Several bills pending before the Brazilian Congress seek to institute harsher penalties for crimes against honor and reputation when perpetrated through social…
This is one of a series of posts about the pending EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and its consequences for intermediaries and user speech online.…
Ira Rubinstein & Woodrow Hartzog, Anonymization and Risk, 91 Wash. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2016), available on SSRN. In the current Age of Big Data, companies…
"In his last ruling, Judge Tatel suggested the FCC could find better legal footing through Title II. “In the previous case, he provided a legal road map fo…
In light of the recent major terrorist attacks - both the siege in Paris and the downing of a Russian airliner on the Sinai Peninsula – concerns about ISIS and…
This article is cross-posted with author's personal blog. On Thursday, the German Federal Supreme Court issued a press release informing that it has decide…
"“Judge Tatel’s inclusion on the panel is probably good for net neutrality advocates,” said Marvin Ammori, a lawyer and net neutrality activist. “In the pr…
Cross-posted from Yale Journal of Law & Technology. For more than a decade, the policy debates around informational privacy have focused on the fickle noti…
Plenty of businesses rely on third-party payers: parents often pay for college; insurance companies pay most health care bills. Reaching out to potential third-…
"The Federal Communications Commission has hired Jonathan Mayer, a rising star in privacy circles, to serve as its technical lead for investigations into t…
"If you want proof that the Federal Communications Commission is getting serious about privacy, you only need to look at its latest recruit. The agency has…
"In a move that signals a focus on Web privacy, the Federal Communications Commission has tapped Jonathan Mayer to serve as chief technologist of its enfor…