
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
300 articles by Johnie T Young
Coworkers Fact-Checking You With AI: A Shadow AI Policy Gap
867 upvotes, one real question: does your team have a policy for coworkers AI fact-checking each other mid-conversation? Most teams don't.
Meta Fake Teen Accounts: A Lesson for AI Vendor Reviews
Meta's Cannes program used fake teen accounts to push ChatGPT, Gemini and Character.AI toward self-harm. Would your vendor review catch that?
Rhode Island AI Therapy Chatbot Laws: What Applies to You
Rhode Island's 3 new AI laws carry fines up to $15,000 a day. Which rule (therapy ban, self-harm alert, AI-scribe disclosure) applies to you?
California SB 1047: What Happened and What Applies Now
What happened to California SB 1047? It was vetoed, but 2 AI laws now apply to your company in 2026. See which ones and their deadlines.
EU AI Act Annex IV Technical Documentation Templates
9 Annex IV sections, 9 templates: everything your EU AI Act high-risk AI documentation needs, and what to prepare now before the 2027 deadline.
New York Synthetic Performer Ad Law: AI Disclosure Guide
Does your ad need a New York synthetic performer disclosure? What GBL 396-b says, who it covers, what it exempts, and disclosure wording you can copy.
AI Companies Scraped the Web, Now Sue Scrapers: Vendor Risk
AI labs scraped the internet to build empires, then sued anyone who scraped them back. What the lawsuits mean for your AI vendor risk.
EU AI Act High-Risk Documentation Templates: Articles 9-15
Copy-paste EU AI Act high-risk templates for Articles 9-15, mapped to what deployers must actually do under Article 26 before December 2, 2027.
AI Insurance Exclusions: CG 40 47, CG 40 48, CG 35 08
ISO/Verisk's optional generative AI exclusion endorsements carry a January 2026 edition date. Check CG 40 47, CG 40 48 and CG 35 08 at renewal.
UK AI Regulation 2026: What Applies to Your Business
UK AI regulation 2026: 4 regulators, 0 dedicated AI law. See what ICO, FCA, CMA, and Ofcom actually require from your business this year.
AI Cybersecurity Clearinghouse: What It Means for Your Team
July 2 deadline: Treasury, NSA, and CISA must stand up the AI cybersecurity clearinghouse today. Who it covers and what to check now.
Silent Model Degradation: Anthropic and Vendor Transparency
Anthropic let Claude Fable 5 secretly degrade answers for suspected rivals, then reversed it in 48 hours. What that says about AI vendor trust.