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Where Were Netflix and Google in the Net-Neutrality Fight?
"Ryan Singel, a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society and a former reporter at Wired, agrees that it’s hard to imagine the Google…
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The benefits of police body cams are a myth
In the three years since Michael Brown’s fatal shooting in Ferguson, police body-worn cameras have been sold to the public as a tool that would primarily deter…
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Net Neutrality Repeal Undermines Black Efforts to Combat Racial Bias in the Media, Activists Say
""The vote to repeal net neutrality is easily the most unpopular decision the FCC has ever made," said Malkia Cyril, a civil rights activist and…
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The Citizen’s Dilemma
" I pose the question to Stanford’s Gidari: Would you use this app in a crisis? He doesn’t take long to answer in the negative. “This is a poor substitute…
How Facebook Stymies Social Science
What exactly was the extent of Russian meddling in the 2016 election campaign? How widespread was its infiltration of social media? And how much influence did i…
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Remarks at IGF 2017 Session on Encryption
The following are my opening remarks for the encryption panel during the IGF 2017 main session, "Local interventions, global impacts: How can international…
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Right to be forgotten and global delisting: some news from Spain
In a recent ruling, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional – the high court that referred the Google Spain case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – h…
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Thoughts on the Manhattan DA’s Latest Report on Encryption
In November 2017, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office released its third annual report on smartphone encryption, available in PDF here. I appreciate that t…
Clerkships are invaluable for young lawyers. They can also be a setup for abuse.
Last week, The Washington Post reported that six women, all former law clerks and legal externs, have accused federal appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski of “inap…
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Dominique White’s family asks for privacy after city grants access to shooting video
"Harlan Yu is executive director of Upturn, a nonprofit research organization focused on technology and public policy. He said viewing the body camera foot…
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FCC’s rushed, technically flawed decision will harm the economy
Today the FCC Commissioners voted 3-2 to eliminate longstanding net neutrality protections, reclassify internet service providers as ‘information services’ unde…
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The Secret Savior of Net Neutrality?
"Even if Fort Collins’s network succeeds, it’s not likely to send Comcast scrambling to revamp the way it treats customers or content. The future of the fr…