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The EARN IT Act Is Unconstitutional: Due Process
I’ve previously covered the First Amendment concerns that I have with the newly-introduced EARN IT Act bill. I also have due-process concerns about the bill’s “…
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The EARN IT Act Is Unconstitutional. First Up, the First Amendment.
The disastrous EARN IT Act bill is coming up for a hearing Wednesday morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it’s been introduced as Senate bill S. 339…
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Senators Push Sneaky Anti-Privacy Bill
""This bill is trying to convert your anger at Big Tech into law enforcement's long-desired dream of banning strong encryption," warns Riana…
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Take These 4 Steps to Protect Yourself After a Data Breach
"“Think about it as basic cyber hygiene,” says Scott Shackelford, cybersecurity expert and Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop at the University of I…
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The EARN IT Act Is Here. Surprise, It’s Still Bad News.
Well, the dreaded day has come: the EARN IT Act was formally introduced today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. I wrote at length in January about the bill, wh…
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EARN IT Act Not Earning Much Support
"“Previously, the answer from Congress was ‘do nothing,’ both on passing an anti-encryption law -- something for which Congress has heretofore shown no app…
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The EARN IT Act Is a Sneak Attack on Encryption
"Riana Pfefferkorn, the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, outlined fears about the pr…
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India needs clear net neutrality rules for network management: Barbara van Schewick, Stanford law professor
"Net neutrality rules need to enforce “application agnostic” rules, that is, internet providers should not discriminate against entire classes of services,…
Get that thing off my car.
Ben explains why Apple may pay half a billion dollars to settle a class action suit, Dave has an update on last week's GPS tracking device story, and later…
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Mohawks face online threats, hate as protest continues
"Shaheen Shariff is a McGill University professor who has studied hate speech for the past 20 years. She says what’s happening online is disturbing and dan…
Will the First Amendment Kill Free Speech in America?
This episode features a lively (and – fair warning – long) interview with Daphne Keller, Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford University&#…
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'No need for committee to enforce net neutrality': Airtel to TRAI
"In a counter-comment, Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick cautioned against allowing the kind of flexibility Airtel is asking for. “ISPs have rout…