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Law, Borders, and Speech: Introducing Our Proceedings Volume
The essay below serves as introduction to the Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The confere…
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Tool Without a Handle: Privacy and Moral Hazard
Discussions of privacy tend to focus on the value of privacy. This post agrees that privacy has value in practical terms, as an important moral principle, and…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Law Enforcement Access to User Data
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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New Article in the Connecticut Law Review
My article Everything Radiates: Does the Fourth Amendment Regulate Side-Channel Cryptanalysis?, 49 Conn. L. Rev. 1393 (2017), has recently been published by the…
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More Helped than Harmed: The Internet and Human Flourishing in the Coming Decade
Today, someone asked me about the Internet and human well-being over the next decade. The question was a healthy provocation to look at the big picture. I chose…
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Remarks at IGF 2017 Session on Encryption
The following are my opening remarks for the encryption panel during the IGF 2017 main session, "Local interventions, global impacts: How can international…
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Right to be forgotten and global delisting: some news from Spain
In a recent ruling, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional – the high court that referred the Google Spain case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – h…
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Thoughts on the Manhattan DA’s Latest Report on Encryption
In November 2017, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office released its third annual report on smartphone encryption, available in PDF here. I appreciate that t…
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FCC’s rushed, technically flawed decision will harm the economy
Today the FCC Commissioners voted 3-2 to eliminate longstanding net neutrality protections, reclassify internet service providers as ‘information services’ unde…
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Why the FCC should prevent ISPs from micromanaging our lives
This piece is co-written by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger*. Network neutrality prevents broadband Internet service providers from micromanaging our lives…
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Local News Makes Communities Smarter. But Without Net Neutrality, It Doesn't Have a Chance.
It’s no secret that local news outlets are struggling in the internet age. But it’s also beyond doubt that local news makes communities more connected, informed…
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Net Neutrality -- Privacy Silver Bullet, or Can of Worms?
When FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced last week that he would eliminate the "fair play" rules known as Net neutrality, he took a step that some economi…