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Will Fear Change the Internet? Self-Policing Has Already Started
""The Internet is moving away from a place where anyone can say anything and find any information they want," Jennifer Granick, director of Civil…
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Ease of hiding terror plots online intensifies Web debate
"Because their livelihoods depend on it, technology companies are developing more secure encryption, which safeguards the lawful and unlawful alike, said B…
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CIS Joins ACLU and ACLU of Northern California in FOIA Request to Justice Department Seeking Info on Phone Unlocking Orders
In October, we covered a significant case in Brooklyn federal court that tackles the hot-button issue of whether tech companies should be compelled to provide l…
Why Intermediary Liability Is The Most Important Question Online
Techdirt podcast with CIS Director of Intermediary Liability Daphne Keller. Podcast can also be heard at Techdirt.…
The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t c…
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Buy Buy Privacy
Planning to do some online holiday shopping? LSA Ph.D. student Darren Stevenson explains how advertisers get and use your personal data to predict what you’ll b…
NSA Surveillance Programs Are Far From Over Despite New Limitations
Here’s what the change really means for U.S. citizens. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) recently announced that as of “Sunday, Novemb…
Donald Trump’s attacks on Muslims fit a pattern of persecution. Just ask Jews, Catholics and Mormons.
David T. Smith (@dtsmith_sydney) is a senior lecturer at the United States Studies Centre and the Department of Government and International Relations at the Un…
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Barack Obama appeals to Silicon Valley for help with online anti-extremist campaign
"“If there’s a broad trend, it’s that companies have become more willing to take things down that are somehow involved in terrorist recruitment or propagan…
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Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability - Symposium and Call for Contributors
From my students at the University of South Carolina: Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability Call for Panelists and Papers Panelist Proposals Deadline: 12/18/1…
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Italian Constitutional Court Rejects Appeal Against Administrative Copyright Enforcement
The Italian Constitutional Court rejected the appeal challenging the constitutionality of the AGCOM Regulation regarding Online Copyright Enforcement (AGCOM Reg…
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BMG v. Cox: The High Cost of Losing Safe Harbor
On December 1, a federal court in Virginia entered partial summary judgment for music publisher BMG in BMG Rights Management v. Cox Communications, a closely wa…