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Twitter’s Free Speech Defender
Alexander Macgillivray, Twitter’s chief lawyer, says that fighting for free speech is more than a good idea. He thinks it is a competitive advantage for his com…
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Privacy, Masks and Religion
Photo: Basking & masking. In China, where sun tan is negatively stigmatized, beach goers wear masks. One of the most significant developments for privacy l…
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Drone-Tracking App Gets No Traction From Apple
CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo is quoted in this All Things Considered piece on Apple's decision to block a drone-tracking app due to objectionable content…
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Apple vs. Samsung
Chris Sprigman, professor of law at the University of Virginia, co-author of The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation,and CIS Affiliate Scholar dis…
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Australia Moves To Massively Expand Internet Surveillance
The Australian government has proposed sweeping changes to its surveillance and national security laws. The government’s wish list includes mandatory data reten…
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Can You Trademark Your Pot?
Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman, continuing their excellent blogging (soon to be in book form) about markets succeeding in absence of intellectual property, ha…
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License plates scanned at border, data shared with car insurance group
"These documents are illustrative of why individuals often feel so helpless with information that is shared with others or in public—it is very difficult f…
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Who should pay when your robot breaks the law?
Robots are unquestioningly getting more sophisticated by the year, and as a result, are becoming an indelible part of our daily lives. But as we start to increa…
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Does The Fourth Amendment Have A Posse (Comitatus)?
Earlier this month, U.S. News & World Report ran the following headline: "Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use In Arrest Of American Citizen." The ar…
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The Origins of the Investigation into Google Privacy Violations
For the past two months, a fight has been raging in the blogosphere about whether Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer can take credit for spurring the government…
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Help Drones Invade SXSW
If you read this blog, chances are you're aware of SXSW, a unique festival exploring music, film, and emerging technology. Recent years have seen one or tw…
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NYC High School Prohibits Electronic Devices.
Apparently cell phones are prohibited at Norman Thomas High School in Manhattan. Rising to the opportunity, the Pure Loyalty Mobile Device Storage truck, locate…