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In Standoff with FTC, Wyndham Shoots Itself in the Foot
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) resounding victory over Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in a U.S. District Court paves the way for increasing privacy and dat…
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In Standoff with FTC, Wyndham Shoots Itself in the Foot
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) resounding victory over Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in a U.S. District Court paves the way for increasing privacy and dat…
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Big Privacy Win in the EU
Today, the European Court of Justice struck down the European Union’s 2006 Data Retention Directive. That policy required member states to force communications…
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March 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
March 2014 Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2014-march Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Int…
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Turkey: Twitter is Back Online
Today, Turkish authorities lifted the ban on Twitter. See http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-turkey-twitter-idUSBREA320E...The decision comes after th…
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Turkish Constitutional Court Says that Twitter’s Ban Violates Freedom of Expression
We have recently reported on the ban of Twitter and Youtube by the Turkish Presidency of Telecommunications and Communication (TIB). The Turkish Constitutional…
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New Turkish Internet Legislation at Work: Twitter and YouTube Down
The Turkish Presidency of Telecommunications and Communication (TIB) has put Turkish Internet legislation enacted a few weeks ago to immediate use. As we discus…
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Flynn, Kaminski and Levine Comment to the United States Trade Representative on academics and the trade advisory system
Yesterday, Sean Flynn (American Law), Margot Kaminski (Yale Law) and I submitted this comment to the US Trade Representative (USTR) making the argument that aca…
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Huawei Hacking is a Security Scandal
Last week, the New York Times reported that the U.S. is spying on router company Huawei to get information about the Chinese government and to learn how to surv…
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Putting the Public’s Interest Back Into the “Public Interest”
What’s your definition of the “public interest” when it comes to law and lawmaking? Is it a unitary concept, where we consider the good of society as a whole?…
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Obama Press Attacks Degrade the First Amendment In The Name of Security
Cross-posted from Forbes.com and co-authored by CIS Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick. This post is co-authored with Morgan Weiland, a J.D.-Ph.D. ca…
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What Do You Do When You Know They're Watching?
The ongoing metadata/content debate finally seems to be winding down. In a blog post last week, Stanford researchers Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler publish…