Summary: In our 290th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker is joined by Brian Egan, Mark MacCarthy (@Mark_MacCarthy), Nick Weaver (@ncweaver) to discuss: The Department of Commerce has issued proposed rules for telecommunications and supply chain security.; A US-based chip technology group is moving to Switzerland over trade fears.; The Department of Justice is investigating tech firms over data abuse concerns.; A class action suit may force Facebook to change its security practices.; A convicted German murderer had his information scrubbed under the “right to be forgotten.”; The NSA issued an advisory about TLS inspection.; TikTok blocked a user who posted about China’s detention camps and later apologized for the “error.”; ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is trying to sever TikTok’s ties to China.; A US citizen was arrested for trying to teach North Koreans how to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions.; Senate Democrats have proposed an online privacy bill, promising some form of digital Miranda rights.; Those weird GPS crop circles are actually caused by sand pirates.; And more! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
