Josh Silver
The future of journalism and the Internet are both in serious jeopardy, and as go these issues go the future of our democracy. Free Press President Josh Silver…
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Seeking Happily Ever After
This award-winning feature-length documentary details why there are more single 30-something women in the U.S. than ever before, and whether women of all ages a…
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Facebook Profile Betrays Yentl's Cousin's "Jewish Credentials"
Sounds like a strange heading, I know. Well – here’s the strange story to go along with it: Israeli daily Haaretz reports on its front page today that Israel de…
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(Updated) Golan v. Holder Heads To Supreme Court
UPDATE: Briefing for the cert. stage is now complete. You can read the government's opposition to our cert. petition here, and our reply in support of our c…
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Yes - We are "adequate"!
High achievers such as Stanford law students and global privacy leaders don't usually revel in being called "adequate". But the European Commissio…
Josh Silver - CIS Speaker Series 2011
The future of journalism and the Internet are both in serious jeopardy, and as go these issues go the future of our democracy. Join Free Press President Josh Si…
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Gio Wiederhold Follows the Intellectual Property Money
Emeritus Stanford Computer Science Professor Gio Wiederhold provides in the January 2011 issue of Communications of the ACM (1) (the monthly journal of the prof…
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What should the U.S. learn from Egypt's use of the "Internet Kill Switch?"
The outbreak of civil unrest in Egypt this week has unfolded with rapid momentum. As in Tunisia, access to video, Twitter and other feeds at first appeared to…
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Who Said France Does Not Have Fair Use?
Valérie Laure Benabou, a law professor at the University of Versailles and an esteemed expert on French and international copyright law, kindly agreed to share…
Data Privacy
CIS Speaker Series - Data Privacy - 1/24/2011 Does the Fourth Amendment protect the privacy of your webmail? Does the government have to get a search warrant b…
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Privacy & Innovation: A Data Privacy Day Reflection
The intuition that privacy and innovation are somehow opposed is surprisingly common. It is true that overzealous or reactionary appeals to privacy can cut of…
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Minor Updates to the Do Not Track Header
We're pleased to announce we're beginning work on an IETF Internet-Draft for the Do Not Track header. We look forward to incorporating broad feedback.…