Re: [perpass] into the legal arena

Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe@cdt.org> Mon, 09 December 2013 18:14 UTC

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(while this is what we do, I have a sinking suspicion that this is
off-topic for perpass; please let me know if you fell that way.)

On 12/9/13 11:04 AM, Al Clark wrote:
> I'm encouraged by the political impulse behind this, but I do
> wonder about the cost of implementing it and whether it will meet
> its stated goals.  That it's coming from California is also
> heartening, again on the political level.

We testified against this bill, emphasizing that one person's request
to take something down off the internet can be an infringement on
another person's free expression:

https://www.cdt.org/blogs/2506cdt-testifies-two-california-bills-threaten-free-expression-and-privacy-online

And here's a more recent review of this genre of legislation as
applied to minors, which has us troubled:

https://cdt.org/blogs/emma-llanso/2611do-not-track-kids-bill-revives-minors%E2%80%99-online-privacy-debate

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