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Facebook Fourth Estate? Two Questions Lawyers Should Answer
In defending Facebook against government scrutiny by invoking First Amendment rights, we’ve overlooked the legal consequences for CDA 230 and risk constitutiona…
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Facebook, Congress and the First Amendment
The Facebook Trending Topics controversy has been analyzed from many angles, but there's been virtually no attention paid to the single most troubling aspec…
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America is 'dropping cyberbombs' -- but how do they work?
This article was originally published on The Conversation under a CC Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. Read the original arti…
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Tech groups want next president to emphasize cybersecurity
"Andrew McLaughlin, former Obama administration deputy chief technology officer and now head of content organization at Medium, proposed in a tweet Tuesday…
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Texting A Person While They’re Driving Could Land You In Jail
"But Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law and engineering at the University of South Carolina, thinks the textalyzer bill, Gallatin v. Gargiu…
Network Neutrality: A Perspective from the Frontline in the Battle for Free Speech in the Digital Era
Morgan Weiland delivers Convocation at Carleton College entitled "Network Neutrality: A Perspective from the Frontline in the Battle for Free Speech in the…
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T-Mobile announces new content for Binge On, Music Freedom; services have transmitted 350 petabytes
""Binge On allows some providers to join easily and creates lasting barriers for others, especially small players, non-commercial providers, and start…
How RightsCon brings press freedom, technology and social change together
This week in San Francisco, CPJ's Technology and Advocacy teams will participate in RightsCon 2016, an annual conference focusing on human rights and techno…
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Zero rating: a boon to consumers, or a net neutrality nightmare?
"Barbara van Schewick, a professor and researcher from Stanford, published a study directly challenging T-Mobile's zero-rated program, causing it of &q…
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T-Mobile Now Exempting Porn From Its Usage Caps
"Critics like the EFF and Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick argue that the program violates net neutrality by putting some companies (and now some po…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 65: Net Neutrality, Zero Rating & The Games Internet Providers Play
The battle for net neutrality seemed like it was over — but the regulations left a loophole open. Unsurprisingly, ISPs quickly started exploiting it, offering &…
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FCC outlines proposal for regulating broadband providers' privacy practices
"Omer Tene, Vice President of Research and Education at the policy-neutral International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), acknowledged in an in…