
Johnie T Young
Governance & Regulation Desk
Johnie T Young is the byline of the governance and regulation desk at AI Policy Desk. The desk covers new AI laws, regulator orders, court rulings and the decisions a small team has to make because of them: the EU AI Act, US state statutes, FTC and state attorney general actions, privacy rules for AI tools. A post under this name starts from the primary document (the statute text, the agency order, the vendor's terms) and a source log where every number, date and name has a row with a quoted passage. The desk says which clause or paragraph it relied on, says what it could not read, and gives an opinion with the reason behind it. Posts that change after publication show an Updated date, and a Last reviewed date when the facts were rechecked.
- Starts from the statute or order
- Every fact traced to a source row
- Dated checks on each post
325 articles by Johnie T Young
MiraclePlus Sanctions: What US AI Teams Need to Check
MiraclePlus sanctions hit 5 entities under PAIPA, including Linwei Ding's Zhisuan. Check your investors, vendors and hires against the list.
DeepSeek Federal Ban: What Government Contractors Check Now
DeepSeek federal ban covers third-party products built on it. Check your SaaS, chatbots and model routers against FAR 52.204-30 before your next bid.
Meta Commercial Terms Paused: AI Crawl Clause and What to Do
Meta paused its new Commercial Terms on November 5, so the AI crawl clause won't start November 20. The court orders, the CMA case and what to do now.
Character.AI Bankruptcy: What Happens to Chats and User Data
Character.AI's auction rules are approved: Disney opens at $20M without user chats, and no privacy ombudsman is ordered. Sale deadlines and a vendor checklist.
Kangana Ranaut Deepfake Order: Fake Quotes, Not Just Deepfakes
Delhi HC's Oct 8 order gives Meta 72 hours to pull AI content about Kangana Ranaut. We read all 19 pages: 11 of 18 listed rows are fake quotes.
MAS AI Risk Guidelines for Vendors
MAS AI risk management guidelines phase in from October 2027. What will Singapore financial firms ask AI vendors, and what proof should you prepare?
Governor AI Executive Orders Tracker 2026
4 governor AI executive orders in 6 days. Which ones change state procurement? Compare CA, IL, OR and VA deadlines and copy a vendor safety attestation.
McDonald's AI Pricing Antitrust Suit
Does a vendor pricing tool expose you like the McDonald's AI pricing lawsuit? What Thomas v. McDonald's alleges and the questions to ask your vendor.
OpenAI Text Watermark in the EU
OpenAI text watermark under the EU AI Act: detection drops from 92% to 66% after 10% edits. See what it can't prove and copy a staff policy rule.
Sirius XM Wins AI Hiring Bias Case
Sirius XM AI hiring bias lawsuit: why the iCIMS ruling turned on thin evidence, not AI legality, plus an evidence file template for your own ATS screens.
AI Agent Liability Tracker, October 2026
Senate bill, House bill and California lawsuit on AI agent hacking, side by side. See who is liable, what is unknown, and 3 contract clauses to add now.
Weekly: CA AI Laws, OpenAI Agents, Astra
Newsom signed SB 947 and SB 951, OpenAI disclosed agent incidents and cancelled GPT-6.1 Astra. Three actions for employers and AI buyers this week.