{"id":8135,"date":"2025-08-06T03:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T03:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/insights\/working-with-technologists-what-enforcers-need-to-know-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:18:14","slug":"remedies-for-tech-related-harms-chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/research-insights\/insights\/remedies-for-tech-related-harms-chapter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Remedies for Tech-Related Harms Chapter 1: Bans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 6, 2025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/people\/our-team\/stephanie-nguyen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">Stephanie Nguyen<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/people\/our-team\/erie-meyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">Erie Meyer<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/people\/our-team\/hannah-hartford-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\"><strong>Hannah Hartford<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/people\/our-team\/matthew-sparks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">Matthew Sparks<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have collected examples of how law enforcement agencies at the federal or state level have responded to problems like abusive tech and data practices using tried-and-tested approaches from orders issued across the country. Remedies for tech harms can range from outright bans on certain technologies, executives or practices, to requirements for data deletion, and limits on how long data can be retained. These examples can serve as a reference point for policymakers, advocates, and technologists looking to understand what designing remedies for accountability looks like in practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 1 on Bans <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">outlines how regulators have responded to harms by turning to one of the most direct enforcement tools available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This post outlines what is in this chapter and describes what it means for enforcers and regulators working to rein in harmful digital practices.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 6, 2025 &nbsp; By Stephanie Nguyen(This link opens in a new tab), Erie Meyer(This link opens in a new tab), Hannah Hartford(This link opens in a new tab), and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18544,"featured_media":0,"parent":7881,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-8135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18544"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8135"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8727,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8135\/revisions\/8727"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}