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Blake E. Reid

@blakereid
52 posts
2022-11-02
Free* speech * $7.99
2022-11-02 View on X
@elonmusk

Elon Musk says the blue checkmark system is “bullshit” and Twitter Blue will be $8/month with half the ads, priority in replies, mentions, and search, and more

Twitter's current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.

2022-10-29
The Facebook Oversight Board was an elaborate farce to avoid regulatory oversight by laundering accountability; the Twitter CoMo council looks less like that and more like a hurried, panicked idea to placate advertisers before they jump ship in droves.
2022-10-29 View on X
@elonmusk

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation council with “widely diverse viewpoints” for making major decisions about content and reinstating accounts

Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.

2022-09-23
The JCPA is just not ready for prime time. Unfortunate to see its proponents keep pushing it despite the deep conceptual flaws. https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-23 View on X
Reuters

A US Senate committee votes to approve the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, letting news organizations jointly negotiate with big tech platforms

2022-07-21
@jdp23 I kinda suspect this will take a similar path to AICOA, which had a lot of tentative initial support based on the presumption that problems would get get fixed.
2022-07-21 View on X
The Hill

A US House panel votes 53-2 to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which would affect ad targeting and how tech companies use people's data

Rebecca Klar / The Hill :

The correct way to do this, if there is one, is try and negotiate with states to roll back their individual bills in exchange for a seat at the table on the federal bill, not preemption.
2022-07-21 View on X
The Hill

A US House panel votes 53-2 to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which would affect ad targeting and how tech companies use people's data

Rebecca Klar / The Hill :

Contrary to the wishful sentiment that the politics are neatly wired for the new privacy bill, I continue to assume the state preemption and federal overrides are going to be a dealbreaker for civil society. https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-21 View on X
The Hill

A US House panel votes 53-2 to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which would affect ad targeting and how tech companies use people's data

Rebecca Klar / The Hill :

2022-06-05
Of course, there are an extremely broad set of exceptions. Overall, these introduce a ton of ambiguity to the statue. Most notably, preemption doesn't apply to “civil rights laws,” with no further elaboration on what that means! What privacy law is not a civil rights law? 5/
2022-06-05 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

To provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights … Msmash / Slashdot : Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law Ben Brody / Protocol : Congress is actually takin...

Quickly, the federal preservation section is confusing. The reference to the very specific breach provision in the CPNI rules stands in stark contrast to the broad savings clause for other federal laws. Are there other limiting authorizations? Will need to analyze carefully. 2/ https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-05 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

To provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights … Msmash / Slashdot : Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law Ben Brody / Protocol : Congress is actually takin...

There are also some exceptions where the law yields to some of the provisions of sector-specific laws like GLBA, HIPAA, FERPA, FCRA, etc. Will take deep dive by experts to understand those interactions. 3/
2022-06-05 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

To provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights … Msmash / Slashdot : Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law Ben Brody / Protocol : Congress is actually takin...

But onto the real action: the default presumption is preemption of state laws. That's bad news; literally any state law that nominally strays into the extremely broad subject matter of this bill and implementing regs is by default subject to a federal preemption fight. 4/ https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-05 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

To provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights … Msmash / Slashdot : Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law Ben Brody / Protocol : Congress is actually takin...

2022-06-04
Quickly, the federal preservation section is confusing. The reference to the very specific breach provision in the CPNI rules stands in stark contrast to the broad savings clause for other federal laws. Are there other limiting authorizations? Will need to analyze carefully. 2/ https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-04 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

The proposal, considered a step forward, still lacks the support of some key members  —  A bipartisan group of legislators …

But onto the real action: the default presumption is preemption of state laws. That's bad news; literally any state law that nominally strays into the extremely broad subject matter of this bill and implementing regs is by default subject to a federal preemption fight. 4/ https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-04 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

The proposal, considered a step forward, still lacks the support of some key members  —  A bipartisan group of legislators …

Of course, there are an extremely broad set of exceptions. Overall, these introduce a ton of ambiguity to the statue. Most notably, preemption doesn't apply to “civil rights laws,” with no further elaboration on what that means! What privacy law is not a civil rights law? 5/
2022-06-04 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

The proposal, considered a step forward, still lacks the support of some key members  —  A bipartisan group of legislators …

There are also some exceptions where the law yields to some of the provisions of sector-specific laws like GLBA, HIPAA, FERPA, FCRA, etc. Will take deep dive by experts to understand those interactions. 3/
2022-06-04 View on X
Washington Post

A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more

The proposal, considered a step forward, still lacks the support of some key members  —  A bipartisan group of legislators …

2022-03-26
Hope to hear from folks like @SteveBellovin on E2EE and interop. I'm a little skeptical of the need for interop mandates (versus bigger structural interventions), but E2EE is so much more important it's not close if there's serious systems-engineering tension between the two. https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-26 View on X
Financial Times

Apple and Google criticize the newly unveiled Digital Markets Act that will force companies designated as gatekeepers to open up their platforms to competitors

the apps ATT matters the most for will just leave the App Store, rendering ATT effectively useless Alex Stamos / @alexstamos : @matrixdotorg ... If your messaging standard does not...

Hope to hear from folks like @SteveBellovin on E2EE and interop. I'm a little skeptical of the need for interop mandates (versus bigger structural interventions), but E2EE is so much more important it's not close if there's serious systems-engineering tension between the two. https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-26 View on X
Politico

EU lawmakers provisionally agree on the DMA, which mandates messaging service interoperability, limits bundling services, prohibits self-preferencing, and more

The European Union today adopted landmark rules clamping down on anti-competitive abuses by the world's largest technology platforms …

2022-02-05
Anyone writing an app store competition bill needs to internalize this preview of how Apple will fight compliance and consider how to equip regulators with the tools necessary to make privacy/security vs. competition determinations without getting wrapped around the axle. https://twitter.com/...
2022-02-05 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to charge dating app developers using alternative payment systems a 27% commission in The Netherlands, instead of its usual 30% for in-app purchases

by far — is how disingenuous they are. Time and time again I'm made to wonder which of their core principles are important, and which are just PR. And how fluid the distinction is....

2022-01-26
This should be grounds for a Section 5 unfairness claim and if it isn't, it's a pretty good case study for building cybersecurity legislation https://twitter.com/...
2022-01-26 View on X
VICE

Google's three years of security updates for its older phones like 2018's Pixel 3 is planned obsolescence; new Pixels get five years of support vs. iPhones' ~6

Google calls that a ‘great experience’ Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Google still thinks 3 years of updates provide a ‘great experience’ ahead of cutting off Pixel 3 Arthur Brown / And...

2021-11-25
Parting with some of my colleagues, I've largely given up on the battle for “ownership” of “our” devices. But I would love more robust and coherent public policy to enumerate the obligations and govern the behavior of the companies who distribute the products/services we use.
2021-11-25 View on X
New York Times

Apple sues NSO Group in US federal court, seeking to ban NSO from using Apple products and alleging NSO illegally targeted Apple users with surveillance tools

Apple routinely ends up in a troubling liminal state between providing its users a service and selling its users devices, and this complaint tries to have it both ways. It doesn't bother me per se to have Apple stand in my shoes as a user to go after NSO, but... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-25 View on X
New York Times

Apple sues NSO Group in US federal court, seeking to ban NSO from using Apple products and alleging NSO illegally targeted Apple users with surveillance tools