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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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Tool Without A Handle: A Mere Gallimaufry
Tool Without A Handle: “A Mere Gallimaufry” This blog has spent a good deal of real estate discussing networked information technologies as tools, but has not…
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Court Recommends Denying the Public Access to Its Sealed Surveillance Docket
In September 2016, my colleague Jennifer Granick (now at the ACLU) and I filed a petition in the federal district court for the Northern District of California…
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The Promise and Peril of Personalization
Authored by Brett Frischmann and Deven Desai Google, Amazon, and many other digital tech companies celebrate their ability to deliver personalized services. Ne…
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I'm Asking a Federal Court to Unseal Its Secret Docket in a Facebook Messenger Wiretapping Case
Today, I joined the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in moving to unseal a sealed case in…
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New Spanish Law raises concerns over use of sensitive data by political parties
The new Law on Data Protection and Digital Rights (LOPD), recently enacted in Spain, includes a highly controversial provision allowing political parties and or…
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Tool Without A Handle: Tools For Meaning, Part 2
“Tool Without A Handle”: Tools and the Search for Meaning – Part II If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but t…
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Testimony to Australian Parliamentary Committee on Assistance & Access Bill
Today I testified telephonically before Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the proposed Assistance and Access…
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Online Anti-Piracy Enforcement and the Normalization of Public-Private Speech Regulation
In response to a global backlash in the wake of Brexit and the 2016 US presidential election, dominant tech companies are scrambling to stave off increased gove…
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Threats remain to US voting system – and voters’ perceptions of reality
Threats remain to US voting system – and voters' perceptions of reality As Americans go to the polls, the voting process and the information environment ar…
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Manhattan DA Releases Fourth Annual Report About Smartphone Encryption
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has released its fourth annual report on the impact of device encryption (i.e., smartphones and tablets) on the office’…
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The new Audiovisual Media Services Directive: turning video hosting platforms into private media regulatory bodies
The European Parliament recently took the final vote on the new Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The text, which can be considered final, now await…
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Addressing Infringement: Developments in Content Regulation in the US and the DNS
Over the course of the last decade, in response to significant pressure from the US government and other governments, service providers have assumed private obl…