Top 30 Most Read Pieces on Tech Policy Press in 2024

In 2024, Tech Policy Press published over 800 posts, including articles, analyses, perspectives, transcripts, trackers, podcasts, and more. Our volunteer community of contributors, fellows, and staff covered a wide range of tech policy matters on nearly every continent. We’re grateful to everyone who contributed to this shared resource.

Below are the most-read items published during the calendar year to date. (Our list of most-listened podcasts is here). Of course, traffic is not the only measure of the value of a piece, but this list gives a good sense of the breadth and depth we aim to deliver.

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1. Challenging The Myths of Generative AI – Eryk Salvaggio
2. The Future is Analog (If You Can Afford It) – Maroussia Lévesque
3. An Overview of Canada’s Online Harms Act – Mandy Lau
4. Tracking Elon Musk’s Politics and Power – Justin Hendrix and Prithvi Iyer
5. Using LLMs for Policy-Driven Content Classification – Dave Willner and Samidh Chakrabarti
6. Don’t Be Fooled: Much “AI” is Just Outsourcing, Redux – Janet Vertesi
7. LAION-5B, Stable Diffusion 1.5, and the Original Sin of Generative AI – Eryk Salvaggio
8. Breaking Down the Lawsuit Against Character.AI Over Teen's Suicide – Gabby Miller and Ben Lennett
9. On the Coming Merger of Tech and State Power – Taylor Owen
10. New Research Points to Possible Algorithmic Bias on X – Prithvi Iyer
11. The Dangers of Moving Key Internet Governance Functions to Amazon’s Cloud: The Case of the Netherlands – Corinne Cath and Bert Hubert
12. Context, Consent, and Control: The Three C’s of Data Participation in the Age of AI – Eryk Salvaggio
13. Taylor Swift Deepfakes Show What’s Coming Next In Gender and Tech – And Advocates Should Be Concerned – Arianna Aboulafia and Belle Torek
14. AI Lawsuits Worth Watching: A Curated Guide – Bruce Barcott
15. Censoring Online Pornography Is A 2024 US Presidential Election Issue – Michael McGrady Jr.
16. Backgrounder: US Senate Judiciary Committee to Grill Tech CEOs on Child Safety – Gabby Miller
17. The Digital Services Act Is Fully In Effect, But Many Questions Remain – Gabby Miller
18. Big Tech is Trying to Burn Privacy to the Ground–And They’re Using Big Tobacco’s Strategy to Do It – Jake Snow
19. The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Not Enough To Address Non-Consensual Deepfake Pornography – Manasa Narayanan
20. Maryland Kids Code Signed Into Law, But May Face Legal Challenges – Gabby Miller
21. The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 Explained: What Does the Proposed Legislation Say, and What Will it Do? – Perla Khattar
22. The AI Dangers of a Second Trump Presidency – Alondra Nelson and Ami Fields-Meyer
23. Red Herrings To Watch For At The Senate’s Child Safety Hearing – Vaishnavi J
24. What Lessons Did Canada Learn Before Creating Its Online Harms Bill? – Chris Tenove and Heidi Tworek
25. Transparency Must be a Cornerstone of the Digital India Act – Aahil Sheikh
26. ‘Choice Screen’ Fever Dream: Enforcers' New Favorite Remedy Won’t Blunt Google’s Search Monopoly – Megan Gray
27. The Expanding Scope of “Sensitive Data” Across US State Privacy Laws – Keir Lamont and Jordan Francis
28. A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far? – Justin Hendrix and Ryan Goodman
29. Perspectives on US Tech Policy After November – Gabby Miller, Justin Hendrix, Ben Lennett, and Prithvi Iyer
30. Deepfakes and Elections: The Risk to Women’s Political Participation – Vandinika Shukla

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