Technology moves faster than Congress can keep up with, and in the absence of new laws, lasting decisions about tech regulation are being determined by judges and courts across the country. A high-profile instance came last week when the Supreme Court heard two major arguments about liability protections for user content that longstanding federal law grants to tech platforms.
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Judges, not lawmakers, are setting 2023's tech policy
"My intuition is they won't take the invitation to significantly change the status quo, just by listening to the oral arguments... Whether that ends up spurring Congressional action will be interesting."
