Why it’s so hard to create norms in cyberspace
The Council on Foreign Relations is launching a new set of Policy Briefs on cybersecurity policy – it published my contribution today. My brief responds to rece…
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Turkey Blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube over Images of Public Prosecutor Held Hostage
Today, a court in Istanbul ordered the ban of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of the picture of a public prosecutor held hostage by extreme-L…
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Uber's hiring plans show outlines of self-driving car project
"The inclusion of “vendor interactions and supplier management” for manufacturing engineers might suggest Uber is looking to develop a system advanced enou…
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This Is Big: A Robo-Car Just Drove Across the Country
"“This drive is one more marker on the exciting road toward automated vehicles,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of Sout…
The European Privacy Judicial Decision of a Decade: Google v. Vidal-Hall
Over the past few years, Google has been involved in a slate of high-stakes privacy litigation, in issues ranging from the removal of offensive video footage to…
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UPDATE: Google, Mozilla revoke authority of CNNIC after breach of trust
""Security lapses like CNNIC's place journalists at elevated risk," said Geoffrey King, CPJ's Internet Advocacy program coordinator. &quo…
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Right to be Forgotten Must be Balanced with Freedom of the Press, Italian Privacy Authority Says
On March 31, 2015, the Italian Privacy Authority ("Authority") issued a decision stating that users cannot obtain the delisting of search results of r…
Sustainable Cybersecurity
The environmental situation facing many nations in the mid-to-late 20th century was bleak. Industrial waste caused the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland to catch fire…
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Yik Yak Is Testing a Photo Feature. What Could Go Wrong?
"“We have increasingly seen issues involving compromising sexually explicit images that are taken without people’s permission,” says Danielle Citron, autho…
Shaping Your Speech: Media Reform, Past and Present
From the First Amendment to net neutrality, How does media regulation affect what we say? The Sixth Annual Rebele Symposium addressed this topic with Mignon Cl…
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(C) More Entertainment for Broadcasters: The European Court of Justice on Linking to Live Streams of Sport Events
A few days ago, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided C More Entertainment AB v Linus Sandberg. This is the last episode of the linking saga, previously d…
China's CNNIC issues false certificates in serious breach of crypto trust
In a major breach of public trust and confidence, the Chinese digital certificate authority China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) certified false cr…