What’s new in the U.S. cyber strategy
The Department of Defense has just issued a new cyber strategy, which perhaps provides the best public presentation of how the United States thinks about cybers…
Other Writing
The new German spying scandal is a big deal
German media organizations, such as Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, are reporting on Thursday on a spying scandal that threatens to create new controversy over the NS…
What’s behind the Gazprom crisis?
The European Union has opened an initial antitrust case against Gazprom, the Russian government-owned gas and energy giant. It is accusing Gazprom of abusing it…
China's Great Cannon: New weapon to suppress free speech online
China, rated as the eighth most censored country in the world, in a report released by CPJ today, has long had a strong line of defense against free speech onli…
U.S. Policy on the ICC Crime of Aggression Announced
At the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law earlier this month,Professor Michael J. Matheson of George Washington University Law School c…
Trade Promotion Authority, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and Secrecy
The New York Times reported this afternoon that a Congressional agreement has been reached on so-called “fast track” authority for the Trans Pacific Partnership…
Why you have the right to obscurity
Co-authored with Evan Selinger. Some people argue that the Digital Age has eviscerated obscurity. They say shifts in the technological and economic landscapes…
Privacy Law: From a National Dish to a Global Stew
By Daniel J. Solove and Neil Richards The recent case of Google v. Vidal-Hall in the UK has generated quite a buzz, with Omer Tene calling it the “European pri…
Social Media Needs Limitations Not Choices
Social Media is always updating to give people more. More features like video and picture sharing. More freedom to use third-party apps. More capacity to store…
What Ex Machina's Alex Garland Gets Wrong About Artificial Intelligence
Ex Machina opens this weekend. Its director, Alex Garland of 28 Days Later acclaim, appeared on Marketplace today to discuss the role of artificial intelligence…
Promoting Norms for Cyberspace
The United States defined its preferred cyberspace norms—Internet openness, security, liberty, free speech, and with minimal government oversight and surveillan…
Why it’s so hard to create norms in cyberspace
The Council on Foreign Relations is launching a new set of Policy Briefs on cybersecurity policy – it published my contribution today. My brief responds to rece…