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Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 All your favourite tech policy proposals — some epic, some complicated, but mostly completely baffling
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1. Mandatory five-minute wait for an Uber, even if a car is immediately available (proposed in 2015 but dropped before implementation) https://www.cityam.com/uber-under-threat-london-new-proposed-regulations/
2. The "link tax" proposal (now Article 15 of the EU Copyright Directive) https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/17/18186879/google-eu-copyright-laws-search-news-link-tax
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 3: The repeated calls to ban encryption https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133644-theresa-mays-repeated-calls-to-ban-encryption-still-wont-work/
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 4: Europe builds its own cloud https://www.wired.co.uk/article/europe-gaia-x-cloud-amazon-google
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 5: Solve the Irish border using blockchain https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45725572
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 6: Free broadband! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/business/free-internet-britain.html
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 7: Ban on NHS fax machines https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/minister-announces-fax-ban-for-nhs/
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 8: Invite robots to give evidence to Parliamentary committees https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/12/17967752/uk-parliament-pepper-robot-invited-evidence-select-committee
Tech Policy Advent Calendar 2020 Day 9: Use public money to fund a trillion dollar tech company https://www.businessinsider.com/dominic-cummings-brexit-tech-giant-critics-2020-9?r=US&IR=T
