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Government Hacking
Encryption helps human rights workers, activists, journalists, financial institutions, innovative businesses, and governments protect the confidentiality, integ…
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Resisting the Resistance: Resisting Copyright and Promoting Alternatives
This article discusses the resistance to the Digital Revolution and the emergence of a social movement “resisting the resistance.” Mass empowerment has politica…
Trump’s Muslim Ban & the Propaganda Value of Violence Against Women
There has been much well-deserved criticism of President Trump’s Executive Order imposing a Muslim Ban on entry into the United States and the chaotic and non-d…
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Otto’s California Truck Testing May Depend on Whether Drivers Keep a Foot on the Accelerator or Not
"“That discrepancy demands explanation,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina and expert on autonomous-vehicle laws. “…
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Civil Rights Groups, Funded by Telecoms, Back Donald Trump’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality
"“The Congress that tried to destroy net neutrality once would only weaken it with legislation that fails to adequately protect those it is meant to serve,…
Should cybersecurity be a human right?
Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to forma…
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A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact
"Those more involved subversion techniques, warns University of California at Davis law professor Elizabeth Joh, also create the risk that you’ll also arou…
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American Spies: how we got to mass surveillance without even trying
"While American Spies was written prior to Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, it has become vital and relevant under the new Republican a…
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Internet firms’ legal immunity is under threat
"In May a court allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Model Mayhem, a network that connects models and photographers, for having failed to warn users that r…
The Right Tools: Europe's Intermediary Liability Laws and the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation
Forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal The so-called “Right to Be Forgotten” established by the Court of Justice of the European Union in 2014 is a…
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'Give Us Your Passwords'
"“While the reasonable-suspicion standard for a border search is pretty low, it would at least preclude a blanket rule that every traveler disclose their p…
Right to Be Forgotten: Much Ado About Nothing
In the information society, the role of private sector entities in gathering information for and about users has long been a most critical issue. Therefore, int…