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.
CIS explores how changes in the architecture of computer networks affect the economic environment for innovation and competition on the Internet, and how the law should react to those changes. This work has lead us to analyze the issue of network neutrality, perhaps the Internet's most debated policy issue, which concerns Internet user's ability to access the content and software of their choice without interference from network providers.
Morgan Weiland is a J.D.-Ph.D. candidate at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Communication Department. A Stanford Graduate Fellow and Member Editor of the Stanford Law Review, her research is focused on the intersection of law, American journalism, and networked media. Read more » about Morgan Weiland
Kate Westmoreland is a lawyer and policy advisor with over eight years experience advising government and the United Nations on law enforcement cooperation, cybercrime and human rights. She is an expert in the domestic and international aspects of international legal cooperation, having negotiated treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance as well as advising the Australian Federal Government on cybercrime policy. Read more » about Kate Westmoreland
Evgeny Morozov and Andrew McLaughlin will debate the sincerity, utility and repercussions of America's commitment to a free Internet. They will discuss the desireability of network neutrality and network regulation in the context of US foreign policy, the ways to balance user privacy with the growing needs of law enforcement agencies; and the emerging threats to freedom of expression that are inherent in the technical design as well as the business imperatives of today's Web. Read more » about Internet Freedoms and Their Consequences - An Evening Debate with Andrew McLaughlin & Evgeny Morozov
Learn about the Center for Internet and Society. Come meet CIS and hear about our exciting work and ways to get involved. Learn about the Fair Use Project, Consumer Privacy Project, and more. Lunch will be provided. RSVP for this free event today. Read more » about Meet the Center for Internet and Society
On Monday, March 7, 2011, Kevin Poulsen will give a talk on his widely praised book, Kingpin (Release date: February 22). Read more » about 3/7: CIS Speaker Series - Kevin Poulsen
Andrew is a lawyer (Harvard '94) who has worked as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. in the Obama White House, Director of Global Public Policy at Google, Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at ICANN, Senior Fellow at the Berkman Center, and as a member of the litigation team that successfully challenged the Communications Decency Act before the Supreme Court in 1997.Please RSVP for this free event. Read more » about 2/10: CIS Speaker Series - Andrew McLaughlin: How To Get A Job in Tech Policy
January 22, 2014
CIS Affiliate Scholar David Levine interviews Jonathan Band of policybandwidth.com. Read more » about Jonathan Band - Hearsay Culture - Show #201 - KZSU-FM
January 16, 2014
Listen to the full interview here: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/full-interviews/2014/01/16/bonus-barbara-van-she...
Could your ISP intentionally slow down Netflix or throttle your Skype calls in order to make their own services more appealing? Read more » about Barbara van Shewick on Net Neutrality
November 27, 2013
This week, David Levine interviews Prof. Alasdair Roberts of Suffolk University Law School and author of The End of Protest. Read more » about Prof. Alasdair Roberts - Hearsay Culture Show #198 - KZSU-FM
May 14, 2013
Jennifer Granick appears at 46:44.
Ask Americans what the Constitution’s most important feature is, and most will say it’s the guarantees of liberty enshrined in the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments of the Constitution.
Americans are fiercely proud of their freedoms but they continue to argue about what those basic rights are and how they can be sustained in a changing world. Are our rights unchangeable, or should they evolve over time? What is the proper role for the courts in interpreting rights? Read more » about Constitution USA with Peter Sagal - Episode II - It’s A Free Country
