EU Big Tech law EU Commission adopts preliminary finding that TikTok is in breach of Digital Services Act due to 'rabbit hole' effect of its algorithm - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s ‘For You\' feed in breach of Digital Services Act for harmful ‘rabbit holes\' effect

Today, the European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the so-called ‘rabbit hole effect\' of its recommender system.

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Jedidiah Bracy “Democratic victories in the 2026 midterm elections are expected to reshape the U.S. privacy, AI and digital governance landscape as the party prepares to take control of both the House and Senate in 2027.” iapp.org/news/a/democ... @iapp.bsky.social

Democratic midterm wins set stage for tougher tech and AI scrutiny | IAPP

Democratic victories in the 2026 midterm elections are expected to reshape the U.S. privacy, AI and digital governance landscape as the party prepares to take control of both the House and Senate in 2...

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In the Biden administration, l led the team that developed what was arguably the first White House “AI safety” framework, the AI Bill of Rights. David Robinson, author of this forthright and sobering essay about risk culture at OpenAI and in Silicon Valley was on that team.

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New just now in The Atlantic: David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches. He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.” You can read his essay here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

"A White House order directing federal agencies to replace 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI' with 'superintelligence' and 'SI' creates a terminology challenge for governance programs while leaving existing legal definitions unchanged for now." iapp.org/news/a/ai-by... @iapp.bsky.social

AI by any other name? White House directs federal agencies to enter the era of 'super intelligence' | IAPP

A White House order directing federal agencies to replace "artificial intelligence" and "AI" with "superintelligence" and "SI" creates a terminology challenge for governance programs while leaving exi...

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A good read from former FTC Chair Lina Khan on yesterday's self-regulatory announcement from the Trump administration and the Big AI CEOs. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...

Opinion | Trump Wants A.I. Companies to Police Themselves. What Can Go Wrong?

Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I.

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Opinion: The ability to remember you and your preferences is rapidly becoming a big selling point for AI chatbots and agents. That creates the potential for unprecedented privacy breaches that expose not only isolated data points, but the entire mosaic of people’s lives.

What AI “remembers” about you is privacy’s next frontier

Agents’ technical underpinnings create the potential for breaches that expose the entire mosaic of your life.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots during her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg.

ICYMI: I wrote some words for my blog this.weekinsecurity.com about why Americans are destroying Flock cameras, and where the privacy fight goes next. Thanks for reading and sharing long-reads like this one.

Vigilantism comes for Flock

More Americans than ever are destroying Flock license plate cameras amid rising backlash against the company. Is the tide turning on intrusive U.S. mass surveillance, and where does the privacy fight ...

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"The Justice Department told a Manhattan federal court that it was in the national interest for the judge to find that OpenAI did not violate copyright law when it used articles by The New York Times and other publishers to develop artificial intelligence systems." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/t...

Justice Dept. Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Suit (Gift Article)

The department argued in a court filing that OpenAI legally used articles by The New York Times to develop A.I., adding that national security depended on American tech dominance.

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It will be interesting to see how Chatrie alters judicial approaches to “abandoned DNA.” If you’re not voluntarily disclosing records when you use a phone and tell things to Google, are you voluntarily abandoning DNA when you sit down on a chair or toss a cigarette butt?

“In the near future, surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public, and much of what we do in private.” - from a great op-ed by Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress | Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney

These systems will soon be able to track our public and private lives. But we can make the policy choices to reject it

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Cynthia Dwork & other privacy experts show why Trump Admin’s politically motivated decision to prevent the Census Bureau from using the best methods to protect confidentiality will end up with worse quality data, less publicly available data, and/or a privacy breach. scottaaronson.blog?p=9902

An American privacy emergency: Guest post from Cynthia Dwork et al.

Scott’s foreword: Cynthia Dwork is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, and a pioneer in the fields of differential privacy and algorithmic fairness. On my recent travels to…

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OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of customers using its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to the public for the first time.

OpenAI hit with multistate probe into possible user harm as its IPO looms

OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of customers using its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to the public for the first time.

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State media is a component of LLM training data. A new Nature study says this material is laundered into what presents as objective chatbot text. LLMs also give more pro-regime answers when prompted in the official language of low-press-freedom countries than in English.

Language Models Trained on State Media Sources Launder Propaganda

Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

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“New discussion draft offers Congress a negotiating position as the White House mulls preemption options.” iapp.org/news/a/us-se... @iapp.bsky.social

US Sen. Blackburn proposes AI framework to protect children, copyrights | IAPP

U.S. Congress' slow move on federal artificial intelligence policy may be coming to an end. U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced a fresh discussion draft 18 March aimed at kickstarting lawm...

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EU countries will discuss tomorrow adding two new bans to the AI Act via the omnibus. Draft proposals would prohibit AI systems used to generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. Support is growing, but questions remain. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public. “Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

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📣 OUT NOW: Agenda MSC 2026

Agenda and Livestreams: Munich Security Conference 2026

Follow the MSC 2026 discussions live and explore the program!

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Great @iapp.bsky.social The Privacy Advisor podcast (hosted by @jedbracy.bsky.social) episode with @omertene.bsky.social on what will keep privacy and AI governance folks busy in 2026. privacyadvisorpodcast.libsyn.com/a-look-ahead...

The Privacy Advisor Podcast: A look ahead at digital policy in 2026 with Omer Tene

Goodwin Partner Omer Tene has long had his finger on the pulse of privacy and AI governance developments and trends. He advises clients on a wide range of issues, from data protection, artificial inte...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies. www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...

BREAKING: President Donald Trump has announced a long-rumored Executive Order directing aspects of the federal government to take “decisive action” to ensure AI is regulated under a single national framework, a move aimed at curbing state-level AI regulation.

Signing ceremony underway for Trump AI executive order to limit state regulation of artificial intelligence. www.youtube.com/live/rYDbVjX...

President Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony, Dec. 11, 2025

YouTube video by The White House

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Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. That would, indeed, be interesting. But this is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring laws that would get bipartisan support in the U.S. (I bet similar bills *have* had that support.) 1/

On this day, 36 years ago, the #VelvetRevolution began. Students gathered in Prague and demanded more democracy. A peaceful movement that changed the course of history — and still inspires Europe today.

Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing." “Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.

Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat

Library of Congress employees were informed to take caution when emailing the office of the congressional scorekeeper.

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Would you like to work on LinkedIn? InfoSec is hiring! We have both manager and IC roles -- and more coming. I'm here because I want to help protect people and not work with jerks. If that's what you like, then I hope you'll join us. Jobs in 🧵

LEAK: I got my hands on the digital omnibus on AI. Some key takeaways: ▶️ Centralized enforcement ▶️ Expanded regulatory privileges ▶️ Grace period for labelling ▶️ No AI literacy obligation on companies Another must-read on @mlexclusive 👇 www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Does the EU AI Act apply to AI agents? The Commission’s initial views seem to suggest AI agents might not always qualify as an AI system. MEP Lagodinsky asked the Commission to clarify its position and warned about a potential misalignment. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The law firm that has represented data broker Kochava in its 3-year legal battle with the FTC over privacy is seeking to withdraw due to "serious and irreparable breakdown in communication." prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...