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The laws, regulations and court decisions shaping life online, from privacy and accessibility to AI and digital rights, and what they mean for organizations and the people they serve.
The rules for life online are being written right now, in statehouses, federal agencies and courtrooms, and most of the people they affect find out after the fact. A new accessibility deadline, a privacy law or a court ruling on AI can change what a business, nonprofit or local government is expected to do almost overnight.
This section tracks those changes and explains what they mean in practice. We cover digital accessibility law, including the ADA and Section 504, data privacy and consumer protection, the emerging rules around artificial intelligence, and the broader questions of digital rights and access underneath them. Every article is sourced, dated and updated when the law changes.
You'll also find practical guidance on:
what a new rule requires, who it applies to and when
which obligations are settled and which are still being argued in court
reasonable steps to take while the details are worked out
We aren't lawyers, and nothing here is legal advice. We're the people who turn these rules into working websites and policies for businesses, boroughs and nonprofits, and we write about them from that side of the table.
Nearly everyone is online in 2026, but not on equal terms. The gap now runs along income and devices, the federal internet discount is gone, and more public services are online-only. Here's what that means for Pennsylvania communities and the websites that serve them.
No single agency runs the internet. For a business or borough website in 2026, the rules come from the FTC, the Justice Department, a growing list of states and the courts. Here's who covers what, and what it means in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
