Every time the US has a change of administration, EFF staffers - lawyers, policy analysts, activists - create a "transition memo": a series of one-page briefings on the tech policy issues the new admin should take up. The Biden memo is *great*.
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration
It opens with a section on surveillance, with three subsections:
I. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
II. Facial Recognition Technology
III. Border Search and Immigration Surveillance
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064015
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Nothing says 2021 like Section 230!:
I. Deepfakes
II. Mandated Political Neutrality
III. CSAM, Sex Trafficking and other Unlawful Content
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064025
EFF's old favorite, consumer privacy, has some very 2021 angles:
I. Consumer Privacy Legislation
II. Private Companies and Facial Recognition/Biometrics
III. Student Data
IV. COVID and Health Data Privacy
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064029
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After a 40+ year slumber, antitrust is having a revival, and EFF's proposals combine traditional antitrust with new, sui generis tech approaches.
I. Reform Antitrust Law
II. Competitive Compatibility
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration
Copyright/copyfight has been on the agenda since the 1990s, but not like this:
I. Intermediary Liability (DMCA Section 512)
II. Freedom to Tinker and Right to Repair (DMCA Section 1201)
III. Statutory Damages
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064037
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A coupla quick hits next:
* Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064041
* Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling and Further Opportunities for Reform
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064042
And it closes out with a deep dive on patents:
I. Low Quality Patents
II. Patent Trolling
III. Inter Partes Review
IV. Alice v. CLS Bank
V. More Patents Do Not Result in More Software Innovation
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064043
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Next up is encryption:
I. Background on Encryption Backdoors
II. End-to-End Encryption and Client-Side Scanning
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064019
Then, broadband:
I. 21st-Century-Ready Access for All Americans
II. Net Neutrality and Public Safety
https://www.eff.org/wp/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration#_Toc57064022
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