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…
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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…
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Privacy and the Internet
"If Google rejects a request for removal of a link, the requestor can appeal to his or her country’s regulators or the courts, Keller says. “But there’s no…
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German Supreme Court: Booking Portals Not Liable for Bogus User Reviews
Recently, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany, found that booking portals are…
Targeting Tankers — and Their Drivers — Under the Law of War (Part 2)
Leaflets dropped 45 minutes before airstrikes targeting ISIL oil tankers. Image credit:US Defense Department Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part po…
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Google is moving to Moscow!
Google is moving to Moscow! Not really. But Mr. Sergey Brin, the founder of Google, was born in Moscow. How does Russia ensure that Sergey 2.0 will stay in Mosc…
Targeting Tankers Under the Law of War (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part post discussing how the law of war applies to airstrikes against oil tanker trucks. You can read Part Two here.…
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Series Conclusion and Summary: Intermediaries and Free Expression Under the GDPR, in Brief
Europe’s pending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) threatens free expression and access to information on the Internet. The threat comes from erasure r…