How Big Tech won big against regulation in California this year
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/10/21/california-big-tech-wins-regulations/
As public sentiment toward Big Tech sours in Silicon Valley and across the country, the industry nevertheless had a banner year dodging regulation in the California legislature.
Of some 60 bills to rein in the industry, fewer than 20 passed, many watered down, said David Harris, a Chancellor’s Public Scholar at UC Berkeley who studies tech regulation. Among the casualties: Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to throw up guardrails against the light-speed expansion of artificial intelligence technology, and brokered a deal between lawmakers and Google to kill legislation that would have made the search giant pay the struggling news media for using their journalism.
How Big Tech won big against regulation in California this year
Mon Oct 21, 3:35pm UTC
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/10/21/california-big-tech-wins-regulations/
> As public sentiment toward Big Tech sours in Silicon Valley and across the country, the industry nevertheless had a banner year dodging regulation in the California legislature.
> Of some 60 bills to rein in the industry, fewer than 20 passed, many watered down, said David Harris, a Chancellor’s Public Scholar at UC Berkeley who studies tech regulation. Among the casualties: Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to throw up guardrails against the light-speed expansion of artificial intelligence technology, and brokered a deal between lawmakers and Google to kill legislation that would have made the search giant pay the struggling news media for using their journalism.