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SEC, Google at Odds Over E-Mail Privacy Bill
"“H.R. 699 represents an overdue update to ECPA that would ensure electronic communications content is treated in a commensurate manner to other papers and…
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House panel considers bill to protect email privacy
"The head of law enforcement for Google, Inc. said the giant tech company supports the bill as a way to protect the privacy of its customers. "Users…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 52: The EU Has Set Privacy & Free Speech On A Collision Course
Privacy and free speech aren't fundamentally opposed, but they do have a tendency to come into conflict — and recent developments in Europe surrounding the…
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum: “ISIL Is Committing Genocide Against the Yezidis in Iraq”
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has issued an important and distressing report characterizing violence against the Yezidi people in 2014 in Iraq as amo…
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum: “ISIL Is Committing Genocide Against the Yezidis in Iraq”
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has issued an important and distressing report characterizing violence against the Yezidi people in 2014 in Iraq as amo…
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The Little Girl with the Big Voice
The Little Girl with the Big Voice examines the struggles of women and children in the early 1930's and 40's through the eyes of Mary Small, a child pro…
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Intermediary Liability Implications of Proposed Brazilian Libel Law Reform
Several bills pending before the Brazilian Congress seek to institute harsher penalties for crimes against honor and reputation when perpetrated through social…
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Free Expression Gaps in the General Data Protection Regulation
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.…
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The Practice and Theory of Secure Data Releases
Ira Rubinstein & Woodrow Hartzog, Anonymization and Risk, 91 Wash. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2016), available on SSRN. In the current Age of Big Data, companies…
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Net Neutrality Goes Back on Trial
"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…
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Thinking About ISIS And Its Cyber Capabilities: Somewhere Between Blue Skies and Falling Ones
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…
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German Federal Supreme Court Accepts Website Blocking Injunctions
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…