{ "count": 42, "items": [ { "id": 19216, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-advocates-celebrate-as-new-jersey-signs-nation-leading-kids-online-safety-bills-into-law-2", "title": "EPIC, Advocates Celebrate As New Jersey Signs Nation-Leading Kids’ Online Safety Bills Into Law", "summary": "JERSEY CITY, N.J. — EPIC and New Jersey Kids Code Coalition advocates celebrated as Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the landmark New Jersey Kids Code into law alongside bills to create social media mental health warning labels and a new state social media research observatory, applauding the Governor, legislative leaders, and community advocates who championed youth online safety.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,healthcare,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-11T18:03:51.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19216" }, { "id": 19217, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-advocates-celebrate-as-new-jersey-signs-nation-leading-kids-online-safety-bills-into-law", "title": "EPIC, Advocates Celebrate As New Jersey Signs Nation-Leading Kids’ Online Safety Bills Into Law", "summary": "JERSEY CITY, N.J. — EPIC and New Jersey Kids Code Coalition advocates celebrated as Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the landmark New Jersey Kids Code into law alongside bills to create social media mental health warning labels and a new state social media research observatory, applauding the Governor, legislative leaders, and community advocates who championed youth online safety.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,healthcare,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-11T18:03:28.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19217" }, { "id": 17452, "url": "https://epic.org/judges-sides-with-epic-and-ag-telling-google-tiktok-and-meta-their-addictive-social-media-features-are-not-1a-speech", "title": "Judges Sides with EPIC and AG, Telling Google, TikTok, and Meta Their Addictive Social Media Features Are Not 1A Speech", "summary": "Big Tech’s overbroad arguments that their addictive social media features are protected speech were dealt a major blow in an order issued Thursday in the combined TikTok, Meta, and Google v. Bonta cases. These cases involved First Amendment challenges against California’s SB 976, which prohibits companies from providing addictive social media feeds to minors. The legislation's passage followed whistleblower reports and company leaks showing that the tech giants understood that adding engagement-", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-06T19:01:20.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17452" }, { "id": 17453, "url": "https://epic.org/senate-commerce-committee-advances-youth-ai-privacy-act", "title": "Senate Commerce Committee Advances Youth AI Privacy Act", "summary": "On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the Youth AI Privacy Act, a crucial piece of legislation that would establish federal privacy and safety protections for minors using AI chatbots.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-08-05T15:44:05.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17453" }, { "id": 16701, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-coalition-urge-senate-commerce-committee-to-advance-youth-ai-privacy-act", "title": "EPIC, Coalition Urge Senate Commerce Committee to Advance Youth AI Privacy Act", "summary": "On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, important legislation that would establish federal privacy and safety protections for minors using AI chatbots. EPIC and a coalition of leading consumer and child safety advocacy organizations are urging the Committee to advance this important legislation.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-04T16:01:50.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16701" }, { "id": 16702, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-coalition-challenges-dramatic-data-privacy-changes-to-federal-assistance-program-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Challenges Dramatic Data Privacy Changes to Federal Assistance Program", "summary": "Trump-Vance Administration Seeks to Allow Family Support Program to be Weaponized by Immigration Officials WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new legal challenge has been filed to the Trump-Vance administration’s effort to unlawfully and arbitrarily change a key data sharing policy to give federal and state agencies broad access to the sensitive personal information of current and past recipients … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-03T20:13:33.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16702" }, { "id": 16703, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-coalition-challenges-dramatic-data-privacy-changes-to-federal-assistance-program", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Challenges Dramatic Data Privacy Changes to Federal Assistance Program", "summary": "Trump-Vance Administration Seeks to Allow Family Support Program to be Weaponized by Immigration Officials WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new legal challenge has been filed to the Trump-Vance administration’s effort to unlawfully and arbitrarily change a key data sharing policy to give federal and state agencies broad access to the sensitive personal information of current and past recipients … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-03T20:12:59.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16703" }, { "id": 17454, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-coalition-urge-congress-to-reject-defense-departments-attempt-to-withhold-information-from-foia", "title": "EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Reject Defense Department’s Attempt to Withhold Information from FOIA", "summary": "Last Friday, EPIC joined a broad coalition of transparency organizations, government watchdog groups, and press freedom advocates to oppose a proposal from the Department of Defense (DoD) to exempt controlled unclassified information (CUI) from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).", "authors": "Enid Zhou", "category": "org", "topics": "military-security,transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-03T18:24:26.