🔥 “Hot new release” on @Amazon: “Technology Fears and Scapegoats” by Robert D. Atkinson & David Moschella debunks 40 widespread myths about Big Tech, Big Data, AI, privacy, automation & more. Order it now! amazon.com/Technology-Fea…

🚫 Product reviews are crucial for consumers to make informed decisions, but fake reviews fool consumers & diminish trust in products & businesses. The FTC has taken recent action to limit illegal review practices, but more can be done, says Becca Trate.
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Live from the frontlines:

TEMU EXPLOITS THE DE MINIMIS LOOPHOLE TO SEND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PACKAGES TO THE U.S. EVERY DAY WITHOUT PAYING A SINGLE TARIFF AND ITS POOR QUALITY PRODUCTS ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE WITH FORCED LABOR AND SOME PRODUCTS MAY EVEN CONTAIN HARMFUL SUBSTANCES LIKE LEAD

📢🧮🔖 Attn #economists #press & #policy wonks! Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s #HamiltonIndex has #datavisualization tools with 40 nations’ market shares & relative performance (LQ) in 10 key industries. This is OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives’s latest data on trade in value-added (1995–2020). itif.org/publications/2…🧵

There's been a surge of #dupe products being marketed on #TikTok 💄👚 But at what point are purported dupes actually counterfeit goods? Check out our video on the topic with Policy Analyst Becca Trate.

The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act needs more productive benchmarks to address crime and to focus on peer-to-peer markets, where stolen goods are sold. Read more in my latest for Data Innovation. datainnovation.org/2023/10/combat…

The more barriers that can be removed for drone delivery, the better. Easy access to products, especially necessary products like medicine, can help low-mobility and homebound people maintain a level of independence in their lives. winsightgrocerybusiness.com/amazon/its-bir…

Next, make the robots mix the dressing into the salad. wsj.com/business/hospi…

Instead of creating liability for platforms like the #SHOPSAFEAct would, #Congress should work with industry leaders to craft best practices for addressing #counterfeit products online, says Becca Trate
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Largely misleading report by Senate commerce: BEAD is about much more than deployment and must also address low adoption, a key driver of the digital divide. And there's a challenge process for each state to ensure eligibility and prevent double funding commerce.senate.gov/2023/9/senate-…

Instead of stoking fears about #AI , governments should ensure it serves democratic ideals & promotes global progress. That’s why we & others in @gtipalliance have issued a Global Declaration on Free & Open AI. Read it, then sign the petition: itif.org/publications/2…

AUG 17: @beccatrate will moderate a discussion on the challenges inhibiting #drone use in package delivery, where the drone tech & regulations affecting the tech are heading & how policymakers can support safe drone operations. datainnovation.org/2023/08/how-ca…

The #INFORMAct will help combat counterfeiters, but policymakers should do more. Becca Trate recommends that Congress direct CBP to establish a public-private partnership between law enforcement, online marketplaces & brand sellers. itif.org/publications/2…

Exclusive: TikTok’s U.S. e-commerce feature is falling flat with merchants, despite attempts to woo sellers. thein.fo/Ao9DhTp From Juro Osawa, Theo Wayt, Ann Gehan, and Kaya Yurieff

propose a 6 day pause in ai research so I can take a week off

Me [weeping]: 'Please... you can't just call any conceivable user interface a 'dark pattern' if the term is going to have any serious regulatory value.'

Academic [pointing at light switch]: 'Dark pattern.'

What did the #TikTokHearing reveal? Policy Analyst Gillian Diebold shares her take in our latest video.