Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
The people of Baltimore are beginning their fifth week under an electronic siege that has prevented residents from obtaining building permits and business licen…
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Russia's Yandex Reportedly Ordered By FSB To Hand Over Encryption Keys
"“What the Russian government aims to do is take online services out of the loop -- eliminating an important backstop for human rights and the rule of law.…
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Tool Without A Handle: Guerilla Information Warfare
Tool Without A Handle: Guerilla Information Warfare “The enemies of liberal democracy hack our feelings of fear and hate and vanity, and then use these feelin…
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Austria’s bid to end online anonymity triggers crackdown fears
"People would be allowed to use pseudonyms when posting online, but platforms could be forced to hand out the users’ private information to third parties,…
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Why Net Neutrality Advocates Remain Optimistic
"Eshoo and her copanelists, Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Reddit CEO Steven Huffman, and Stanford law professor Barbara van Sche…
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Considers Three Ways for Congress to Address Controversial Surveillance Program
"The NSA is allowed to collect records for individuals up to two times removed from targets, creating exponential growth in the total number of records. Wi…
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Deepfake porn and the ethics of being able to watch whatever your imagination desires
"‘In the US, the legal options are small but potent if (big if) one has the funds to hire an attorney and one can find the creator,’ Danielle Citron, profe…
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Experts present most pressing issues facing global lawmakers on citizens’ privacy, democracy and rights to freedom of speech
"“Make commitments to public service journalism”, Ben Scott, The Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School Ben states that technology doesn’t c…
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The Week in Tech: Disinformation’s Huge Inaction Problem
"“What’s not so clear yet is whether G.D.P.R. has had an effect on privacy and on corporate data practices,” said Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowl…
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Reddit Co-founder, Congresswoman advocate for net neutrality at Law School event
"Van Schewick argued that the motivation for removing net neutrality rules came largely from ISPs looking to capitalize on their positions as gatekeepers.…
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Open Letter to GCHQ Regarding Threats Posed by their Ghost Proposal
Today I join several cybersecurity, civil liberties, civil society organizations and researchers in responding to the United Kingdom's GCHQ recent proposal…
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Facebook is still letting border militias organize on its platform
"Jennifer Granick, a surveillance and cybersecurity counsel with the ACLU, explains that the purpose of the law “isn’t necessarily to protect the tech comp…