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Stalkerware sees all, and US laws haven't stopped its spread
"Law professor Danielle Citron of Boston University, who has studied stalkerware, applauded the settlement, which she said sets a mold that similar apps mu…
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The Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow
"However, Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggested there was no quid pro quo in…
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The police want your phone data. Here’s what they can get — and what they can’t.
"“Basically, anything that a provider has that it can decode, law enforcement is getting it,” Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for…
It's all linked: How communication to the public affects internet architecture
The architecture of the Internet is changing. A novel expansive construction of communication and making available to the public has been shaking the Internet e…
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Trump's Antifa Obsession Is an Unconstitutional Distraction
"Attempting to stigmatize and criminalize anti-fascists would also be unconstitutional. “It’s utterly uncontroversial that, if the First Amendment means an…
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Agencies Face Limited Options For Twitter Crackdowns
""It's mostly just sound and fury, a way to give support to more legislative approaches which would be more effective," said Stanford Law Sch…
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Google gives scientists access to 300 million people's smartphone data
"Some privacy experts are not fretting about Google’s data collection. Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor, said concerns could involve the…
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Police are using protests as an excuse to unleash new surveillance tech
"Catherine Crump, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law, and director of the Samuelson Law, Technology &am…
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Broad Consequences of a Systemic Duty of Care for Platforms
In a previous post, I described the growing calls for what I called a “systemic duty of care” (SDOC) in platform regulation. I suggested that SDOC requirements…
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and the fight for social media's soul
""The companies are clearly taking two very different approaches," said Jen King, a director at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and…
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Trump's posts highlight differences between Twitter and Facebook
""It sure looks like, in the face of pressure to follow the White House's preferred speech policies, Facebook chose appeasement and Twitter chose…
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Feud between Donald Trump and Jack Dorsey can have long-lasting effects on how we consume media in India
"As Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s Daphne Keller has argued, social media platforms should act as “good Samaritans”, and not be legally obligated to enforc…