Congress Considers Kids Online Safety Act Amid Concerns from Activists
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) of 2023 is circulating Congress with bipartisan support. According to bill sponsors Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), KOSA would require social media...
Privacy Tip #363 – Regulating AI
This week, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and the Chief Privacy Officer of IBM testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. During...
Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security Threats
Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is...
Episode 234: Rep. Jim Langevin on Cyber Policy in an Age of Political Polarization
In this episode of the podcast (#234) US Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI), joins Paul to talk about the flurry of legislation passed on Capitol Hill in recent months to boost the U.S.’s...
Episode 222: US Rep. Himes on Congress’s About-face on Cybersecurity
In this week’s podcast, we speak with Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) about Congress’s sudden focus on cybersecurity - an about face that Rep. Himes says was encouraged by the devastating Colonial...
House Committee Hearings on Transportation Provide Insight on the Future of UAS
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure heard testimony from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg this week on the Biden Administration’s priorities and plans for national transportation infrastructure....
Episode 206: What Might A Federal Data Privacy Law Mean In the US?
In this episode of the podcast (#206): with movement towards passage of a federal data privacy law stronger than ever, we invite two experts in to the Security Ledger studio to...