Saving Privacy
Reed Hundt calls for alternatives to framing surveillance issues in terms of privacy versus security, but the hard fact is that we cannot avoid tradeoffs. We ha…
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After 'Net Neutrality' Proposal, Political Storm Brews
""A lot of us supported Obama because he was so passionate in his support of net neutrality," said Marvin Ammori, a lawyer involved in technology…
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Who watches the watchers? Big Data goes unchecked
"“We cannot even conceive of the ways our data is collected and then used to manipulate us at our weakest moments,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor a…
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Comments from the Hoover Institution Event on Intelligence Challenges
Yesterday I attended a conference at the Hoover Institution on “Intelligence Challenges.” I also spoke on a panel in the morning about Civil Liberties. A versio…
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This Week in Review: Behind The Times’ big change, and the FCC’s proposal moves forward
"Stanford’s Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland called the reported revisions a good start, with a long way yet to go." * Date Published:05/16/2…
FCC To Unveil Proposed Rules To Govern Internet Traffic
""If I'm a church or a university, I can put my content online, when it travels to my users it will get the same treatment that, you know, CNN'…
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The Biggest Filer of Copyright Lawsuits? This Erotica Web Site
"Ben Depoorter, a professor at the University of California, Hastings College of Law, said that there is no U.S. government enforcement agency tasked with…
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At times, Netflix movies make up a third of traffic
Listen to the full interview at Marketplace. "Netflix accounts for about a third of peak-period broadband traffic. So what does that mean for the net neut…
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Study says 70% of students have sexted, so how do they feel about revenge porn?
"“For [college students] this is part of contemporary sexual expression and relationships,” says Danielle Citron, a law professor at University of Maryland…
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Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
CIS Director Barbara van Schewick noted and quoted extensively. Full document available from the FCC website. Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet NPRM.…
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‘Net neutrality’ puts FCC at center of storm
"Ammori said the tech community picked Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 primaries after he aggressively courted them, partly with his stance o…
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Federal Regulators Issue Proposed Rules that Would Kill Open and Equal Internet Access
"“Our main concern with the proposal today is that provides no certainty for a start up that tries to run a business that uses massive information,” said M…