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The targeted technology shifts under the policy.

Email was the only target in the 2000s. Since 2017 about half of new policies target social media, and one in five now target AI or deepfakes.

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How to read it

Each line counts the policies enacted that year that target one technology category. Where a line climbs, that medium is moving into the regulatory crosshairs; the recent steepening of the AI line is the clearest example.

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