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.
Publications
Charges Against Chinese, and U.S. Policy on Hacking
Cross-posted from The New York Times Opinion Pages.
To the Editor:
Re “5 in China Army Face U.S. Charges of Cyberattacks” (front page, May 20): Read more about Charges Against Chinese, and U.S. Policy on Hacking
The Right Response to the “Right to Delete”
Co-authored by Omer Tene and Jules Polonetsky. Read more about The Right Response to the “Right to Delete”
Google Can’t Forget You, But It Should Make You Hard to Find
Cross-posted from Wired.
Co-authored with Evan Selinger. Read more about Google Can’t Forget You, But It Should Make You Hard to Find
Saving Privacy
Reed Hundt calls for alternatives to framing surveillance issues in terms of privacy versus security, but the hard fact is that we cannot avoid tradeoffs. We have to assume that at least some surveillance programs do thwart plots and save lives. That leads to a hard question: whether we as a society will preserve privacy knowing that innocent people will die. Will we trade some lives for some privacy? At times, the answer to that question should be yes. Read more about Saving Privacy
Saving Privacy
Reed Hundt proposes democratic action in response to our government’s secret infrastructure for monitoring and controlling modern communications. “Citizens,” he writes, “should be encouraged to take action on behalf of their own privacy and security.” Read more about Saving Privacy
Snapchat and FTC Privacy and Security Consent Orders
Co-authored with Daniel Solove. Read more about Snapchat and FTC Privacy and Security Consent Orders
The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You
Suppose that an autonomous car is faced with a terrible decision to crash into one of two objects. It could swerve to the left and hit a Volvo sport utility vehicle (SUV), or it could swerve to the right and hit a Mini Cooper. If you were programming the car to minimize harm to others–a sensible goal–which way would you instruct it go in this scenario? Read more about The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You
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