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By Bryant Walker Smith on February 11, 2021 at 8:51 am
By Daphne Keller on February 8, 2021 at 5:11 am
NOTE: This is an expanded version of an older post. Read more about Empirical Evidence of Over-Removal by Internet Companies Under Intermediary Liability Laws: An Updated List
By Daphne Keller on February 1, 2021 at 5:00 am
By Richard Forno on January 28, 2021 at 5:36 am
The so-called 'Right to Repair' is a consumer grassroots initiative that seeks to allow technology users and consumers the ability to repair, modify, or seek third-party servicing of their electronic devices in a world where the maker of those devices prefers, if not requires, customers to use only their 'authorized' services or stores/facilities. Read more about Challenging cybersecurity as the reason to oppose the consumer Right to Repair
By Daphne Keller on January 22, 2021 at 6:50 am
Laws regulating platforms can also regulate their users. Some laws may protect users, as privacy laws often do. Others, including many well-intentioned regulations of online content, can erode protections for users’ rights. Read more about Six Constitutional Hurdles for Platform Speech Regulation
By Daphne Keller on January 22, 2021 at 6:49 am
Laws regulating platforms can also regulate their users. Some laws may protect users, as privacy laws often do. Others, including many well-intentioned regulations of online content, can erode protections for users’ rights. Read more about Six Constitutional Hurdles for Platform Speech Regulation
By Chuck Cosson on January 17, 2021 at 3:31 pm
This post visits some additional concepts of virtue found in Christian teaching supplementing concepts from other traditions such as Aristotle (natural law tradition), Buddhism, and Confucianism, namely:
Consumer preferences are not always the same as consumer interests;
Winning is not the most important thing;
Solitude matters as much as engagement;
If the only values applied to Internet services are to “give people what they want,” “win followers and ads at all costs,” and “maximize reach and engagement” we will be vastly underequipped to deal with the problems those services – and the people who use them - would create, both presently and yet to come. And we will fail to respond to our present moment, one characterized by trauma, wounding, and loss that should indeed motivate us to pursue new thinking and new approaches. Read more about “Tool Without A Handle: Spirituality, Virtue, and Technology Ethics - Part 2”
By Riana Pfefferkorn on January 14, 2021 at 11:41 am
In late December, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Read more about When You Hack Phones on the Fly, but Won’t Confirm or Deny, That’s a Glomar!
By Riana Pfefferkorn on December 18, 2020 at 9:30 am
Out of the 7.5 billion people on Earth, I’m guessing that approximately zero percent will be sad to see this benighted year come to an end. Looking back is too depressing, so I want to take a look forward. Read more about What Will 2021 Hold for Tech Policy?
By Riana Pfefferkorn on November 30, 2020 at 9:30 am
"Some personal news," as they say: After five wonderful years at CIS, starting tomorrow (December 1) I'll be transitioning into a new role as a Research Scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory. I'll continue to be a CIS affiliate (with blogging rights on this blog!), and my work will continue to focus on encryption, surveillance, and cybersecurity issues. 2021 is poised to be a consequential year for encryption policy in the U.S. Read more about New Role at Stanford
