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The SHOP SAFE Act Jeopardizes Privacy
By: Noah Vehafric Congress wants to crackdown on counterfeit goods at the expense of your privacy. Doing business online may about to become a lot riskier if the SHOP SAFE Act becomes law. The SHOP SAFE Act requires that platforms collect a proof of address from sellers on their platforms.
Where is the Final FCC Nomination?
By: Katie McAuliffe The Federal Communications Commission has been without a permanent Chair or a nomination for a fifth commissioner 250 days into Biden’s presidency. With limited days left in this session of Congress, the possibility of republican commissioners controlling the FCC during a democrat presidency becomes increasingly likely. How…
Do VPN’s Really Protect Your Privacy?
By: Noah Vehafric Many VPN’s sponsor popular YouTube Creators who claim VPNs prevent your Internet Service Provider from blocking content, throttling speeds, and most importantly prevent your data from being collected by companies and the government. These would all be great features to protect users, but how true are these…
China Collects American’s Data
By Noah Vehafric In June President Biden issued an executive order replacing Donald Trump’s Executive Order which sought to ban Chinese-owned apps such as TikTok and WeChat for posing national security threats to Americans and their data. Biden’s executive order asks the federal government to evaluate threats to Americans…
China Imposes 3 Hour Limit on Video Gaming; Requires Facial Scans
by: Katie McAuliffe Continuing its crack down on tech companies, China’s video game regulator released new rules today that limit video game screen time of children and teenagers to three hours a week under the guise of combating a supposed rising trend of video game addiction. The draconian…
Biden’s IRS Plan is a Warrantless Search of All Americans Financial Accounts
By: Katie McAuliffe A Biden proposal that will allow the Internal Revenue Service to build an NSA style financial reporting system is still included in budget reconciliation. The IRS will be able to invade every account that has a total of $600 in flows or out flows in a year.
Biden Administration Calls to Revive Repealed Net Neutrality Rules
By: Noah Vehafric Last week the Biden Administration released a sweeping Executive Order to supercharge antitrust enforcement across the federal government. The Order, designed to “promote competition in the American economy,” is a grab bag of various policy proposals; including calling on the FCC to “consider adopting” Title II-style…
U.S. Watchdog Announces Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence
By: Noah Vehafric The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report detailing a new framework for accountable use of artificial intelligence by federal agencies. This report sets out four key principles for government administrators to emphasize: governance, data, performance, and monitoring. Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office A deeper look into…
Symmetrical Municipal Broadband is Not What Small Business Needs
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business held a hearing entitled “Supporting Small Entities through investments in the National Infrastructure: Broadband.” This hearing provided an opportunity for members and special interest alike to repeat the fruitless goals of the Biden Broadband Bust from arbitrary symmetrical speed…
Errors in Germany’s Broadband Deployment
By: Katie McAuliffe Germany’s failure to incentivize private companies to invest in broadband infrastructure and deployment has led to them having very poor internet access. This should serve as an example to US policymakers who think that broadband networks can magically materialize by ignoring private sector investment in broadband. This…