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The emperor still doesn't have new clothes.
Recently, a jury found Mr. Ross Ulbricht guilty of running the black market website Silk Road. Many observers claim that the government's theory expanded li…
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The Twin Obstacles of Standing and State Secrecy Live On In Surveillance Challenges
As Federal District Judge Jeffrey White made plain in his order granting the government partial summary judgment yesterday in Jewel v. NSA, current judicial int…
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Information sharing to the cyber-rescue, again!
Yesterday, news emerged (or was officially leaked) that the President will announce an initiative designed to bolster American Internet security: the Cyber Thre…
The White House Gave the FCC Advice on Net Neutrality. That’s How It’s Supposed to Work.
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently announced support for strong net neutrality rules grounded in the FCC’s strongest legal…
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Data Security Gaps in an Industry Student Privacy Pledge
"“Suppose a person logs in from a public wireless network, such as at a coffee shop or airport,” said Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer science graduat…
Regulating revenge porn isn’t censorship
Revenge porn, also known as nonconsensual pornography or cyberexploitation, has been with us for a while, but only recently — with the hack of celebrities’ iClo…
Prof. Stephanie Pell and Chris Soghoian - Hearsay Culture Show #229 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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An inside look at how Spain’s copyright law targets Google and other news aggregators
News aggregation services, particularly Google News, appear to be under attack in several European countries. Belgium, Germany, and most recently Spain have tri…
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Litigious Adult Site on Hook for Discovery Sanctions
"Fenwick & West partner Andrew Bridges said clients Giganews and Livewire Services anticipate requesting about $650,000. Giganews is already asking for…
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Police warn Welsh pupils over 'sexting'
"ANALYSIS - Prof Shaheen Shariff, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Author of Sexting and Cyberbullying - Defining the Line for Digitally Empowered Kids…
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How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality
"It seemed impossible a year ago because if you made a power map, you’d have seen a modest, courageous coalition of small web companies, political activist…
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How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality
""For the millennial generation, taking away an open Internet is like, for an older generation, taking away Social Security or Medicare—or for some pe…