PRG News Roundup, October 27, 2021
Donald Trump’s new social network, Truth Social, has been reported to be a thinly disguised variant of the Mastodon social network codebase. Mastodon is free software that anyone can use…
PRG News Roundup, October 20, 2021
The Guarini Center will host a colloquium on the global data economy. They will seek legal solutions to deal with data as a new type of asset in order to…
PRG News Roundup, October 13, 2021
The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) and the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) – the administrative authorities responsible for data protection in Brazil and Spain, respectively – signed a…
PRG News Roundup, October 6, 2021
Russia is seeking a fine from Facebook totaling 5-10% of its annual turnover in the country. In 2020 Russia passed legislation that allows regulators to fine internet providers if they…
PRG News Roundup, September 29, 2021
The “Facebook Files,” a series of articles about internal Facebook research reports that were revealed recently to the Wall Street Journal, has provided a window into Facebook’s understanding of many…
PRG News Roundup, September 22, 2021
Upcoming Events Guarini Colloquium: Regulating Global Digital Corporations – Monday September 27, 2021, 17:20 – 18:20 In this NYU Law School colloquium, participants will read and discuss a recent paper…
PRG News Roundup, September 15, 2021
President Biden nominated Alvaro Bedoya for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission. Bedoya, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, is a well-known privacy advocate. He has a research…