{"id":17373,"date":"2023-05-18T05:35:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17373"},"modified":"2023-05-16T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:04:22","slug":"a-digital-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17373","title":{"rendered":"A digital bill of rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Canada continues to push forward on its Digital Charter<\/a>, I noticed an interesting thread looking at Florida’s proposed “digital bill of rights”.<\/p>\n

Ben Sperry<\/a>, of the International Center for Law & Economics<\/a>, writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While it bills itself a \u201cDigital Bill of Rights,\u201d the Florida Senate Bill 262 could actually harm consumers and businesses online by substantially raising the costs of targeted advertising.<\/p>\n

For consumers, this would mean less \u201cfree\u201d stuff online, as publishers switch from advertising-based to subscription-based models. For businesses, it would mean having less ability to target advertisements to consumers who actually want their products, resulting in less revenue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unintended consequences.<\/p>\n

In Canada, we have countless examples of overly simplistic analysis of digital issues that fail to consider the logical responses (and counter-responses) of the marketplace to new legislation and regulations.<\/p>\n