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Opposition To SOPA Continues To Grow
Representatives Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren joined eight other members of Congress in urging the House Judiciary Committee to reject SOPA because it would cause…
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Me, Myself and I: Aggregated and Disaggregated Identities on Social Networking Services
Digital identity is used online not only in contexts requiring strong authentication, such as e-government or online banking, but also in less formal interactio…
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Without My Consent: Year-End Highlights
At Without My Consent, the non-profit I co-founded (which is also my fellows project here at CIS), we're coming to the conclusion of our first year of opera…
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A Brief Overview of the Supplementary DAA Principles
Yesterday the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) announced a supplementary set of self-regulatory principles for third parties on the web (pdf, press release).…
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Bigoted Harassment, Alive and Well Online
Cross-posted from Concurring Opinions With the help of law and changing norms, invidious discrimination has become less prevalent in arenas like schools, workp…
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Parents Facilitating Facebook Use for the Under 13 Set: The False Promise of Minimum Age Requirements
Cross-posted from Concurring Opinions The Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enacted in 1998 and finalized in 2000, requires commercial websites that…
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David Post: Occupy Hollywood (and stop SOPA)
Last July, I signed on to a letter from more than 100 law professors urging Congress to reject the PROTECT-IP Act. A new version of that bill -- referred to as…
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Fair Use Project Teams Up With Andy Warhol Foundation To Urge Second Circuit To Provide Broader Fair Use Protection For Artists
Last March, a Manhattan district court issued an order declaring thirty paintings by the renowned artist Richard Prince unlawful, and issued an injunction that…
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Nevada Releases Draft Autonomous Driving Regulations
In June, CIS reported Nevada's enactment of AB 511, which directs the state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to "adopt regulations authorizing…
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Stingray Bites Man. Will the Fourth Amendment Bite Back? (Location Tracking)
On October 28, the Department of Justice will argue to a District Court Judge in Arizona that neither the public nor criminal defendants should learn about a sp…
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To Track or “Do Not Track” – that is the Question
This blog post is re-posted with permission from the Center for Democracy & Technology blog (see here). Jules Polonetsky, Co-chair and Director of the Futu…
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New York Times on Golan v. Holder: "free speech rights should prevail"
This New York Times editorial hits the nail on the head: active participation in the global economy does not justify the sacrifice of important First Amendment…