| Internet Governance Irish Data Protection Agency Issues Preliminary Draft Ruling Ordering Meta to Stop U.S. Data Transfers: Ireland, where Meta’s EU headquarters is located, is the latest EU member state to chime in on the legality of data sharing between the EU and the U.S. |
| Privacy Quick Shift to Remote Learning Led to the Potentially Dangerous Surveillance of Students: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools contracted with edtech companies that monitor school computers and student accounts. Now, LGBT students fear that their schools will out them to their parents before they are ready based on content they search for or write about during remote learning. |
| Information Security and Cyberthreats EU Creates Team to Help Defend Ukraine from Cyberattacks: The cyber rapid response team, which has members from Lithuania, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Romania, and the Netherlands, was formed after the U.S. and U.K. blamed Russia for recent cyberattacks against Ukrainian banking and government websites. |
| Intellectual Property U.S. Copyright Office Affirms Ruling that AI Can’t Copyright Art: A three-person review board confirmed that an AI-generated artwork lacked the element of “human authorship” necessary to earn copyright protection. |
| Freedom of Expression and Censorship Neighborhood-Based Social Networking App “Nextdoor” Reaffirms Community Moderation Approach: As the U.S. and other countries weigh efforts to tighten regulation of social media, Nextdoor relies on community volunteers to serve as moderators. The app will also show “kindness reminders” or “antiracism warnings,” which, according to the company’s first-ever transparency report, prompted a third of users who received such a notification to delete or edit their post. |
| Practice Note Metaverse Opens a New World of Employment Law Concerns: Questions are starting to emerge about jurisdiction, privacy, and harassment, among other topics, as employees become geographically disconnected from employers and enter into a digital workforce. |
| On the Lighter Side Retrofitted 3D Printer Uses Added Smarts to Tackle Wordle: A fan of the puzzle game is trying to become a Wordle master using a 3D printer-turned-robot with a touchscreen stylus and dictionary access. |
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