Academic Writing

The Privacy Professional: A Modern Day Renaissance Man

Author(s): 
Omer Tene
Publication Date: 
October 25, 2018
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Hollywood writers could not have scripted it better. Merely a month before the implementation date of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May this year, a data protection scandal roils the world. A whistleblower reveals the leakage of personal data from Facebook through Cambridge Analytica to malevolent actors aiming to influence the U.S. presidential elections. What could possibly better illustrate the crucial role of GDPR in an age where data drives not only marketing and online commerce but also fateful issues for democracy and world peace? Read more about The Privacy Professional: A Modern Day Renaissance Man

Academic ideas are supposed to thrive on their merits. If only.

Author(s): 
Henry Farrell
Publication Date: 
October 24, 2018
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Allison C. Morgan, Dimitrios J. Economou, Samuel F. Way and Aaron Clauset are all scholars in the department of computer science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. They have just published an important new article about how ideas spread within the academy. I asked them a series of questions about their work. Read more about Academic ideas are supposed to thrive on their merits. If only.

Filtering Out the Bots: What Americans Actually Told the FCC about Net Neutrality Repeal

Author(s): 
Ryan Singel
Publication Date: 
October 15, 2018
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

In the leadup to the FCC's historic vote in December 2017 to repeal all net neutrality protections, 22 million comments were filed to the agency.

But unfortunately, millions of those comments were fake. Some of the fake comment were part of sophisticated campaigns that filed fake comments using the names of real people - including journalists, Senators and dead people.

Read full blog post about this publication. Read more about Filtering Out the Bots: What Americans Actually Told the FCC about Net Neutrality Repeal

Comments for Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) review of the Telecommunication & Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance & Access) Bill 2018

Author(s): 
Riana Pfefferkorn
Publication Date: 
October 11, 2018
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Comments submitted to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) of the Australian Parliament on the revised draft (20 September 2018 version) of the Telecommunication & Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance & Access) Bill 2018. Read more about Comments for Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) review of the Telecommunication & Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance & Access) Bill 2018

China is reportedly hacking computer motherboards. The economic fallout could be huge.

Author(s): 
Henry Farrell
Publication Date: 
October 4, 2018
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Bloomberg has just published an explosive article claiming that a secret unit in the Chinese military has compromised the motherboards (the systems of chips and electronics that allow computers to work) of servers used by Apple, a bank and various government contractors. Read more about China is reportedly hacking computer motherboards. The economic fallout could be huge.

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