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The New FISA Reform Still Doesn’t Protect Your Privacy
"And as Jennifer Granick notes in her excellent new book American Spies, executive-branch claims that Section 702 has been vital to preventing terrorist at…
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Police Chief Claims He 'Misspoke' After Body Cam Contradicts Account of Black Teen's Killing
"Harlan Yu, a tech policy researcher and co-author of the Body Worn Camera scorecard, a 2016 report rating body camera policies for different police depart…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 120: The Surveillance State
In the post-Snowden era, we don't have to tell you how important it is to stay engaged with (and vigilant about) the surveillance state in America. Jennifer…
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The GDPR and National Legislation: Relevant Articles for Private Platform Adjudication of “Right to Be Forgotten” Requests
In a recent blog post, I discuss the role of EU Member State laws in defining and enforcing the “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF) under the EU’s new General Data P…
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Self-driving companies to consumers: Hop in
"However, in cases in which the autonomous vehicle is at fault, the manufacturer is likely to shoulder the responsibility, said Bryant Walker Smith, a Univ…
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Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos "To Anticipate Criminal Activity"
"This raw data fed into video analytics systems is itself captured and created by the police, said Elizabeth Joh, a law professor and policing expert at th…
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Copyright Liability for Streaming Box Distributors: A Comparative EU-US Perspective
“Loaded” Kodi set-top boxes are back in the copyright news again this week. (If you’re wondering what Kodi boxes are, and what they have to do with copyrights,…
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Facebook isn't doing enough to control violent posts, says expert
"However, Daphne Keller, the director of intermediary liability at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, questions whether machine monit…
Craig Aaron and Malkia Cyril on Net Neutrality, Kyle Wiens on Copyright Overreaching
This week on CounterSpin: FCC chair Ajit Pai has announced his plans to gut net neutrality; the former Verizon lawyer and Jeff Sessions staffer declared his int…
Today’s ODNI and Section 702 News
Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) announced that it would stop some of the surveillance it conducts on the telecommunications ba…
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Miami sextortion case asks if a suspect can be forced to decrypt an iPhone
""It differs in that the victim often wears a fur bikini, but is not otherwise an out-of-the-ordinary dispute over this issue in my opinion," Jen…
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One year later: EU right to open internet still virtual
"The European Union legislation on open internet access does not specify if zero-rating is allowed. Instead, the EU lawmakers decided to leave it to natio…