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Blockchain -- panacea or bubble?
Blockchain technology is taking the world by storm. From banking to health care, many tout blockchain and the cryptocurrencies it enables as a cure-all. Others…
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Intermediary Liability 101
Attached to this post are Powerpoint slides introducing intermediary liability basics. This particular deck comes from a great CIDE program in Mexico City. It i…
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New Paper on The Risks of "Responsible Encryption"
I've just released a new whitepaper called The Risks of "Responsible Encryption" in response to recent comments by Deputy Attorney General Rod Ros…
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A Mixed Result for Cox in the Fourth Circuit
The Fourth Circuit has issued its decision in BMG v. Cox. In case you haven’t been following the ins and outs of the suit, BMG sued Cox in 2014 alleging that th…
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A Glossary of Internet Content Blocking Tools
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume, where it appears as an appendix. The terminology it explains is relevant…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Real Power, Real Outcomes, Realpolitik - Platforms and the Law
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference, convened by Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…
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Popularity doesn't equal truth.
Popularity doesn't equal truth. And yet Facebook's recent proposal to rank the trustworthiness of news sources based on popularity is loosely equating t…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Black Letter Law
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference, convened by Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Human Rights
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference, convened by Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Data Protection and the Right to Be Forgotten
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference, convened by Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…
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Oh, So Everybody’s a Legal Expert Now: Minnesota v. Diamond, Microsoft Ireland, and User-Hostile Path Dependence in the Law
On January 17, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued its opinion in State v. Diamond. It affirmed the appellate court’s holding that compelling a defendant to prov…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Intellectual Property
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference, convened by Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…