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17454" }, { "id": 16704, "url": "https://epic.org/illinois-governor-signs-age-appropriate-design-code-into-law", "title": "Illinois Governor Signs Age-Appropriate Design Code into Law", "summary": "On Friday, Governor JB Pritzker signed into law the Children’s Social Media Safety Act, a significant piece of legislation that regulates harmful platform design for minors, such as addictive feeds and overnight push notifications.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-31T19:41:22.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16704" }, { "id": 16705, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-urges-ftc-to-abandon-misleading-guidance-suggesting-consumer-protection-laws-preempt-state-ai-regulations", "title": "EPIC Urges FTC to Abandon Misleading Guidance Suggesting Consumer Protection Laws Preempt State AI Regulations", "summary": "On Friday, EPIC submitted comments urging the FTC to rescind its recent policy statement on AI regulations, which falsely suggests that companies could violate federal consumer protection law by complying with state AI laws.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-31T19:15:41.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16705" }, { "id": 15702, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-challenge-to-doges-unlawful-seizure-of-payment-system-data-advances-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Challenge to DOGE’s Unlawful Seizure of Payment System Data Advances", "summary": "Court Rejects Government’s Request to Dismiss Case WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an order denying the Trump-Vance administration’s motion to dismiss in Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) et al, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sided with the plaintiffs who are seeking to protect the privacy of millions of Americans whose … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-30T14:54:18.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15702" }, { "id": 15703, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-challenge-to-doges-unlawful-seizure-of-payment-system-data-advances", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Challenge to DOGE’s Unlawful Seizure of Payment System Data Advances", "summary": "Court Rejects Government’s Request to Dismiss Case WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an order denying the Trump-Vance administration’s motion to dismiss in Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) et al, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sided with the plaintiffs who are seeking to protect the privacy of millions of Americans whose … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-30T14:53:35.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15703" }, { "id": 15574, "url": "https://epic.org/the-christian-science-monitor-a-us-agency-listed-an-ai-immigration-tool-online-the-disclosure-vanished-after-our-inquiry", "title": "The Christian Science Monitor: A US agency listed an AI immigration tool online. The disclosure vanished after our inquiry.", "summary": "“Legal experts, including former agency officials, say the removal of information about the AI tool was potentially illegal and raises troubling questions about the Trump administration’s commitment to the safety of immigrant children.” “’It would appear that HHS is in violation of the law, and the whole situation comes across as the agency trying to … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,children-education,transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-29T14:29:59.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15574" }, { "id": 15575, "url": "https://epic.org/cnet-the-governments-indictment-of-an-activist-tests-whether-you-have-a-right-to-wipe-your-phone", "title": "CNET: The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone", "summary": "“It highlights the risks activists face when going through airport security — when federal agents have an opportunity to detain, interrogate or search phones or other devices, Maria Villegas Bravo, a legal counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told CNET.” “’More and more political activism is done online through conversations with associates and finding like-minded … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:26:54.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15575" }, { "id": 15576, "url": "https://epic.org/bbc-how-period-trackers-share-your-private-details", "title": "BBC: How period trackers share your private details", "summary": "“This may or may not bother you. But simply revealing the fact that you use a reproductive health app can have consequences, says Sara Geoghegan, director of the Consumer Privacy Program at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group.” “Among other things, it could let law enforcement know there’s a trove of health data … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:25:32.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15576" }, { "id": 15577, "url": "https://epic.org/kqed-healthcare-company-focusing-on-womens-health-faces-scrutiny", "title": "KQED: Healthcare Company Focusing on Women’s Health Faces Scrutiny", "summary": "“John Davisson with the Electronic Privacy Information Center is a plaintiff in the case.” “’It’s really about challenging this attempt as part of a broader campaign by the administration to intimidate people who are engaged again in nothing more than peaceful legal observation and protest by collecting their data and in this case, punishing them … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:24:41.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15577" }, { "id": 15578, "url": "https://epic.org/fortune-instagram-cracks-down-on-growing-pervert-glasses-problem-with-meta-ray-bans", "title": "Fortune: Instagram cracks down on growing ‘pervert glasses’ problem with Meta Ray-Bans", "summary": "“Privacy advocates say those concerns could become even greater if smart glasses eventually incorporate facial recognition. In April, 75 civil liberties organizations, including the ACLU and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, urged Meta to halt plans to equip its smart glasses with facial recognition technology, warning it could make stalking, harassment, and surveillance significantly easier.” Read more … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:23:44.