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AI v. the Law: Should the Law Keep Up With AI?
In Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the author compares the law to a blanket. When used by a big family in the same bed, one family member tugs on the b…
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Applying Federal Digital Communications Privacy Law to Hosted AI Models
On March 31, I gave a virtual guest lecture in Mailyn Fidler’s course “The Digital Fourth Amendment” at Harvard Law School. Prof. Fidler invited me to come talk…
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Well, At Least the Anti-States’ Rights AI EO Spares AI-CSAM Laws
On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that purports to deprive states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) – t…
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Prof. Lessig's testifies on the Future of the Internet
Prof. Lessig's testimony at 4/17 FCC Hearing on Network Neutrality. Prof. Lessig's…
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No Cause Needed to Search Laptops at the Border
On April 21st, the Ninth Circuit held in United States v. Arnold (pdf) that the Fourth Amendment does not require government agents to have reasonable suspicion…
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Facebook 'Em, Dano
EPIC fellow Guilherme Roschke writes about the sophisticated Facebook presence of Greater Manchester Police and its ramifications for citizen privacy. He notes…
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Rowling v. RDR Books Trial Concludes Under Media Spotlight
The trial of J.K. Rowling's copyright claims against RDR Books concluded last Wednesday after three days of testimony. Full transcripts of each day's p…
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Bork, Blockbuster & Beacon
Ars Technica reports: "Texas native Cathryn Elaine Harris has filed a lawsuit against Blockbuster, alleging that the company is actively and knowingly vio…
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Trying to find common ground on Tibet
Shaila Dewan in the NYT: "Ms. Wang, who had friends on both sides, tried to get the two groups to talk, participants said. She began traversing what she ca…
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Stanford FCC Hearing Highlights
Highlights of Thursday’s FCC hearing at Stanford in no particular order: 1. Finding myself nodding in vigorous agreement with the testimony of the Christian C…
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Divided We Fall
Kristof in the Times today: "To understand your feelings about Wednesday night’s debate, consider the Dartmouth-Princeton football game in 1951. That bitte…
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Personal Genome Services
The MIT/Stanford VLAB hosted an interesting event this week on the impact of personal genome services on the healthcare industry. Privacy was discussed, but no…
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Lessig Editorial on Net Neutrality
Prof. Lessig has an editorial in today's SF Chronicle about the Net Neutrality debate. Come share your views at today's FCC hearing on Broadband Manage…
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EC Article 29 Working Party Releases Search Engine Report
The European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party has released its “Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines,” recommending a shorter retent…
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The Newspaper Association of America Misreads The FTC
Nestled in among the latest round of public comments solicited by the Federal Trade Commission on “behavioral advertising” was a little gem: a filing by the New…