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Evaluating the Chairman’s Revised Net Neutrality Proposal
Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is revising his proposal for new network neutrality rules. Initial reactions have be…
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FCC chair cracks door open to reclassifying broadband as a public utility
"Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society provided a good breakdown of what the latest news means.…
Snapchat and FTC Privacy and Security Consent Orders
Cross-posted from LinkedIn. Co-authored with Daniel Solove. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered into a consent order with the media service Sn…
Why Limitless Technology Could Be A Disaster
View the full video at Huffpost Live. Famed physicist Steven Hawking warns that while success in creating artificial intelligence would be the biggest event in…
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Defending the Open Internet
"Andrew McLaughlin, chief executive of Digg, a news collection site, said he was worried that if big companies were allowed to buy priority service on the…
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Amazon granted patent for taking photos against a white background – seriously
"Amazon hasn't replied to questions from El Reg as to what use this patent could be put to, so we consulted the Electronic Frontier Foundation's st…
A Panel Discussion on Proposed FCC Net Neutrality Rules
On Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. EST, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) hosted a panel discussion on recently proposed net neutrality rules from the Chairman of t…
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House Judiciary Committee Approves NSA Reform Bill
""How do I compare this to what will happen if we do nothing?" asked Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Int…
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Amazon, Microsoft ask FCC to maintain Net Neutrality
"The companies signed on to the letter include Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter, along with a wide array of other companies from across the…
Profs. Laura Roselle and Ben O'Loughlin - Hearsay Culture Show #211 - 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…
The Internet of Things: Global Implications of Merging the Physical and Digital Worlds
More than nine billion devices around the world are currently connected to the Internet, including computers and smartphones. That number is expected to increas…
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Manager’s Amendment Puts Back Door Searches Back In USA Freedom Act
Over at Just Security I have an analysis of the USA Freedom Act as changed by a recent Manager's Amendment. Basically, I conclude that the Manager's Ame…