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Microsoft sues U.S. government over secret requests for user data
"However, it's unclear how Microsoft's lawsuit will fare. It would be "premature to guess" how successful Microsoft is likely to be, Jenn…
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EU rulings on whistleblowers and right-to-be-forgotten laws puts press freedom at risk
"The regulation continues to put a heavy onus on Internet companies, which are threatened with fines if they do not comply immediately with takedown reques…
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Microsoft sues DOJ over snooping citizens' emails
"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo says the kind of secrecy order Microsoft is contesting "is something that should be justified and n…
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Litigating Platform Liability in Europe: New Human Rights Case Law in the Real World
This is the third of four posts on the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) rulings in Delfi v. Estonia and MTE v. Hungary. In both cases, national courts hel…
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Bots Need to Learn Some Manners, and It’s on Us to Teach Them
"When you have a conversation with a chatbot, it’s clear that you’re talking to software, not a human. The conversation feels stiff. But some bots are adep…
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US businesses: Start preparing for the EU's new privacy regulation
"Businesses are definitely taking note, said Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at the nonprofit International Association of Privacy Prof…
Accountable, Not Liable
How Injunctions Against Intermediaries Change Intermediary Liability in Europe In Europe, even law abiding Internet intermediaries can be sued in private lawsu…
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CIS Files FOIA Request to DOJ for Legal Opinions on Crypto-Defeating Laws
Yesterday, the Center for Internet and Society filed a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to uncover the U.S. government’s legal strategies for defea…
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Policing Online Comments in Europe: New Human Rights Case Law in the Real World
This is the second of four posts on real-world consequences of the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) rulings in Delfi v. Estonia and MTE v. Hungary. Both c…
A Financial Times columnist says that taxes have nothing to do with fairness. Here’s why he’s wrong.
One of the people to suffer fallout from the Panama Papers leak is David Cameron, Britain’s prime minister. After a few days of equivocation, he was forced to a…
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Can Silly Patents Help Fight Frivolous Lawsuits?
"Daniel Nazer, the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a high-tech civil liberties group, is amused by Rebe…
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New Intermediary Liability Cases from the European Court of Human Rights: What Will They Mean in the Real World?
Last summer, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a serious setback to free expression on the Internet. The Court held, in D…