The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Civil Liberties
TEDx Stanford - Seize the Moment: Jennifer Granick (Past Event)
CIS Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick will talk about the ideas in her book American Spies with other panelists at the TEDx Stanford Seize the Moment Session.
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More info about Jennifer Granick. Read more about TEDx Stanford - Seize the Moment: Jennifer Granick
Government Hacking: Vulnerabilities Equities Process (Past Event)
Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the second installment in a series of conversations about government hacking. Information from our first event, discussing the upcoming changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, are available at that event’s page here. Read more about Government Hacking: Vulnerabilities Equities Process
Meet Stanford CIS (Past Event)
Stanford CIS brings together scholars, academics, legislators, students, programmers, security researchers, and scientists to study the interaction of new technologies and the law and to examine how the synergy between the two can either promote or harm public goods like free speech, innovation, privacy, public commons, diversity, and scientific inquiry. Come hear CIS Directors Jennifer Granick + Daphne Keller and Resident Fellows Riana Pfefferkorn + Luiz Fernando Marrey Moncau talk about our work, and the assistance CIS provides to students in learning about these issues, selecting courses, identifying job opportunities, and making professional connections. Read more about Meet Stanford CIS
After Snowden: Hot Topics in the Debate over Mass Surveillance (Past Event)
RSVP required for this free event.
Catherine Crump, JD ’04
Miles L. Rubin Public Interest Award Recipient Read more about After Snowden: Hot Topics in the Debate over Mass Surveillance
Privacy and Civil Liberties in the Post-Snowden Era (Past Event)
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman, David Medine, will address how to strike the right balance between national security and privacy and civil liberties in federal counterterrorism programs. Read more about Privacy and Civil Liberties in the Post-Snowden Era
Meet the Center for Internet and Society 2013 (Past Event)
Come meet CIS and hear about our exciting work and ways to get involved. Read more about Meet the Center for Internet and Society 2013
Viral Hate - Evening Book Talk with Christopher Wolf (Past Event)
RSVP is required for this free event.
6:00pm Reception in Neukom Faculty Lounge
7:00pm Talk begins in Room 290.
Balancing Freedom of Expression and the Containment of Online Hate Read more about Viral Hate - Evening Book Talk with Christopher Wolf
Innovation or Exploitation? (Past Event)
Have you ever borrowed a smartphone without asking? Modified a URL? Scraped a website? Called an undocumented API? Congratulations: you might have violated federal law! A 1986 statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), provides both civil and criminal remedies for mere "unauthorized" access to a computer. Read more about Innovation or Exploitation?
Smashing the Future for Fun and Profit (Past Event)
Has it really been 15 years? Time really flies when keeping up with Moore's law is the measure. In 1997, Jeff Moss held the very first Black Hat. He gathered together some of the best hackers and security minds of the time to discuss the current state of the hack. A unique and neutral field was created in which the security community--private, public, and independent practitioners alike—could come together and exchange research, theories, and experiences with no vendor influences. That idea seems to have caught on. Jeff knew that Black Hat could serve the community best if it concentrated on finding research by some of the brightest minds of the day, and he had an uncanny knack for finding them. Read more about Smashing the Future for Fun and Profit