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Twitter sued for scanning private messages
"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo says the Twitter lawsuit will not succeed for two reasons: Either the judge will decide an algorithm chan…
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FTC says data and privacy are top security concerns
"Andrea Matwyshyn, professor of Law at Northeastern University and Microsoft Visiting Professor at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, sa…
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Experts to IoT makers: Bake in security
"As sensors – a common category of IoT devices – become embedded in larger systems, such as cars, liability of the manufacturers looms larger, says Andrea…
This book explains why Jeremy Corbyn now leads Labour. Its author died in 2011.
Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of Britain’s Labour Party — despite the opposition of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and most of Labour’s elite — is a major shock…
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Experts: Consumer protections vital as Internet of Things expand
"Washington policymakers also face a learning curve. Those seeking to protect consumers’ security and privacy when it comes to the Internet of Things must…
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Marvin Ammori, Susan Crawford, Tim Wu
This year, the obscure tech-politics debate over whether and how we pay to use the Internet leaped into the mainstream, attracting the voices of Silicon Valley’…
Facebook's new digital assistant 'M' will need to earn your trust
Facebook’s announcement that it is testing a digital assistant called “M”means that each of the “big five” technology companies is now in the digital assistant…
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Outed Ashley Madison users want to make stolen data legally toxic
"“Are these sites exacerbating an already harmful situation. Yes,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a privacy law expert at Samford University. “But that doesn’t mean…
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August 2015 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
August 2015 in Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-august/ Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of t…
Tech companies may be our best hope for resisting government surveillance
Over the last year, the FBI has had harsh words for Apple, accusing the tech giant of endangering human lives and aiding criminals by turning on encryption by d…
Classical Greece was incredibly politically innovative. Why did it rise — and then fall?
Josiah Ober is the Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. He is also the author of a new book from Princeton University…
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MIND THE GAP – But not our pay gap
"This issue over robots replacing traditional occupations has been discussed amongst academics since the dawn of artificial intelligence, and will unlikely…