The Panama Papers and Thomas Piketty
The Panama Papers—the massive collection of leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that helps set up offshore shell corporations—have alre…
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This new book explains why so many Islamist extremists have studied engineering
Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog’s new book, “Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education,” examines why a disproportion…
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DMCA Classic, DMCA Turbo: Major new empirical research on notice and takedown operations
Good data about Notice and Takedown can be hard to find. Jennifer Urban and Laura Quilter’s seminal 2006 study has long been the gold standard, combining rigoro…
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When Rape Is Broadcast Live On The Internet
"Daphne Keller, the director of intermediary liability at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, recognises that the current systems in place for fl…
Dr. Peter Asaro on Drone Technology in Eye in the Sky
I have been asked by Science & Film to review the realism of EYE IN THE in terms of the new technologies we see deployed in the film. Most of the technologi…
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Europe Tried to Rein In Google. It Backfired.
"“If governments were handling ‘right to be forgotten,’ they would have to publish data,” said Martin Husovec, a professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law…
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Why haven’t hackers taken down the power grid?
"“Taking down major infrastructure on a national or regional level harms the bad guys as much as the good guys,” says Richard Forno, director of the Gradua…
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Anti-Encryption Social Media Campaign Backfires Spectacularly
"Encryption protects the safety of those who have been abused by intimate partners or family members, even if the police don't #UnlockJustice" *…
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Maryland National Guard steps up role in cyberspace
""These are the people who are probably working in the security space already by day," said Richard Forno, the director of the graduate cybersecu…
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Edward Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the law allows
"Geoffrey King, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Technology Program, said the AFP’s actions were “obviously outrageous”. “This should not…
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Why Microsoft's Fight with the Government Should Overshadow Apple's
"This lawsuit comes on the heels of the Apple case, in which Tim Cook and Apple stood up to the FBI. As in the Apple case, this suit goes to show that in t…
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Federal, state authorities investigating source of data used to steal city employees' tax returns
""They're related, as far as we know, only by the fact that they're city employees," said Richard Forno, assistant director of the Univer…