The GDPR and National Legislation: Relevant Articles for Private Platform Adjudication of “Right to Be Forgotten” Requests
By Daphne Keller on May 1, 2017 at 2:57 pm
CIS explores how changes in the architecture of computer networks affect the economic environment for innovation and competition on the Internet, and how the law should react to those changes. This work has lead us to analyze the issue of network neutrality, perhaps the Internet's most debated policy issue, which concerns Internet user's ability to access the content and software of their choice without interference from network providers.
By Daphne Keller on May 1, 2017 at 2:57 pm
By Daphne Keller on April 27, 2017 at 8:59 am
The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the spring of 2018, bringing with it a newly codified version of the “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF). Depending how the new law is interpreted, this right could prove broader than the “right to be de-listed” established in 2014’s Google Spain case. It could put even more decisions about the balance between privacy and free expression in the hands of private Internet platforms like Google. Read more about The “Right to Be Forgotten” and National Laws Under the GDPR
By Morgan Weiland on April 24, 2017 at 2:45 pm
Editor’s note: This post previews my forthcoming Stanford Law Review article, “Expanding the Periphery and Threatening the Core: The Ascendant Libertarian Speech Tradition.” Read more about There’s a Massive First Amendment Threat (and It’s Not Donald Trump)
By Morgan Weiland on April 18, 2017 at 6:15 pm
Updated May 11, 2017. Keep your recommendations coming and I'll update periodically.
Nailing down the definitive literature on First Amendment expressive freedoms is a tricky task. What’s the consensus among scholars about the classics? Even more complex is figuring out what emerging scholarship on the intersection of speech and press freedoms with new media technologies will have a lasting impact. Read more about Crowdsourced Lit Review: First Amendment Theory & Technology