The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Fourth Amendment
Law consistently lags behind technology, nowhere more so than in the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. CIS is committed to closing this gap in a variety of ways: organizing specially-focused judicial training programs; forming strategic partnerships between the litigation community and the academic world to improve Fourth Amendment impact litigation; and sponsoring cross-disciplinary research bridging law, computer science, and social sciences to evaluate the impact of emerging technologies on digital privacy.
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Giving Cops the Finger: Compelled Device Decryption and the Fifth Amendment (Past Event)
You can unlock your smartphone with a passcode, your finger, even your face. When the cops demand you decrypt your phone or other device for them, can you successfully invoke your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination? Well, it depends. This talk quickly walks through the when, where, why, and how of compelled decryption and the Fifth Amendment under current case law. It ends with some practical takeaways, including "don't talk to the cops" and "stay out of Florida." Read more about Giving Cops the Finger: Compelled Device Decryption and the Fifth Amendment
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Legal Frontiers in Digital Media (Past Event)
For more information and the full conference agenda, visit: https://www.medialaw.org/component/k2/item/4456
Monday, May 20, 2019
Inline Linking After Goldman v. Breitbart
(1:10 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.) Read more about Legal Frontiers in Digital Media -
2018 NACDL Conference: Combatting the Surveillance State (Past Event)
Advanced technologies are revolutionizing how the government investigates, charges and prosecutes criminal cases—and defense attorneys must keep pace. Even small police departments can purchase powerful surveillance technologies, and internet companies collect vast troves of data on virtually everyone. This two-day CLE conference will discuss the government's use of technologically advanced investigative techniques in criminal cases, and the issues raised by those techniques under the Fourth Amendment and other federal law. Read more about 2018 NACDL Conference: Combatting the Surveillance State