The FCC has proposed robocall fines against a caller and, for the very first time, against the carrier involved. First, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing a $6 million fine against political consultant Steve Kramer for perpetrating an illegal robocall campaign targeting potential voters two days before the New Hampshire’s
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 20, 2024 to May 24, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced that she had circulated among the Commissioners for their review and approval a draft Notice of
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The FCC and Congress Advance Proposals to Regulate Artificial Intelligence in Political Advertising
We’ve written several times (see for instance our articles here, here, and here) about all of the action in state legislatures to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in political advertising – with approximately 17 states now having adopted laws or rules, most requiring the labeling of “deep fakes” in such ads,…
Consumer Protection Dispatch: The Latest Developments in the World of Consumer Protection (5/22/24)
(The Consumer Protection Dispatch summarizes industry news and updates on emerging issues involving a variety of consumer protection issues including, but not limited to, data and AI.)
This week’s edition includes latest developments relating to AI laws passed by Colorado, Tennessee and Utah, U.S. Senate bipartisan working group on AI, a new privacy bill from…
Digital Dynamics: Booking.com's DMA Gatekeeper Role and AI's Expanding Impact on Travel Planning
By Greg Duff
Booking.com’s “gatekeeper” designation under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and artificial intelligence’s increasing influence on online travel garnered much of the attention this past week. Enjoy.
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- Chase Scores Major Win with Southwest Airlines. Want to get away? Chase Travel has a solution. Chase Travel is the only online platform (not competing card companies or
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ICO’s Third Consultation on Generative AI: Accuracy of Training Data and Model Outputs
By Max Gross
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently closed its third and final call for evidence on data protection issues in relation to generative artificial intelligence (AI) models. This time, the focus was on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) accuracy principle to the output of AI models, and how the accuracy of the…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 13, 2024 to May 17, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The Justice Department has submitted a proposal to be published in the Federal Register to reclassify marijuana under the Controlled
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Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Looking Ahead to Potential Practical and Legal Issues When AI Gets Autonomous
Generative AI has been most synonymous in the public mind with “AI” since the commercial breakout of ChatGPT in November 2022. Consumers and businesses have seen the fruits of impressive innovation in various generative models’ ability to create audio, video, images and text, analyze and transform data, perform Q&A chatbot functions, and write code, to…
Tennessee Out Front: Enacting Protections Against AI Misuse in the Music Industry
In late March, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act of 2024—known as the “ELVIS Act”—making Tennessee the first state to address head-on potential misuses of artificial intelligence (AI) related to an individual’s voice. The law prohibits individuals from using AI to generate and distribute replicas of…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 29, 2024 to May 3, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FTC announced that it will hold a 45-minute webinar on May 14 at 11:00 a.m. ET to provide an
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