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Chuck Cosson

Chuck Cosson

Non-Residential Fellow

Chuck Cosson is currently an Adjunct Professor at Seattle University School of Law, teaching cybersecurity law.  Through November 2023, Chuck was a Director, Legal Affairs, Privacy & Security, at T-Mobile US, based in Bellevue, WA.   At T-Mobile, Chuck managed privacy compliance programs and provided legal guidance on mobile Internet, location services, incident response, and other privacy, security, and business issues.   Chuck also spent 7 years at Microsoft leading that company’s public policy work on human rights, free expression, and child online safety, and was Vice President, Public Policy for Vodafone's Americas Asia region.  He has also worked in Washington, D.C. on telecommunications policy and regulation.  His engagement with Stanford focuses on the role of metaphor as a guide for contemporary technology law and policy - a conception of the Internet not as a “place you go” but as a “tool you use.”

Recent articles

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Tool Without a Handle: Quantum Paradox #3

This installment on the quantum paradox extends the privacy analysis to the adjacent field of free expression and content moderation.  Free expression issues ar…

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Tool Without a Handle: “Getting A Grip”

“Tool Without A Handle:  Getting a Grip” In my last post, I explored how law influences use of information technology through both rules and a concomitant degr…

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Tool Without A Handle: The Dark Side

“Tool Without a Handle:   The Dark Side” “Chaos, control.  Chaos, control.  You like, you like?”  -  John Guare, Six Degrees of Separation Every tool can be m…

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Tools for Civic Purposes

"Tools for Civic Purposes" It's somewhat "old hat" to note that networked information technology creates tremendous potential for socia…