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Lawmakers Have a Model for Political Ads on Facebook: Broadcasters
""Traditional brick-and-mortar platforms like radio and television don't have the same protections that the internet companies do," said Albe…
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Facebook will provide ads bought by Russian company to congressional committees investigating Trump ties
"“Governments have lost patience with platforms that look more like enablers than innovators to regulators these days, which suggests more regulation on th…
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How to deal with Equifax and our ‘broken’ credit protection system
"So says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, who points to a criminal investigation into whether Equifax ex…
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The future of encryption depends on WhatsApp's battle with the UK
"The UK may also be concerned about the legality of their own demand to access encrypted messages. Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography policy fellow at Stanf…
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Facebook and Senate Panel Scuffle Over Russia Investigation
"“Congress has subpoena power, of course,” says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, who previously…
Libya’s Haftar and Liability of Superiors: Ordering Offenses v. Responsibility for Omissions
Further to Just Security‘s coverage on Tuesday of the potential war crimes liability of U.S citizen/Libyan warlord General Khalifa Haftar, this article discusse…
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Black LGBT Women Represent on The Root’s 100 Most Influential People List
Malkia Cyril, Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice Malkia Cyril is a writer, organizer, and media strategist. She’s a Black Lives Matter activist…
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The Sex Trafficking Fight Could Take Down a Bedrock Tech Law
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland who serves on Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council and worked with Harris on her Backpage eff…
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SESTA: An Unnecessary Step in the Wrong Direction
Most observers cheered when the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer was booted from YouTube, CloudFlare, and other platforms around the Internet. At the same time, the site’…
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Grab your popcorn: The first annual Privacy Shield review is go
"Omer Tene, vice-president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, agreed the review needs to look at how Priv…
Congress's sloppy new internet bill is a step in the wrong direction
Most observers cheered when the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer was booted from YouTube, CloudFlare, and other platforms around the Internet. At the same time, the site’…
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Facebook Knows More About Russia’s Election Meddling. Shouldn’t We?
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, told me that the electronic communications privacy law did not extend protections to advertise…