Britain has plunged into Brexit chaos. Here are the key facts.
Over the past few days, Britain has entered into a major political crisis. Negotiators for the Conservative Party government made a deal with European Union neg…
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The U.S. often takes hostages in trade fights. They usually aren’t live human beings
The United States, like other countries, frequently uses the tactic of hostage taking in trade disputes. When it imposes punitive tariffs against another countr…
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Data security expert calls for stronger cybersecurity laws
"As we become an increasingly digitally connected world, the loss of privacy and security are almost inevitable. But if we don’t adopt stronger data securi…
Deepfakes and the New Disinformation War
By Robert Chesney and Danielle Citron A picture may be worth a thousand words, but there is nothing that persuades quite like an audio or video recording of an…
US academics recommend Australian-style paper ballots at elections
In the digital age, the fact Australians still vote using paper and pencils might seem a bit quaint, or even out of date. But researchers both here and in the…
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Most Experts Think AI Will Make the World a Better Place
"“In 2030, the greatest set of questions will involve how perceptions of AI and their application will influence the trajectory of civil rights,” said Soni…
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Snap! The local HOA just captured your license plate number
"Or neighbors could band together and sell the data, said Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and So…
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Tech's invasion of our privacy made us more paranoid in 2018
""In 2018, we really do view it as the year where there was a reckoning with privacy practices across the industry and people waking up to these conce…
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Australia passes new law to thwart strong encryption
"Even Riana Pfefferkorn—a cryptography expert and attorney at Stanford Law School who submitted formal October 2018 testimony to the Australian parliament…
Encryption law changes will weaken the security of everyday Australians: expert
We're yet to see the details of the deal between the Government and Labor which would allow the passage of laws to give police and investigators access to e…
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Facebook emails show us again that profits come before privacy
"Facebook is just a very high-profile example of that problem. Its claim that it doesn't sell user is based on a narrow interpretation of the word sell…
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Facebook Emails Reveal Debates Over Selling Data Access
"Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, said the documents could raise concerns about antitrust and how Faceb…