The European Privacy Judicial Decision of a Decade: Google v. Vidal-Hall
Over the past few years, Google has been involved in a slate of high-stakes privacy litigation, in issues ranging from the removal of offensive video footage to…
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Sustainable Cybersecurity
The environmental situation facing many nations in the mid-to-late 20th century was bleak. Industrial waste caused the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland to catch fire…
China's CNNIC issues false certificates in serious breach of crypto trust
In a major breach of public trust and confidence, the Chinese digital certificate authority China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) certified false cr…
Yahoo! End-to-End email preview promises greater protection for journalists
Good news for journalists wanting added protection from surveillance. Yahoo! hasannounced a technical preview of its email security tool End-to-End, which it ha…
People are freaking out about the Trans Pacific Partnership’s investor dispute settlement system. Why should you care?
The recent leak of a secret chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Investor-State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS) is getting many people on both the left a…
Expand harassment laws to protect victims of online abuse
In 2013, 29-year-old Ian Barber allegedly posted nude photos of his ex-girlfriend on Twitter and sent them to her employer and sister. New York prosecutors char…
Why ‘Dark Web’ drug markets will keep on imploding
A couple of months after the conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the “Dread Pirate Roberts” behind the creation of the Silk Road online drug market, another online dru…
In blocking websites, France abandons role as guardian of free speech
Attempts by the French government this week to use vague legislation to block five websites for "condoning terrorism" would be troubling anywhere, but…
How the White House snubbed Irish politicians on St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations (never St. Patty’s Day — take it from a native born Irishman) in Washington are usually uncontroversial. Irish politicians aren’t…
Salvadoran General Deemed Deportable In the Absence of Criminal Charges
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled last week that General Carlos Eugenio Vides-Casanova could be removed to El Salvador on account of his participatio…
An open Internet, for God’s sake!
This week, a handful of Republicans will hold hearings on the Hill to challenge new federal rules protecting the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission…
Historic FCC Vote will Protect the Future of America's Economy and Democracy
TAP cross-post of a CIS Blog Post.Today [February 26, 2015], the FCC voted to adopt strong network neutrality rules based on Title II of the Communications Act.…