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By Giancarlo Frosio • December 5, 2013 at 10:35 am
By Giancarlo Frosio • December 4, 2013 at 7:12 pm
An Advocate General with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently issued an opinion that courts may order Internet Service Providers to block access to copyright infringing websites under European law. Read more » about EU High Court’s Advocate General Suggests ISP Blocking Orders Are Lawful with Some Restrictions
By Jennifer Granick • November 29, 2013 at 9:14 am
In the latest news report based on documents revealed by Edward Snowden, we’ve learned that the NSA creates profiles of porn viewing, online sexual activity and more from its vast database of Internet content and transactional data as part of a plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are radicalizing others through speeches promoting disfavored—but not necessarily violent—political views. Read more » about NSA SEXINT is the Abuse You’ve All Been Waiting For
By Kevin Chan • November 25, 2013 at 7:50 pm
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently launched its 2013-2014 call for funding proposals for its Contribution Program, a $500,000 funding envelope to conduct privacy research. As with past years, it is placing an emphasis on four categories of proposals: Read more » about Canadian Privacy Commissioner Funding Call for Proposals
By Marvin Ammori • November 22, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Outrageous and possibly illegal. That's what Google's executive chairman called the latest chapter in the NSA saga – news that the NSA not only requests data from big tech and telecom companies, but also secretly hacks into their private lines. Yet, last week, seven privacy groups unmasked the real privacy villains in this story and filed a complaint against them with a federal agency. Read more » about Blame the NSA, not Facebook and Google: Column
By Jennifer Granick • November 21, 2013 at 4:14 pm
In a new post over at Just Security, I look at the recently declassified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opinions on bulk collection of Internet "metadata". These opinions show that, once again, the NSA has conducted illegal spying. The new documents reveal the National Security Agency’s (NSA) systemic violation of rules for domestic collection and use of Internet metadata. Read more » about It’s Just a Matter of Time Before Somebody Gets Hurt: New Just Security Post
By Giancarlo Frosio • November 21, 2013 at 3:16 pm
The long standing saga of Max Moseley’s sexual images has recently offered European decision makers a new opportunity to strike a balance between freedom of expression and the right of privacy in light of the ubiquitous and unstoppable distribution of information propelled by the power of Internet search engines. When courts are confronted with novel questions, finding adequate solutions may be extremely challenging. But once again European courts seem to prefer to sideline freedom of expression in favor of protecting other fundamental rights. Read more » about French Court Forces Google to Proactively Block Photographs of Sexual Escapade from Image Search
By Giancarlo Frosio • November 19, 2013 at 3:23 pm
The first meeting of the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab) will take place on Thursday, November 21 at 4pm in room Neukom 104 at Stanford Law School. Read more » about The Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab
By Margaret Hagan • November 19, 2013 at 2:00 pm
By Morgan Weiland • November 18, 2013 at 10:14 am
Imagine that you are participating in a protest on a university campus. The campus police ask everyone to leave. Some protestors refuse to move, and suddenly they are doused with pepper spray by campus police. You pull out your cell phone and start recording, asking protestors to describe what happened. After some editing, you post the video to YouTube. Read more » about Protecting Journalism in the Digital Era
