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Apple may owe Ireland $19 billion, but Ireland doesn’t want the money. Here’s why.

Author(s): 
Henry Farrell
Publication Date: 
January 29, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Depending on the outcome of an official investigation, Apple may face a bill that is estimated at between $8 billion and $19 billion for underpaid taxes to the Irish government. The Irish government really, really doesn’t want to get this money and is fighting as hard as it can to avoid receiving it. That may sound weird to ordinary people, who assume that governments want to squeeze individuals and businesses for as much taxes as they can get. Read more about Apple may owe Ireland $19 billion, but Ireland doesn’t want the money. Here’s why.

The Government Shouldn’t Distribute Child Pornography. Period.

Author(s): 
Elizabeth Joh
Publication Date: 
January 27, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Participating in the distribution of child pornography is a federal crime. But that’s exactly what the F.B.I. did in this case. In order to identify more than 1,000 people suspected of trading in child pornography, the F.B.I. operated a child pornography website for nearly two weeks. Read more about The Government Shouldn’t Distribute Child Pornography. Period.

Opinion: Forget about Safe Harbor. Modernize global privacy law instead

Author(s): 
Scott Shackelford
Publication Date: 
January 27, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

There's a widening transatlantic divide regarding privacy rights that needs to be bridged – and soon.

But instead of coming up with another version of the data transfer agreement between the US and European Union known as Safe Harbor, we need a new set of global standards to build a common vision of privacy rights in the Digital Age. Read more about Opinion: Forget about Safe Harbor. Modernize global privacy law instead

“Ideating” on ISIS and Silicon Valley

Author(s): 
Marshall Erwin
Publication Date: 
January 20, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

In a lot of Silicon Valley meetings, participants “iterate,” “ideate,” and “sync,” and do other buzzwordy things. Every once in a while something innovative and impactful comes out of those meetings. If more of those Silicon Valley innovations can be brought to the fight against ISIS, that’s a good thing. This seems to be what the administration is after in the recent meeting between senior national security officials and tech company executives. Read more about “Ideating” on ISIS and Silicon Valley

International Justice Year-in-Review: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards (Part 2)

Author(s): 
Beth Van Schaack
Publication Date: 
January 19, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Editor’s Note: We asked editors Beth Van Schaack and Alex Whiting to do a roundup of the top international criminal justice stories from 2015 and what readers should keep an eye on in 2016. This is Beth’s half of the list. You can find Alex’s here. Read more about International Justice Year-in-Review: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards (Part 2)

Bill O’Reilly will flee to Ireland if Sanders is elected. He’s in for a shock.

Author(s): 
Henry Farrell
Publication Date: 
January 16, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Bill O’Reilly, the host of Fox News’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” is threatening to flee the country if Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — the self-described democratic socialist who is running for the Democratic Party nomination — is elected president. As quoted in the Huffington Post, O’Reilly said: Read more about Bill O’Reilly will flee to Ireland if Sanders is elected. He’s in for a shock.

James Comey’s Default-Encryption Bogeyman

Author(s): 
Riana Pfefferkorn
Publication Date: 
January 15, 2016
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

FBI Director James Comey recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee that encryption routinely poses a problem for law enforcement. He stated that encryption has “moved from being available [only] to the sophisticated bad guy to being the default. So it’s now affecting every criminal investigation that folks engage in.” Read more about James Comey’s Default-Encryption Bogeyman

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