Why nonprofits are wary about a private firm buying the dot-org domain
I spoke with Andrew McLaughlin, who helped found ICANN and create the original dot-org registration process. He’s also one of the people pushing for the new non…
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How California's New Data Privacy Law Will Affect Consumers
California's new data privacy law went into effect on January 1. California consumers now have the right to know how their data is used, the right to get th…
The Lawfare Podcast: Danielle Citron on Feminism and National Security
Live from the #NatSecGirlSquad Conference in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2019, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Danielle Citron, professor of law at Boston Uni…
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Privacy Now: How Smart Is It To Have a Smart Speaker?
Just how exposed are we when we invite Amazon Alexa, Google Voice and other voice assistants into our home? Who's listening? And what do they have an impact…
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The Lawfare Podcast: Daphne Keller on Legal Liability for Tech Platforms
In this episode of the Arbiters of Truth series—Lawfare's new podcast series on disinformation in the run-up to the 2020 election—Quinta Jurecic and Evelyn…
Daphne Keller on the Regulation of Online Speech
In this episode, Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and former Associate General Co…
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Free speech on the internet is: A) complicated B) complicated C) complicated D) all of the above
On this segment of “Quality Assurance,” I take a deep dive on platforms and regulating speech. I spoke with Daphne Keller, who is at Stanford Law School’s Cente…