CHAPTER 9By the Law
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Tech moves fast. The law moves slow. Coping with these two extremes causes a host of varying intensities of friction for people familiar with tech, for those attuned to the law, and for everyone else in between. The mashup between tech and law is an unlikely pairing. Frankly it's debatable if this experiment of regulating algorithms, processes, and systems is viable, but there are a lot of people from all industries and sectors who want to give it an earnest try. The ability for the law to be misused and misinterpreted comes full circle; what has been flimsily considered legal to our physical world isn't a guardrail in digital spaces.
In this chapter, the extent in which the law is a useful aid, or a persnickety hindrance, in regulating tech is described for the reader to make up their own mind. Combatting algorithmic-based harms using the law misses more than it hits in the past, but there's hope with the adoption of impact assessments. We'll give a slate of suggestions on how the legal system can be more forceful in constructing more effective penalizing tactics when breaches to people's data, digital rights, and dignity occur.
Federal and State Legislation
The plight for tech responsibility is at the very beginning stage. With the prevalence of cameras in mobile devices and social ...
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