All over the country, states are advancing and implementing AI safeguards while Congress considers a national moratorium in the reconciliation bill. In California, one measure aims to counter tech marketing of chatbots as an alleviation to loneliness and mental health struggles.
Assembly Bill 1355 would require opt-in consent for collecting and sharing geolocation data, a targeted approach that reflects growing national concern over surveillance and use of sensitive data.
“The CPPA is charged with protecting the data privacy of Californians, and watering down its proposed rules to benefit Big Tech does nothing to achieve that goal,“ said Sacha Haworth, executive director of Tech Oversight Project, an advocacy group focused on challenging policy that reinforces Big Tech power, said in a statement to CalMatters. “By…
She never searched for this content specifically, but the platforms’ algorithms aggressively pushed it on her. What happened next was devastating, and a painful example of why we need Assembly Bill 2, an accountability measure currently circulating the state Capitol. She transformed from a vibrant, healthy, athletic teen to someone we didn’t recognize. My daughter…
A coalition of labor unions and consumer advocates this morning are asking California’s privacy watchdog to defy Big Tech and advance potentially sweeping regulations for algorithms that influence everything from hiring to health care.
The California Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would place guardrails on companion chatbots, the latest target in lawmakers’ efforts to address youth online safety.
Yet California is also home to a powerful ecosystem of advocates and experts dedicated to responsible tech development. Common Sense Media and newly-launched Tech Oversight Project-California are working on kids safety, data privacy, and accountability in the tech sector.
“Good for state legislators in California and across the country who are standing up to protect our pocketbooks from these companies’ unrelenting greed and nip this emerging problem in the bud,” said Sacha Haworth, executive director of the Tech Oversight Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that recently launched a California-focused advocacy effort.
The wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted Silicon Valley leaders Monday for cozying up to Donald Trump, calling them a “tech oligarchy” and accusing them of using “unchecked” power to avoid accountability for kids’ safety on social media.