NTIA should consider letting states have the final say about which locations count as community anchor institutions under the BEAD program, the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition and Benton Institute for Broadband & Society said in a letter Monday. The groups raised issue with NTIA's new definition of "community support organizations" because the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act made the definition intentionally broad for states to meet local needs.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on Aug. 5-7 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
People are increasingly using general-purpose AI chatbots like ChatGPT for emotional and mental health support, but many don’t realize that regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) fail to cover these sensitive conversations, a Duke University paper published last month found. Industry self-regulation seems unlikely to solve the issue, which may disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, said Pardis Emami-Naeini, a computer science professor at Duke and one of the report’s authors.
Consumers’ Research and its allies objected Friday to the proposed USF contribution factor for Q4, citing unanswered questions from the group’s unsuccessful challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court in late June. The factor is projected to increase from 36% in Q3 to 39.3% in Q4, based on the latest projections from the Universal Service Administrative Co. (see 2508040049).
Semiconductor companies Nvidia and AMD are expected to pay the U.S. government a portion of the profits they earn from selling certain controlled chips to China, an arrangement that has sparked concerns and questions among exporters, lawmakers and former government officials.
CAMDEN, N.J. -- A federal judge raised doubts Monday that the Communications Decency Act gives data brokers immunity from New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law. In an oral argument at the U.S. District Court for New Jersey, Judge Harvey Bartle heard preemption arguments from various data brokers sued by Atlas Data Privacy under the 2020 state law, which is aimed at protecting the personal information of judicial and law enforcement officers, child protective investigators and certain family members.
The FCC hacked away at licensing requirements for satellite and earth stations and slashed an array of broadcast rules in its August meeting Thursday. Four of the five items -- orders on submarine cable licensing and satellite and earth station licensing and NPRMs on improving emergency alerts and reviewing the commission's National Environmental Protection Act rules (see 2508070052) -- were approved unanimously. Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez partially dissented on an order repealing 98 broadcast rules and requirements.
The world has changed so dramatically since the EU AI Act took effect last August that its assumptions have been upended and its focus on rights has shifted, two digital rights advocates wrote in an op-ed Thursday in Tech Policy.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) filing a court petition to force Tractor Supply Co. to comply with an investigative subpoena Wednesday demonstrates its willingness to fight for privacy rights, consumer advocacy groups and other privacy professionals said.
The FCC is facing persistent calls from one unsuccessful bidder for Paramount Global to revisit the approval of the company's sale to Skydance Media, but we're told the commission is unlikely to heed them. The agency didn't comment Wednesday.