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15578" }, { "id": 15579, "url": "https://epic.org/mother-jones-records-reveal-how-homeland-security-agents-surveilled-ice-protesters", "title": "Mother Jones: Records Reveal How Homeland Security Agents Surveilled ICE Protesters", "summary": "“On July 24, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and three legal observers filed a First Amendment lawsuit against DHS, alleging the agency has ‘adopt[ed] a secret Protester Surveillance Policy enabling its agents to first collect records on Americans engaging in First Amendment exercise and then maintain them in DHS systems, where they can be used to retaliate … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-07-27T14:22:38.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15579" }, { "id": 15580, "url": "https://epic.org/biometric-update-dhs-accused-of-tracking-immigration-observers-and-retaliating-through-global-entry", "title": "Biometric Update: DHS accused of tracking immigration observers and retaliating through Global Entry", "summary": "“The 55-page complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, was brought by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and three U.S. citizens who say federal agents photographed, scanned, or identified them while they observed immigration operations.” Read more here.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-07-27T14:21:52.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15580" }, { "id": 15581, "url": "https://epic.org/startup-fortune-openai-launched-chatgpt-health-and-quietly-moved-your-medical-records-outside-hipaa", "title": "Startup Fortune: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health and quietly moved your medical records outside HIPAA", "summary": "“HIPAA applies to covered entities, meaning hospitals, insurers, and their business associates. OpenAI is none of those things. As Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told The Record, sharing your electronic medical records with ChatGPT Health ‘would remove the HIPAA protection from those records, which is dangerous.’ The data becomes governed … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-25T14:20:48.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15581" }, { "id": 14622, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-privacy-rights-advocates-challenge-trump-vance-administrations-secret-tracking-of-people-exercising-their-first-amendment-rights-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Privacy Rights Advocates Challenge Trump-Vance Administration’s Secret Tracking of People Exercising their First Amendment Rights", "summary": "Lawsuit Challenges Secret Government Policy that Collects, Stores, and Uses Personal Information About People Observing Immigration Enforcement SAN DIEGO — Privacy rights advocates and three individuals today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful surveillance of those who peacefully observe and document federal immigration enforcement. Plaintiffs allege that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-24T18:19:44.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14622" }, { "id": 14623, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-privacy-rights-advocates-challenge-trump-vance-administrations-secret-tracking-of-people-exercising-their-first-amendment-rights", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Privacy Rights Advocates Challenge Trump-Vance Administration’s Secret Tracking of People Exercising their First Amendment Rights", "summary": "Lawsuit Challenges Secret Government Policy that Collects, Stores, and Uses Personal Information About People Observing Immigration Enforcement SAN DIEGO — Privacy rights advocates and three individuals today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful surveillance of those who peacefully observe and document federal immigration enforcement. Plaintiffs allege that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has … Continued", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-24T18:18:55.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14623" }, { "id": 14624, "url": "https://epic.org/nj-governor-signs-grocery-surveillance-pricing-ban-with-private-right-of-action-into-law", "title": "NJ Governor Signs Grocery Surveillance Pricing Ban with Private Right of Action into Law", "summary": "On Thursday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed into law a ban on surveillance pricing for groceries. The Fair Price Protection Act makes New Jersey the third state to enact legislation curbing surveillance pricing, joining Maryland and Connecticut. The New York Legislature has also sent a surveillance pricing ban to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk for signature.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-23T12:55:18.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14624" }, { "id": 13104, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-and-the-national-institute-for-workers-rights-release-white-paper-on-algorithmic-unionbusting-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights Release White Paper on Algorithmic Unionbusting", "summary": "Washington, D.C. — Today, EPIC and the National Institute for Workers' Rights (NIWR) released a white paper titled Who's Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting, documenting how employers increasingly use surveillance technologies, algorithmic management systems, and vast stores of worker data to identify, monitor, and interfere with workers seeking to organize.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-21T19:39:26.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13104" }, { "id": 13105, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-and-the-national-institute-for-workers-rights-release-white-paper-on-algorithmic-unionbusting", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights Release White Paper on Algorithmic Unionbusting", "summary": "Washington, D.C. — Today, EPIC and the National Institute for Workers' Rights (NIWR) released a white paper titled Who's Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting, documenting how employers increasingly use surveillance technologies, algorithmic management systems, and vast stores of worker data to identify, monitor, and interfere with workers seeking to organize.