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Waterloo region kids involved in child porn investigation
"“It’s become almost the norm,” said Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill University who researches cyberbullying and digital citizenship, wit…
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Technologists oppose CISA/information sharing bills
Today we sent a letter to lawmakers expressing security experts' opposition to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) as well as two other pending…
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…
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After GamerGate, Congress Is Grappling With Online Abuse
"Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, told BuzzFeed News that while the norm-c…
Bait, Mask, and Ruse
Deception and enticement have long been tools of the police, but new technologies have enabled investigative deceit to become more powerful and pervasive. Most…
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President Obama steps up the fight against cyber threats
"For Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and a specialist in cyber law, the problem is broader. S…
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Rehtaeh Parsons, Dalhousie and the wait for justice in Nova Scotia
"Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill University and author of Sexting and Cyberbullying: Defining the Line for Digitally Empowered Kids, sees…
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…
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Fact-checking John Oliver's interview with Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance
"Other experts pointed out that we don’t know for sure what happens to these exchanges when they are collected. Jonathan Mayer, a cybersecurity fellow at S…
Granick Says People Should Be More Outraged About Internet Privacy
Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties for the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that people aren't really understanding how the Interne…
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Chicago man sues Facebook over facial recognition use in “Tag Suggestions”
"Strahilevitz told Ars that Yana Welinder, a lawyer and legal fellow with Stanford University, wrote ajournal article in 2012 in the Harvard Law Review tou…
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Indian or American? Why fight over yoga in US schools can tie us up in knots
"While yoga indisputably comes from India, a headstand in Pune is not that different from a headstand in San Francisco. And that says Sonia Katyal, law pro…