Hacking Team leak underscores complexity of regulating software
Among the 400 gigabytes of internal documents belonging to surveillance firm Hacking Team that were released online this week are details of the company's d…
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Other Europeans say they can’t trust Greece. The problem goes both ways.
Yet again, Greece is in last ditch negotiations with other European states in the euro zone, the group of countries that share the common currency, over a propo…
Opinion: Vaccination of immigrants without consent in Dilley was flagrant abuse
On the evening of Friday July 3, we became aware of a particular incident of our government’s systematic mistreatment of hundreds of young, captive children and…
Preparedness Insanity: Why We Need To Think Differently About How To Measure Preparedness
By: Terry Hastings and Brian Nussbaum Since 9/11, there have been billions of federal grant dollars awarded to state and local governments and an ongoing quest…
Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
BY STEPHEN LAPORTE AND AERYN PALMER The ability to freely share information of all kinds, from text to images, is core to Wikimedia’s mission of making all kno…
Greece is less likely to get a deal after the referendum, but will get a better deal if it does get one
It now seems almost certain that Greece will vote no in the referendum in which Greek citizens were asked whether they wanted to accept a bailout that imposed h…
Sloppy Cyber Threat Sharing Is Surveillance by Another Name
Cross-posted from Just Security. This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines th…
Google's action on revenge porn opens the door on right to be forgotten in US
Co-authored by Evan Selinger. Google’s recent decision to delist “revenge porn” from its search results is a big deal, and not just for victims. Beyond opposin…
Here’s How Charter Will Commit to an Open Internet
The nation's network neutrality drama isn’t over: the FCC’s landmark rules are in court again—after courts threw out two previous FCC net neutrality orders.…
Who’s lying in the negotiations over Greece and the euro?
Over the last several weeks, European newspapers have been consumed with a debate over Greece’s role in Europe’s common currency, the euro. Greece has suffered…
Yes, Amazon and eBay can ban sales of Confederate merchandise. Is that good or bad?
The news that eBay and Amazon are moving to block sales of Confederate-related merchandise is causing concern among commentators like the New York Times’ Josh B…
Opinion: It's time for an about-face on facial recognition
Co-authored with Evan Selinger. Until recently, concerns over facial recognition technologies were largely theoretical. Only a few companies could create datab…