The agency sought to scrutinize how major deals with generative AI companies and cloud service providers could impact competition.
2024 flew by and 2025 will likely do the same, so let’s do a quick review of the major tech policy events over the past year.
The law requires compliance from six designated gatekeepers: Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance.
This ends the monthly subsidy for 23 million households to afford high-speed internet connectivity.
The cybersecurity disaster grounds flights and takes banks and hospital systems offline.
The treaty aims to promote AI innovation while ensuring that AI systems are consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Donald Trump secures the Presidency, Republicans secure the Senate and the House.
Overall, we expect most of the action to unfold in the states on topics ranging from AI to kids’ online safety and age verification. At the federal level, the privacy stalemate will likely remain as lawmakers focus on global competition and AI risks.
The EU’s tech regulation, the Digital Markets Act, will continue to have its impacts felt around the world, with regulators in other jurisdictions watching closely. Get ready for the deluge!