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San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech
"“This is the first piece of legislation that I’ve seen that really takes facial recognition technology as seriously as it is warranted and treats it as un…
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Lawmakers plunge into "deepfake" war
"Lawmakers don't get many chances to get this right, says Citron. "You gotta write this correctly." One or two over-broad or ineffective bill…
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Wrapping Up a Month of Court Transparency Efforts
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, 2019 is shaping up to be a big year for increased transparency in our nation's courts. At CIS, we've had a whir…
Brief of Retired Federal Judges as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party
Amicus curiaei brief of retired judges, including CIS Director of Fourth Amendment and Open Courts, in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a case ch…
Brief of Amici Curiae Former U.S. Magistrate Judges in Support of Petitioners
Amicus brief of former magistrate judges, including CIS Director of Fourth Amendment and Open Courts Stephen Wm. Smith, in support of Petitioners-Appellants Jas…
Amicus Brief of EFF and Riana Pfefferkorn
Amicus brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Riana Pfefferkorn in support of Petitioners-Appellants Jason Leopold and Reporters Committee for Freedom of t…
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Despite 'transparency' claims, Facebook stops watchdogs from monitoring ads
"The propublica tool, much like ours, was aimed to provide users with valuable information about political ads to help shed more light on a process that ha…
People used to joke about ‘Democrats in disarray.’ They’re not joking now.
The comedian Will Rogers famously joked: “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Until relatively recently, neither Republicans n…
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How to Spot Manipulative 'Dark Patterns' Online
"Woodrow Hartzog, a Northeastern University professor of law and computer science, examines dark patterns in his book "Privacy’s Blueprint" (Harv…
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Facebook Hires Up Three of Its Biggest Privacy Critics
"Jen King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, thinks it's a sign Facebook may be ready to actually take privac…
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How Can Patients Make Money Off Their Medical Data?
"“Not everything works better when we put dollar (or in the case of data, cent) figures on it,” Neil M. Richards, a law professor at Washington University…
Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech
This essay closely examines the effect on free-expression rights when platforms such as Facebook or YouTube silence their users’ speech. The first part describe…