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-21T13:30:00.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13105" }, { "id": 11665, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-seeks-records-on-usdas-secretive-palantir-contracts-meant-to-detect-snap-fraud", "title": "EPIC Seeks Records on USDA’s Secretive Palantir Contracts Meant to Detect SNAP Fraud", "summary": "EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Wednesday seeking records about the U.S. Department of Agriculture contracting with Palantir Technologies to identify and investigate alleged waste, fraud, and abuse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-15T17:22:07.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11665" }, { "id": 11666, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-again-urges-usda-to-abandon-proposed-national-snap-database-that-threatens-privacy", "title": "EPIC Again Urges USDA to Abandon Proposed National SNAP Database That Threatens Privacy", "summary": "On Wednesday, EPIC submitted comments urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withdraw its revised System of Records Notice for the proposed National SNAP Information Database, a centralized database that would unlawfully collect sensitive personal information about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants and recipients nationwide.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-15T15:20:55.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11666" }, { "id": 11044, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-urges-d-c-council-to-strengthen-proposed-government-data-privacy-and-protection-act", "title": "EPIC Urges D.C. Council to Strengthen Proposed Government Data Privacy and Protection Act", "summary": "EPIC submitted testimony on Monday to the D.C. Council Committee on Public Works & Operations urging them to further strengthen B26-0670, the DC Government Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-13T17:45:09.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11044" }, { "id": 11045, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-cfa-fairplay-submit-recommendations-ahead-of-potential-rulemaking-for-colorado-automated-decision-making-and-chatbot-laws", "title": "EPIC, CFA, Fairplay Submit Recommendations Ahead of Potential Rulemaking for Colorado Automated Decision-Making and Chatbot Laws", "summary": "EPIC, the Consumer Federation of America, and Fairplay submitted comments on Monday in response to the Colorado Department of Law’s request for stakeholder input ahead of potential rulemaking for the state’s recently passed bills on chatbot safety and automated decision-making technology (ADMT) in consequential decisions.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-13T13:32:29.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11045" }, { "id": 10644, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-applauds-introduction-of-privacy-centered-federal-chatbot-bill-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Introduction of Privacy-Centered Federal Chatbot Bill", "summary": "WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, federal lawmakers introduced the People-First Chatbot Act, a clear framework to make chatbots safer for everyone and address the harms caused by AI chatbots that were rushed into the public’s hands with little oversight or transparency. EPIC applauds Reps. Valerie Foushee and Greg Casar for sponsoring this important bill.", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-10T13:26:16.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10644" }, { "id": 10645, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-applauds-introduction-of-privacy-centered-federal-chatbot-bill", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Introduction of Privacy-Centered Federal Chatbot Bill", "summary": "WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, federal lawmakers introduced the People-First Chatbot Act, a clear framework to make chatbots safer for everyone and address the harms caused by AI chatbots that were rushed into the public’s hands with little oversight or transparency. EPIC applauds Reps. Valerie Foushee and Greg Casar for sponsoring this important bill. This legislation was crafted to ensure that the companies operating AI chatbots provide users with clear disclosures, material safeguards, and co", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance,transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-10T13:25:39.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10645" }, { "id": 10370, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-applauds-the-massachusetts-senate-for-passing-platform-design-regulations", "title": "EPIC Applauds the Massachusetts Senate for Passing Platform Design Regulations", "summary": "This afternoon, the Massachusetts Senate passed the Protecting Children from Addictive Social Feeds Act, which provides kids with important protections from harmful and invasive platform features. EPIC applauds Massachusetts’ Senators for committing to protecting kids online by regulating social media platform design. “For too long, social media companies have relied on invasive data collection and manipulative design practices to drive engagement, often at the expense of young people’s safety a", "authors": "Caroline Anders", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-09T20:22:32.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10370" }, { "id": 1750, "url": "https://epic.org/new-jersey-bans-the-sale-of-sensitive-data-creates-data-broker-registry", "title": "New Jersey Bans the Sale of Sensitive Data, Creates Data Broker Registry", "summary": "New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has signed A5328, banning the sale of sensitive data and creating a data broker registry in New Jersey. The ban on sale applies to all forms of sensitive data under the New Jersey Data Privacy Act and applies to all entities regardless of the number of consumers whose data the … Continued", "authors": "EPIC", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-02T17:24:54.