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Google is a no-show at DC tech hearings, stoking anger in Congress
""I think they both risk becoming a punching bag by Congress and losing control of the narrative," said Jen King, director of Consumer Privacy at…
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD .PDF The role of dominant content platforms like Facebook and Twitter in facilitating Russian election interference in the 2016 US presi…
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New Whitepaper: Security Risks of Government Hacking
Today, CIS is publishing a whitepaper called “Security Risks of Government Hacking.” Also called “equipment interference” or “lawful hacking,” government hackin…
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Stanford Law School Appoints Judge Stephen Smith as Director of Fourth Amendment & Open Courts at the Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of retired Federal Judge Stephen Wm. Smith as Director, Fourth Amendment & Open Courts at the Center for…
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Please stop sending sensitive messages via Slack
"“It just shows how much education users need to do when they switch around between half a dozen apps, trying to figure out how each one works,” says Riana…
There’s an old conservative playbook behind Donald Trump’s threat to regulate Google
Nicole Hemmer is an assistant professor in presidential studies at the University of Virginia. Her book, Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Tra…
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Hackers used a fish tank to break into a Vegas casino. We’re all in trouble.
Bruce Schneier’s new book, “Click Here to Kill Everybody,” explains the security risks of a new world of household devices connected to the Internet. I asked hi…
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What Would You Ask Brett Kavanaugh?
"Elizabeth Joh, University of California, Davis: What are the circumstances in which a Supreme Court precedent should be overturned? How necessary is the…
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Tool Without A Handle: Tools and the Search for Meaning
“Tool Without a Handle”: Tools and the Search for Meaning In a New York Times review of Edward Tenner’s book The Efficiency Paradox, Gal Beckerman observes th…
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California Lawmakers Pass Net Neutrality Bill
""Today was a landmark in the fight to preserve a free and open internet," supporter Barbara van Schewick, the director of Stanford Law School…
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In Landmark Vote, California Legislature Votes to Restore Net Neutrality
On Friday August 31, the California Senate gave final approval to Senator Scott Wiener and Sen. Kevin De León’s SB 822, which would adopt net neutrality protect…
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At Facebook and Twitter hearings, Congress needs to bring its A-game
""A lot of it has to do with public faith," said Jen King, director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Soci…