Contents 

1. Introduction

2. Surveillance

• Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
• Section 702
• Facial Recognition Technology
• Border Search and Immigration Surveillance
• Surveillance Tech at the Border and the Virtual Wall
• Reproductive Justice and Digital Surveillance

2. Encryption and Cybersecurity

• End-to-End Encryption
• Client-Side Scanning and Other Recent U.S. Attempts At Encryption Backdoors
• Government Cybersecurity

4. Consumer Privacy

• Consumer Privacy Legislation
• Private Companies and Facial Recognition/Biometrics
• Age Verification and Internet “Safety” Proposals
• Vehicle Data
• Digital Identity

5. Artificial Intelligence

• AI and Algorithmic Decision-Making
• Transparency in AI Use and Development
• Copyright Concerns in Generative AI Regulation

6. Broadband

• 21st-Century-Ready Access for All Americans
• Net Neutrality
• Network Usage Fees

7. Section 230

• Deepfakes
• Mandated Content Moderation
• CSAM, Sex Trafficking and Other Unlawful Content

8. Competition

• Continue to Reform Antitrust Law and Protect Innovation
• Interoperability
• A Forwarding Address
• End to End for Everything

9. Copyright

• Bolstering Right to Repair
• Statutory Damages
• Copyright Filter Mandates
• No One Should Own the Law: Copyright in Standards Adopted Into Law
• Digital Ownership
• Site blocking

10. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

• Recent Limitations on the CFAA’s Scope
• Further Opportunities for Reform

11. Patents

• Patent Trolls
• Defenses Against Bad Patents: Alice v. CLS Bank
• Defenses Against Bad Patents: Inter Partes Review
• Increasing Transparency in Patent Ownership
• Ensuring Fair Venue Distribution in Patent Litigation

12. Conclusion