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Kaiser knows very well the implications of misusing personal data.
She was the main whistleblower in theFacebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Brittany Kaiser, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower and founder of Own Your Data campaign, on stage during the Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon on November 14, 2023.
Yet, 5 years later, the US still lacks a comprehensive federal privacy law.
According to Kaiser, data protection and privacy have been “weaponized as a political tool.”
This seemed to have frozen the US legislative path towards privacy.
From left, Brittany Kaiser, Founder at Own Your Data; Mick Mulvaney, Co-chair at Actum; and Jane Wakefield, Freelance Senior Technology journalist & Media Consultant at BBC, on Policymaker Stage during Web Summit at the Altice Arena in Lisbon on November 14, 2023.
This privacy mess becomes even more convoluted when it comes to regulating AI.
He called it “the most significant action” towards a safe deployment of AIThe Guardian reported.
However, the world’s first comprehensive AI law, theEU AI Act,is currentlycausing disagreementsamong member states.
“I really think we are going about this in a completely wrong way,” said Kaiser.
“It really had to start with the definitions of every single piece of the puzzle.
Lawmakers, more often than not, don’t fully understand how the technology works.
Misguided regulations can prevent developers and entrepreneurs from legally harnessing the potential that a software can offer.
Or, worse, in some instances they can also make users less safe.
You understand your technology better than the people who are regulating it.
