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ISPs Drop Legal Fight Against California Net Neutrality Law
On Wednesday May 4 2020, the cable, phone, and wireless companies suing California over its historic net neutrality law withdrew their lawsuit after three conse…
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What Does the DSA Say?
People keep asking me what the EU’s new Digital Services Act (DSA) says. So far, I have not found overview materials that seem like the right match for people u…
Comments on Draft BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation
Comments submitted to BEREC's Public Consultation on the Draft BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation. See also the White Pa…
The Impact of the ECJ’s 2020 and 2021 Zero-rating Judgments on Zero-rating and Differentiated Pricing in the European Union
White Paper submitted to BEREC's Public Consultation on the Draft BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation. See also the Comme…
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User Privacy vs. Platform Transparency: The Conflicts Are Real and We Need to Talk About Them
Pretty much everyone wants better information about how platforms propagate and govern online speech. We are probably about to get it. A major pending EU law wi…
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Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared
Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County President Joe Biden on March…
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Ignoring EARN IT’s Fourth Amendment Problem Won’t Make It Go Away
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: * Blog posts here at the CIS blog: part 1, part 2, par…
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Ukraine conflict brings cybersecurity risks to US homes, businesses
Ukraine conflict brings cybersecurity risks to US homes, businesses Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County All cybersecurity is local, regard…
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The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It’s More Dangerous Than Ever
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: * Blog posts at the CIS blog: part 1, part 2, part 3,…
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Appeals court upholds California’s right to enforce its net neutrality law while the FCC remains at a standstill
“Today’s ruling by the Ninth Circuit is a big win for Californians and a free and open internet,” Stanford Center for Internet and Society Director Barbara van…
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Deep in the Weeds of the Levels of Driving Automation Lurks an Ambiguous Minimal Risk Condition
Are you familiar with SAE J3016, the recommended practice that defines, among many other terms, the widely (mis)cited levels of driving automation? You can be!…
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California's AV Testing Rules Apply to Tesla's "FSD"
Five years to the day after I criticized Uber for testing its self-proclaimed "self-driving" vehicles on California roads without complying with the t…