Mark Zuckerberg runs a nation-state, and he’s the king
“In a lot of ways Facebook is more like a government than a traditional company,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said. He elaborated on this claim in a recen…
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Here’s why tech companies abuse our data: because we let them
We live in an e-commerce utopia. I can call out orders and my demands are satisfied through an automated, seamless transaction. I just have to ask Alexa, or Sir…
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook testimony is a start. But only bipartisan cooperation will fix this crisis.
As Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before the U.S. Congress this week, the whole world seems to be against Facebook. Is this a watershed moment for the futu…
Episode 14: Privacy in the Facebook Age
Recently 50 million Facebook users had their personal information extracted and used for political and commercial purposes. In the wake of this scandal, we’ve a…
Riana Pfefferkorn: The Emerging Trend of ‘Side-Channel Cryptanalysis’ (Ep. 133)
Cryptography Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn was a guest on the WashingTech Policy Podcast with Joseph Miller. Listen to the podcast at WashingTech.…
Startups: Supporting Net Neutrality isn’t “Political”; It’s Pragmatic
I’m passionate about how net neutrality enables startups to thrive without getting permission or paying taxes to the ISPs that people pay to get online.Net neut…
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What will Microsoft and Ireland do with the new CLOUD Act warrant?
So it seems that the Microsoft Ireland case at the Supreme Court will end with a whimper. Both the Department of Justice and Microsoft agree that the case is mo…
Can the Int’l Criminal Court Try US Officials?–The Theory of “Delegated Jurisdiction” and Its Discontents (Part II)
Just Security is pleased to launch this online symposium–spearheaded by Professor Laura Dickinson–which is focused on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) p…
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Californians Don’t Want Autonomous Cars in Their Neighborhoods
"Bryant Walker Smith, chairman of the Emerging Technology Law Committee at the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, says he thinks surv…
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Adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings settles copyright infringement case
"Firms such as Strike 3 sending scores of DMCA take-down notices to alleged copyright offenders that threaten them with lawsuits is “a lot of work for ever…
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Experts: Education key to safe use of Autopilot
"Although driver-assist features can increase vehicle safety, Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who specializes in self-dri…
Remediating Social Media: Why Layers Still Matter for Internet Policy
Abstract 2017 was a bad year for the Internet. Journalists trying to get to the bottom of the Russian election meddling story discovered pathologies of the Int…