February 2016 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
By Giancarlo Frosio on February 29, 2016 at 10:38 am
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.
By Giancarlo Frosio on February 29, 2016 at 10:38 am
By Jennifer Granick on February 24, 2016 at 11:37 am
On Monday, I wrote a post for Just Security where I reflected on last week's news concerning the FBI's attempts to coerce Apple into creating a forensic bypass to the iPhone passcode lockout. I wrote that we live in a software-defined world. In 2000, Lawrence Lessig wrote that Code is Law — the software and hardware that comprise cyberspace are powerful regulators that can either protect or threaten liberty. A few years ago, Mark Andreessen wrote that software was eating the world, pointing to a trend that is hockey sticking today. Software is redefining everything, even national defense. Read more about Reflections on the FBI's Attempt to Dragoon Apple Into Subverting iPhone Security
By Richard Forno on February 17, 2016 at 6:59 am
As I've said many times over the years, on matters of technology policy and Internet security, sometimes I wonder if the US government ever left the 1990s. Read more about Apple ordered to help FBI bypass iPhone security
By Riana Pfefferkorn on February 3, 2016 at 1:21 pm
The Berklett Cybersecurity Project of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University has just released a new report on the so-called “going dark problem” that is fueling law enforcement demands for access to encrypted information. The report, “Don’t Panic: Making Progress on the ‘Going Dark’ Debate,” concludes that new consumer technologies will increasingly provide a wealth of data to governments about individual movements and activities. Read more about New Berkman Center Report Assures Us That Law Enforcement Isn't "Going Dark"