Democracy's Dilemma
The key term that recurs throughout Henry Farrell’s and Bruce Schneier’s essay is “trust.” That is no surprise, as the concept unites both authors’ bodies of wo…
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Former U.S. Diplomat Convicted Of Threatening Arab American Group
"That question is at the heart of hundreds of cases across the country and is likely to become more pressing as bias-motivated incidents rise in tandem wit…
Jeff Bezos’s new plans for space have stirred up old fights in science fiction
Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos on Thursday debuted a new lunar landing module, to be constructed by his space exploration company, Blue Origin.…
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As Facebook Pivots to Private Platforms, How Will We Monitor Fake News and Hate Speech?
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, points out old-fashioned gum shoe…
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Google’s privacy push gets a mixed reception
"“Unimpressive,” declared Princeton computer scientist Jonathan Mayer, who said the scheme would be easy for advertisers to evade. “This is not privacy lea…
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Google’s New Privacy Features Put the Responsibility on Users
"Jen King, the director of privacy for the Center for Internet and Society, says she believes that most people tend to find privacy settings very confusing…
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Google Assistant is 10x faster and knows where your mom lives
""I don't know how well people actually understand," said Jen King, director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Soci…
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12 Experts on the Uber IPO and the Ridesharing Company’s Future
"Ryan Calo, University of Washington law professor I think about the privacy-policy ramifications. I think about the effect on the driver of the architect…
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What Online Content Are We Regulating? Illegal Speech, Offensive Speech, and Platform Value
This discussion, excerpted from my Who Do You Sue article, very briefly reviews the implications of what I call “must-carry” arguments – claims that operators o…
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What Platform Operations Are We Regulating? Platform Product Features, Content Removal, and Content Amplification
This discussion, excerpted from my Who Do You Sue article, describes the specific functions of online speech platforms that could potentially be affected by new…
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Platform Content Regulation – Some Models and Their Problems
Lawmakers today are increasingly focused on their options for regulating the content we see on online platforms. I described several ambitious regulatory models…
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Facebook Can Ban Whomever It Wants. Just Ask Trump's Lawyers
"The complicating factor for the President in this case is that, well, he is the President. Not only that, but he uses his account to conduct government bu…