Welcome to the second episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology. 

This edition analyses: 

1. The commencement of civil proceedings by Australia’s data protection regulator against Facebook, Inc and Facebook Ireland. 

2. The American FCC’s being poised to announce fines for 4 large US telcos for selling their subscribers’ real-time location data. 

3. The proposed ‘EARN IT Act’, which has been introduced in the US Senate, and the concerns surrounding its implications for encryption if enacted. 

Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).