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Click-to-Cancel Rule Canceled: A Victory for Rule of Law and Regulatory Restraint

Click-to-Cancel Rule Canceled: A Victory for Rule of Law and Regulatory Restraint

The Eighth Circuit was right to throw out the FTC’s click-to-cancel rule, because the agency skipped a step Congress required. From Politechly.

July 10, 2025

The EU AI Act: A Compliance Challenge with Dubious Benefits

The EU AI Act: A Compliance Challenge with Dubious Benefits

The EU AI Act will impose heavy compliance costs on companies while delivering little in the way of clear benefits. From Politechly.

January 31, 2025

How Lina Khan’s FTC Stifled Innovation, and Why the Second Trump Administration Must Reverse Course

How Lina Khan’s FTC Stifled Innovation, and Why the Second Trump Administration Must Reverse Course

Lina Khan’s FTC got startup acquisitions backwards, since blocking them scares off the investors who fund young companies. From Politechly.

January 31, 2025

China’s DeepSeek AI and the Future of AI Innovation and Regulation

China’s DeepSeek AI and the Future of AI Innovation and Regulation

Denied Nvidia’s best chips, DeepSeek built a competitive model on weaker hardware, and its app raises TikTok’s security questions. From Spectrum News 1.

January 27, 2025

Mystery Drones, Government Secrecy, and Public Paranoia

Mystery Drones, Government Secrecy, and Public Paranoia

Many drone sightings were likely aircraft, satellites or legal flights, and no single federal agency could answer the public quickly. From Spectrum News.

December 18, 2024

Drones, Misinformation, and Public Trust

Drones, Misinformation, and Public Trust

The lack of definitive information about the 2024 drone sightings fueled conspiracy theories, though many were conventional aircraft. From CNN Newsroom.

December 17, 2024

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