Why the FCC should prevent ISPs from micromanaging our lives
by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger Network neutrality prevents broadband Internet service providers from micromanaging our lives online. Constraining the ne…
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FTC: Apps For Children Raise Privacy Concerns
The Federal Trade Commission has released a report taking to task the makers of mobile apps for children. It says apps are not transparent enough about the pers…
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Woman Says Cops Looked up Her License 550 Times
"It seems in some way the officers involved here were treating the DMV records like their own personal Facebook," says CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo…
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Who Can Read Your Emails Now?
"Law enforcement and civil parties could also get a public email provider to turn over messages with less than a warrant if the email isn't considered…
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The Battle Over Revenge Porn: Can Hunter Moore, the Web’s Vilest Entrepreneur, Be Stopped?
"“Under criminal law, state and federal law there exist cyberstalking laws that cover the very activity that [Sarah’s] perpetrator is engaged in, which is…
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Aleecia McDonald Appointed Director of Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society
Cross-posted from SLS News. STANFORD, Calif., December 3, 2012— Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Aleecia M. McDonald as Director of Priva…
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How to retweet without needing a lawyer
"There's nothing special about a user retweeting," Granick said. * Date Published:11/30/2012 * Original Publication:CNET…
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Weev Speaks
Notorious hacker "Weev" joins Hufftington Post after being found guilty on charges of breaching AT&T's security. Is his conviction a blow to f…
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Why Do Mannequins That Spy On Us Creep Us Out?
Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and my go-to source on all things robot: “The fact that the cameras resemble peo…
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Is That A Budweiser In Your Hand?: Product Placement, Booze, And Denzel Washington
""It's not something you're legally required to do," says Daniel Nazer, a resident fellow at Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project.…
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The Internet’s Best Terrible Person Goes to Jail: Can a Reviled Master Troll Become a Geek Hero?
""If somebody mistakenly puts information out there on the web and somebody mistakenly gets that information, that's not illegal," says Jenni…
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Privacy professor to try to break Do Not Track logjam
""Stanford's Center for Internet and Society has had endless patience with DNT taking time far in excess of what I anticipated," McDonald sai…