On August 9, 2024, Illinois enacted its landmark artificial intelligence employment law, HB 3773. This legislation, which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, endeavors to prevent discriminatory consequences of using AI in employment decision-making processes. This law goes into effect on January 1, 2026. Illinois is one of 34 states that have either enacted or proposed laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Read the full Alert on the Duane Morris website.
Webinar Replay: Practical Impacts of the New EU AI Act
Webinar: Practical Impacts of the New EU AI Act
Duane Morris will present Get Smart with AI: Practical Impacts of the New EU AI Act, a webinar on risk mitigation strategies for AI use in business, presented by the Technology, Media and Telecom Industry Group’s Artificial Intelligence Team, on Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. London time. REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR. Continue reading “Webinar: Practical Impacts of the New EU AI Act”
COVID-19 Responses in the Telecommunications Industry
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators and telecommunications regulators have focused primarily on promoting telemedicine, remote learning and better availability of broadband service in general, as well as ensuring that low-income customers will be able to keep their telephone and broadband service during the crisis.
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Potential Federal Criminalization of Revenge Porn
Revenge porn is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. Some federal lawmakers agree, and they now seek to push legislation aimed at criminalizing revenge porn.
So, what exactly is revenge porn? It often goes something like this:
A man and woman are in a committed, consensual relationship. As part of that relationship, they engage in sexual activity, and they agree, for their own enjoyment purposes, to take photos and videos of their activities. Later, the relationship, whether husband and wife, fiancees, or boyfriend and girlfriend, ends. But the sexually explicit photos and videos still exist. The man (it usually is the man) then posts the photos and videos on the internet to get back at the woman, to humiliate the woman, or to make demands on her. And there are websites that seek such photos and videos — the women who are the victims often must pay a fee to the sites to have the photos and videos taken down. Continue reading “Potential Federal Criminalization of Revenge Porn”