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Comments on DOJ's "Cyber-Digital Task Force" Report
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice’s “Cyber-Digital Task Force” released a report “assess[ing] the Department’s work in the cyber area.” The report,…
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Failing the Real Test: SB 822 No Longer Restores All the Lost Net Neutrality Protections
On June 20, SB 822 had its first committee hearing in the California Assembly. The bill, authored by Senator Scott Wiener, sought to bring back net neutrality t…
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FBI v. Apple -- Round 2 . . .
How important is your iPhone privacy? Does it defeat law enforcement's interest in obtaining evidence of child pornography productions from your iPhone? Acc…
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Internet Platforms: Observations on Speech, Danger, and Money
Public demands for internet platforms to intervene more aggressively in online content are steadily mounting. Calls for companies like YouTube and Facebook to f…
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Un-Sexy Headline: USB Restricted Mode Will Improve iPhone User Security
In the upcoming version of the Apple iPhone iOS operating system, iOS 12, the phone’s Lightning cable port (used for charging and data transmission) will be dis…
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GDPR Rules as a US Response to Cambridge Analytica?
Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into force today, after two years of preparation. Anxiety and fallout from the law are running h…
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Why Jimmy Can’t Count: The FBI Has Lost All Credibility on “Going Dark”
On May 22, the Washington Post reported a jawdropping screw-up by the FBI that will, if there is any justice left in the world, have significant repercussions f…
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Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society Launch the World Intermediary Liability Map 2.0
-- Updated version of online WILMap provides improved functionality in tracking global online liability laws -- May 16, 2018 -- The Stanford Center for Interne…
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Deprogramming Students and Teachers
Co-authored with Evan Selinger. For years, debates have raged about whether to ban or invite various technologies into our schools. Most prominent and still on…
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Artificial intelligence art -- who owns the copyright?
If your pet dog Hans takes a selfie, does he own the copyright? A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) is instru…
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Stanford Law School Appoints Jennifer King as Director of Consumer Privacy, Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Dr. Jennifer King as Director of Consumer Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Dr. King…
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Taking Information Down from Source Websites Under Data Protection Law
Should Canada adopt its own version of the “right to be forgotten”? The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) recently said that such a right actua…