Should you delete TikTok from your phone?
It’s a tough time to be a TikToker. The video-sharing platform owned by the Chinese technology giant ByteDance has been censured in India, accused of “spying” by the president of…
The Fundamentals of GDPR and Data Protection
The Fundamentals of GDPR and Data Protection One aim of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, 2018, was to harmonize data protection laws…
Tech Policy In The 21st Century: Mid-2020 Review
We're not partisan here at Techdirt. We have our personal preferences, certainly, but technology policy tends to transcend normal political divisions. We have been just as likely to see good…
Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people
Until the end of the 20th century, most young people could take one thing for granted: their embarrassing behavior would eventually be forgotten. It might be a bad haircut, or…
CCPA enforcement begins now and most companies aren’t ready
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 2020 with a six-month enforcement grace period. That end date is now here. The CCPA explicitly applies to companies…