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Why you shouldn't blame Facebook for what ails democracy
""There's always a danger when you have a scandal like Cambridge Analytica that we attribute a very large problem to the villain du jour," sa…
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Can the Int’l Criminal Court Try US Officials?–The Theory of “Delegated Jurisdiction” and Its Discontents (Part I)
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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If Facebook gets regulated, thank vegans
"Danielle Citron, chairwoman the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group that focuses on emerging data privacy and civil liberties issues, says the…
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Startups Want to Use the Blockchain to Take Our Data Out of Uber's Hands
"“The idea that mainstream consumers will directly interact with blockchain technology—or any piece of code—without intermediaries is completely silly,” wr…
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I Was Harassed for My Interracial Relationship—So I Tracked Down My Troll
"The most recent report from StatsCan shows that over the last five years, nearly one in five people between the ages 15 and 29 say they have experienced a…
Help Save Net Neutrality in California
The FCC voted in December to repeal all meaningful net neutrality protections, undoing more than 15 years of FCC work and leaving startups vulnerable to the whi…
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Self-driving car deaths raise the question: Is society ready for us to take our hands off the wheel?
"To Ryan Calo, an expert in robotics and cyberlaw at the University of Washington Law School, many aspects of these questions are easy to answer, and the a…
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Maryland governor settles lawsuit with ACLU over Facebook censorship
"The agreement is "good for free speech and for our democracy," said Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University Law School who specializ…
Four Principles for Digital Expression (You Won't Believe #3!)
Abstract At the dawn of the Internet’s emergence, the Supreme Court rhapsodized about its potential as a tool for free expression and political liberation. In…
EFF to Supreme Court: Don’t Turn US Patents Into Worldwide Patents
The general rule in patent law is that each country has its own patent system. If you want damages for sales in the United States, you need a U.S. patent. If yo…
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California launches system allowing driverless cars to ditch their backup drivers
"“The public is going to know more about automated driving because of California and not because of the federal government,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an a…
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Florida law allows driverless vehicles. Does the law go too far?
"Florida hasn’t been as dramatic with its legislation as other states, said University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith, who studies aut…