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…
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indic…
Berlin, April 28, 2025 - Epicenter.works, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv), and Stanford Professor Barba…
We are happy to announce the new 2012-2014 CIS Affiliates. The new affiliates are the following: Affiliate ScholarsMarvin AmmoriPeter AsaroRyan CaloDanielle Ci…
This is a short essay to introduce three topics I’ll be exploring in various ways, including writing, talking, and reading: 1) How metaphor powerfully shapes t…
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently decided in United States v. Skinner that police does not need a warrant to obtain GPS location data for mobile p…
Some weeks ago I wrote a post, The Industry of Good Feelings, about Silicon Valley's unique esprit de corps – how it has long been the kind of place where i…
Much has been written over the past couple of years about “big data” (See, for example, here and here and here). In a new article, Big Data for All: Privacy and…
Michael Birnhack, a professor at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, is one of the leading thinkers about privacy and data protection today (for some of his pre…
The paperback and Kindle versions of Internet Architecture and Innovation have been released. More information about the book can be found at netarchitecture.or…
[What follows is the short version of a somewhat dated but still relevant, unplaced op-ed. I'll post the long version on the madisonian.net blog for anyone…
Photo: Basking & masking. In China, where sun tan is negatively stigmatized, beach goers wear masks. One of the most significant developments for privacy l…
The Australian government has proposed sweeping changes to its surveillance and national security laws. The government’s wish list includes mandatory data reten…
Earlier this month, U.S. News & World Report ran the following headline: "Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use In Arrest Of American Citizen." The ar…
If you read this blog, chances are you're aware of SXSW, a unique festival exploring music, film, and emerging technology. Recent years have seen one or tw…