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Privacy, Policy, and the Illusion of Control
"Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, said in his written testimony for the Senate hearing that this model…
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Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet
When Facebook started 15 years ago, it didn’t set out to adjudicate the speech rights of 2.2 billion people. Twitter never asked to decide which of the 500 mill…
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Tech Industry Pushes for Australian Encryption Law Changes
"The legislative debate last year drew international attention. Among the critics outside Australia is Riana Pfefferkorn, an associate director of surveill…
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Studies Keep Showing That the Best Way to Stop Piracy Is to Offer Cheaper, Better Alternatives
"But it’s far more than just instinct. Studies from around the world consistently come to the same conclusion, says Annemarie Bridy, a University of Idaho…
Trump may be about to call Europe’s bluff on Iran. Europe isn’t bluffing.
Last Friday, the editorial board of Bloomberg Opinion condemned Europe’s new INSTEX arrangement, a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle set up to allow European co…
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Marvin Ammori's Next Act: A Net Neutrality Vet on Blockchain—and Why the Internet Is Still Great
"If you read about the biggest tech battles in Washington D.C. over the last decade, the name Marvin Ammori comes up again and again. A lanky young lawyer,…
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Why some countries are building ‘walls’ in the worldwide web
"“There is a trend toward countries exerting their sovereignty over what they think is the internet in their country,” said Richard Forno, assistant direct…
FBI's human rights investigators critical to prosecuting 'atrocity crimes'
For over seven decades, the United States has stood as the cornerstone of a rules-based global system that arose from the ashes of World War II, organizing and…
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You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook.
"Privacy lawyers say the collection of health data by nonhealth entities is legal in most U.S. states, provided there is sufficient disclosure in an app’s…
Unfiltered: Killer robots, revenge porn and 'murderabilia' collectors
In this week’s “Unfiltered,” attorney Carrie Goldberg discusses the illegality of revenge porn, Dr. Peter Asaro warns us of the dangers of artificial intelli…
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Pinterest Blocks Vaccination Searches in Move to Control the Conversation
"“There’s a secretive process with no real appeal where people are making extremely difficult subjective calls that have to do with politics, culture and r…
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Electronic Contracts and the Illusion of Consent
Q: What do you do when you see a little button on a webpage or app screen that says I agree? A: Click the button. The familiar and incredibly simple click-to-…