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New Research Paper on Federal AI-CSAM Prosecutions
Together with Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that someho…
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California Is Being Asked to Give Up 14 Years of Broadband Protections. It Doesn't Have To.
Accepting $1.42 billion in federal broadband funding would require California to give up enforcing its net neutrality, affordability, and public-safety laws aga…
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Comment to the California State Bar on AI-related proposed ethics rule changes
I submitted a comment to the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) on its proposed amendments to the…
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William Barr and Winnie the Pooh
Right now, Chinese users of WeChat, an app that includes text, video, and picture messaging plus a Facebook-style news feed (among many other features), can'…
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Court Decision Clears Way for State Net Neutrality Laws
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on the challenge to the FCC’s 2017 net neutrality repeal. The ruling barely upheld the repeal, but…
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Deepfakes Article in the Washington State Bar Association Magazine
I'm pleased to have written the cover story for the latest issue of NWLawyer, the magazine of the Washington State Bar Association. The article, available h…
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Comments on the Assistance & Access Act to the Australian Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
For a year now, I've been talking about why Australia's anti-encryption Assistance and Access Act is a bad idea. Australia's Parliament passed that…
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Filtering Facebook: Introducing Dolphins in the Net, a New Stanford CIS White Paper - OR - Why Internet Users and EU Policymakers Should Worry about the Advocate General’s Opinion in Glawischnig-Piesczek
Filtering Facebook: Introducing Dolphins in the Net, a New Stanford CIS White Paper OR Why Internet Users and EU Policymakers Should Worry about the Advocate Ge…
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Tool Without A Handle: A Duty of Candor
“Tool Without A Handle: A Duty of Candor” The law and legal professional ethics require of counsel a duty of candor in the practice of law.[1] This includes…
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Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Crypto & Privacy Village, which is part of the massive DEF CON computer security conference (and which I help…
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William Barr Despises Your Power to Keep Him from Snooping on You
Attorney General Bill Barr gave a speech yesterday at Fordham that revived the encryption debate in the U.S. after a relatively quiet period. Since the departur…
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Adapting Advertising Infrastructure for Content Regulation: WIPO’s BRIP Blacklist
In the name of “brand safety,” advertisers these days are working hard to better control where their ads appear online. Programmatic advertising with real-time…
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How to beat a copycat.
If you run a billion (or even million) dollar brand, does it make sense to spend a few thousand dollars to protect your mark from copycats? Or if you are a song…
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Bringing the Fight for Court Transparency to the Ninth Circuit
You may recall that in February, a federal district court in Fresno denied a petition I filed with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern Cali…
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Raids on Journalists by Australian Police Underscore Need for Assistance and Access Act Repeal
Today I'm submitting my latest entry in a series of comments to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to remind them wh…