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Breaking Down Cox's Trial Over Subscriber Music Piracy
"Annemarie Bridy, a University of Idaho law professor and affiliate scholar at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, co-wrote a law pr…
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Judiciary chairman wants warrant exception in email privacy bill
""It unfortunately appears to be the case that some law enforcement officials make emergency disclosure requests because it is easier than getting leg…
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Lawmakers take up government's ability to get old emails without a search warrant
"Google's law enforcement director, Richard Salgado, told lawmakers that provisions under the old law "do not reflect the reasonable expectations…
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Battle over 1986 email-privacy law heats up in House debate
"But in his prepared testimony, Richard Salgado, Google's director for law enforcement and information security, argued that such an exemption for civi…
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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.…