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1750" }, { "id": 1752, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-commends-california-for-protecting-user-privacy-and-speech-in-proposed-age-assurance-rules", "title": "EPIC Commends California For Protecting User Privacy and Speech in Proposed Age Assurance Rules", "summary": "Yesterday, EPIC filed comments in response to the California Department of Justice’s proposed rules to implement the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976). EPIC commended California for the proposed rules, which align strongly with the privacy- and speech-protective principles for age assurance implementation that EPIC urged the state to follow in a comment submitted last year. In this latest round of comments, EPIC recommended additional tweaks to further enhance privacy ", "authors": "Megan Iorio", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-01T21:22:54.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1752" }, { "id": 1754, "url": "https://epic.org/new-jersey-legislature-passes-grocery-surveillance-pricing-ban", "title": "New Jersey Legislature Passes Grocery Surveillance Pricing Ban", "summary": "Last night, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Fair Price Protection Act, a law banning surveillance pricing for groceries.", "authors": "Enid Zhou", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-01T16:09:17.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1754" }, { "id": 1757, "url": "https://epic.org/epic-applauds-passage-of-the-new-jersey-kids-code-act", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Passage of the New Jersey Kids Code Act", "summary": "Today, the New Jersey legislature passed the New Jersey Kids Code Act, which prohibits online companies from engaging in data and design practices that harm minors online. The bill now advances to the desk of Gov. Mikie Sherrill. EPIC applauds lawmakers’ passage of this crucial piece of legislation, which features several provisions from the model Age-Appropriate Design … Continued", "authors": "Megan Iorio", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-01T02:08:35.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1757" }, { "id": 1759, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-applauds-passage-of-the-new-jersey-kids-code-act", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Passage of the New Jersey Kids Code Act", "summary": "Washington, D.C. — Today, the New Jersey legislature passed the New Jersey Kids Code ActNew Jersey Kids Code Act, which prohibits online companies from engaging in data and design practices that harm minors online. The bill now advances to the desk of Gov. Mikie Sherrill. EPIC applauds lawmakers’ passage of this crucial piece of legislation, which features … Continued", "authors": "Kendall Schrohe", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-01T01:00:00.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1759" }, { "id": 1761, "url": "https://epic.org/coalition-amicus-brief-urges-new-york-court-of-appeals-to-reject-all-content-search-warrant", "title": "Coalition Amicus Brief Urges New York Court of Appeals to Reject “All-Content” Search Warrant", "summary": "On Friday, June 26, EPIC filed an amicus brief alongside civil liberties and criminal defense organizations in New York v. Morris, an important case about cell phone privacy rights during criminal investigations. The brief was filed with the American Civil Liberties Union, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Aid Society, the Center for … Continued", "authors": "Thomas McBrien", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,military-security,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-06-30T20:34:03.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1761" }, { "id": 1763, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-four-leading-privacy-experts-and-advocates-join-epics-advisory-board", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: Four Leading Privacy Experts and Advocates Join EPIC’s Advisory Board", "summary": "Washington DC – Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) announced the addition of four new members to its Advisory Board. Since its establishment, EPIC’s work has been informed by the expertise of leading scholars, experts, and advocates in the fields of privacy, technology policy, and digital rights. We are excited to see the expansion of … Continued", "authors": "Kendall Schrohe", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-06-30T18:00:00.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1763" }, { "id": 1765, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-condemns-supreme-courts-assault-on-agency-independence-consumer-protection-and-the-rule-of-law-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Condemns Supreme Court’s Assault on Agency Independence, Consumer Protection, and the Rule of Law", "summary": "A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court struck a major blow against American consumers on Monday, rewriting constitutional law to bring the Federal Trade Commission and other independent agencies directly under the President’s thumb and threatening their ability to protect the public from harmful business and data practices.", "authors": "Enid Zhou", "category": "org", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-06-29T20:59:29.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1765" }, { "id": 1767, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-celebrates-supreme-courts-opinion-in-consequential-geofencing-case-2", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Celebrates Supreme Court’s Opinion in Consequential Geofencing Case", "summary": "The Supreme Court ruled today that geofence searches violate a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.", "authors": "Enid Zhou", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-06-29T20:57:22.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1767" }, { "id": 1769, "url": "https://epic.org/press-release-epic-celebrates-supreme-courts-opinion-in-consequential-geofencing-case", "title": "PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Celebrates Supreme Court’s Opinion in Consequential Geofencing Case", "summary": "The Supreme Court ruled today that geofence searches violate a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.", "authors": "Enid Zhou", "category": "org", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-06-29T20:38:30.000Z", "source": "EPIC", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1769" } ], "attribution": "via ethics.ai" }