This panel sparked an important (and deeply personal) question for me. How will age verification bills interact with the documents of foreign-born people residing in the US?

I fleshed this thought out in my latest op-ed at RealClear Markets:
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...

TODAY at 12 PM ET: Join @ericgoldman.bsky.social, @senatorshoshana.bsky.social, and @juanmlondono.bsky.social for a discussion on the privacy and security risks of age verification and the evolving landscape of online safety legislation

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Teenagers are among the most enthusiastic early adopters of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) devices and platforms, but their relative immaturity and naivete can make them more susceptible to safety threats than adults. itif.org/publications...

My latest for @itif.org: The Unity Engine monetization saga, calls for government intervention, and (mis)conceptions about competition in the metaverse.

The lesson: Companies, regardless of their size, cannot afford to ignore their customers’ demands.

Read more:
itif.org/publications...

imho, claiming the “glassholes” (🙄) are back out of two hyper-enthusiasts pushing social boundaries is kind of a stretch.

I understand the bystander privacy concerns of devices like smart glasses. But these things cover half your face and have very noticeable camera notches.

🧵I am still figuring out Bluesky but I wanted to share my thread of thoughts on the Meta Connect last week.

1) Mixed reality as a mass market product is definitely here. When I started looking into AR/VR some years ago it seemed like we were ages away. Moore's law wins again.

Thanks @kirtinuthi.bsky.social for finally getting me on here!

Going through that slow process of finding/adding all my tech policy folks. AR/VR policy wonkiness coming to your home feed soon!