Cutting Red Tape, Powering Growth: How Trump’s ‘America’s AI Action Plan’ Could Impact the Future of Ecommerce
July 24, 2025
Unveiled by the White House on July 23rd, President Trump's new "America's AI Action Plan," is a comprehensive roadmap designed to solidify U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. This plan, crafted to promote technological advancement, economic competitiveness, and national security, outlines over 90 federal policy actions across three core pillars: Accelerating AI Innovation, Building American AI Infrastructure, and Leading in International AI Diplomacy and Security.…
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Federal Budget Bill Would Prevent Patchwork of State AI Laws for 10 Years
May 14, 2025
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a draft budget bill containing a provision that warrants significant attention from the entire e-commerce community: Section 43201. This section proposes a 10-year moratorium on state or local government regulation of artificial intelligence models, systems, or automated decision systems. The EIA sees this provision as a crucial step toward fostering a consistent and predictable regulatory environment necessary for AI innovation to flourish.…
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California Privacy Board Poised to Drop Proposal to Regulate Use of AI for Targeted Advertising
April 11, 2025
The California Privacy Protection Agency held a board meeting on April 4, 2025, where a central point of discussion during the occasionally contentious five hour meeting revolved around the proposed regulations concerning the use of AI, referred to as automated decision-making technology (ADMT), in the context of targeted advertising. As advocates for a thriving ecommerce ecosystem and the responsible use of technology, the EIA has closely monitored these developments. …
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State Legislative Roundup for June 2024
June 28, 2024
As many state legislative sessions for 2024 have reached their end, we continue to provide our periodic roundup of bills under active consideration in the states that we are monitoring because they could have an impact on the ecommerce marketing landscape.
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State Legislative Roundup for March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024
As state legislative sessions for 2024 grind on and some reach their end, we continue to provide our periodic roundup of bills under active consideration in the states that we are monitoring because they could have an impact on the ecommerce marketing landscape.
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