatGPT on allegations that it runs afoul of GDPR rules. Germany is considering a ban as well. Senator Mike Lee (R, Utah) recently introduced a bill…
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News Italy recently banned ChatGPT on allegations that it runs afoul of GDPR rules. Germany is considering a ban as well. Senator Mike Lee (R, Utah) recently introduced a bill…
News The FTC is currently seeking comments on the market impacts and competitive dynamics of cloud computing. The FTC has published a post on chatbots and deceptive AI-generated content. More…
News Deep fake images of Donald Trump being arrested have widely circulated on Twitter and other social media. Tiktok updated its rules and standards for content after facing the western…
Events Law and Political Economy: Labor, Social Control, and Counterpower This conference will take place from March 31 to April 2, 2023, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It…
On February 28, the FTC and CFPB jointly issued a request for information seeking public input about background screening processes in the rental housing market. The agencies are interested in…
News: The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that biometric privacy claims accrue each time one gives their biometric information without prior consent. This sets the stage for massive damage awards; here,…
Events: In an upcoming session (Feb 21 at 4:45pm in Furman Hall 210) of the Guarini Colloquium: Regulating Global Digital Corporations, Professor Anu Bradford will discuss her new book, “Digital…
On February 7, PRG’s own Kathryn Taylor published a new piece building Professor Veena Dubal’s article about the gamification of gig work (discussed during the January 23 session of PRG).…
Events: JSD Fellows Stav Zeitouni and Kat Geddes are leading an upper-level reading group called “Propertizing Intangibles in the Digital Age.” The group intends to explore the changes that laws…
The use and collection of voice data in general has been in the spotlight in part due to new Microsoft voice-cloning software called VALL-E . Privacy advocates have voiced worries that the VALL-E, Apple's…