"Regardless of whether the government calls it “hacking” or a mere warrantless “search,” however, prosecutors’ arguments against Ulbricht’s Fourth Amendmen…
"“I think it goes without saying that if you don’t get security right, automated cars don’t get off the ground,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at S…
Cross-posted from Time. Let's talk about nude photo leaks and other forms of online harassment as what they are: civil rights violations Over the past few…
"“I cannot imagine she thought that this would be a use that she consented to,” the University of Washington’s Calo said." * Date Published:10/06/20…
"A new proposal from the cyberlaw scholar Danielle Citron in her new book, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggests how sites dedicated to protecting its users’…
Cross-posted from CNN. The crackdown on protesters after the police shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, highlighted that more and more, police…
This blog moves from discussion of cases of justified and widely supported regulation to examine current topics that are more complex and more hotly contested.…
Cross-posted from Slate. This essay is excerpted from Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, by Danielle Citron, published by Harvard University Press. “Jane” allowed her…
"“People are starting to be sensitized that there is a right way and a wrong way to do data security,” said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties a…
Facebook's announcement — establishing guidelines, review processes, training and enhanced transparency for research projects — marks another milestone in t…
"“This is a company whose lifeblood is consumer data. So mistrust by the public, were it to reach too critical a point, would pose an existential threat to…
"“We have a much higher standard in the U.S. when it comes to what constitutes threatening speech,” Citron explained. And even if a Twitter threat or a fri…