TECH POLICY WATCH

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TECH POLICY WATCH

· WHAT WE'RE READING · GLOBAL POLICY · US POLICY · TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS · CORPORATE POLICY · ETHICS & THE RULE OF LAW · EXTRAS ·

A curated briefing on artificial intelligence and technology policy from around the world.
Coordinated by:
Marietje Schaake

As a Policymaker I utilized internal briefings to ensure teammates and colleagues had eyes on similar developments in the policy space. I hope this weekly briefing from my team is worthwhile for our community and scholarship.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The history and litigation surrounding Clearview AI, the company that has been scraping the internet to build its facial recognition tool. (NYT)

A primer on "key concepts in AI safety." (CSET)

Substack writers are mad at Substack. The issue? Money. (Vox)

GLOBAL POLICY
China punishes LinkedIn for lax political censorship. (NYT)

China is restricting the use of Tesla vehicles among military and state personnel. (CNBC)

The Twitter account of an NHS executive was hacked by PS5 promoters. (BBC)

Uber's use of facial recognition to identify drivers is being challenged in the UK. (TechCrunch)

CCTV, a major Chinese government mouthpiece, criticizes facial recognition use in private companies. (protocol)

US POLICY
NY Council member wants to ban police robots. Is that enough? (Input Mag)

Amazon workers, with the endorsement of Biden and more, make final push for union. (Guardian)

Lawmakers are getting the FTC in shape to fight Big Tech. (Verge)

The Supreme Court rejected Facebook's appeal of $15 billion lawsuit. (Hill)

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Pentagon running AI military project that could enable swarm warfare. (Wired)

Facebook unveils VR wristband that operates through detecting motor-nerve signals. (BBC)

Study on face obfuscation finds that blurring images does little to decrease facial recognition accuracy. (arXiv)

CORPORATE POLICY
Elon Musk denies charges of cars being used for spying purposes in China. (BBC)

Dating apps are moving towards making background checks on users available, in response to safety concerns. (ProPublica)

Chinese e-commerce service Pinduouo surpassed Alibaba in active users. (TechCrunch)

ByteDance is in early stages to start developing their own AI semiconductor chips. (Reuters)

ETHICS & THE RULE OF LAW
Amazon driver quits, citing a "a four-lens, AI-powered camera" as the last straw. (TRFN)

Coalition of organizations call for a ban on big-tech "surveillance advertising". (TechCrunch)

Academics are withdrawing interactions with Google in reaction to recent departures of two Google AI researchers. (Wired)

Myanmar military junta has gained access to new public camera system with facial recognition technology, posing serious threats to basic rights. (HRW)

How the digital divide and online signups in the U.S. have made the vaccine rollout unfair. (Fortune)

EXTRAS
Tips on how to get your resume past AI screening. (NYT)

William Shatner is working with StoryFile to create an AI version of himself. (Cnet)

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