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Fair use in the digital house of mirrors . . .
In today's highly digitized world, copyright infringement actions, among others, are often brought against alleged infringers using information culled from…
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Can we have a hack-proof democracy?
In January 2017 the US finally designated voting machines as a critical infrastructure. Why do you think it’s appropriate? What’s got you worried? It's app…
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Sensor tracks who is driving in your neighbourhood
"“One of the great weaknesses in US privacy law is that we only protect against intrusions into private areas, not public spaces,” said Albert Gidari, dire…
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It’s Official: President Elevates U.S. Cyber Command
"The move really doesn’t come as a surprise, says Richard Forno, director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Co…
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Why The Sensitive Intersection of Race, Hate Speech And Algorithms Is Heating Up
"Indeed, while Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reportedly eyes political ambitions within an increasingly brown America in which his own company consistently…
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When Government Rules by Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, says that pressure from state attorneys general, court cases, and even legislation will be…
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Why is the Internet Like a Cell Phone? Carpenter v. U.S
If your cell phone is on, your location is known, tracked and recorded, whether you are in your home or in public. As you move around, your location history is…
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Uber Settles with FTC Again, This Time over 2014 Privacy Breach
""People always complain that this is a slap on the wrist compared to Europe," says Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at N…
What We Learn From Government Speech About Hate
The bombing of a mosque and community center in suburban Minneapolis 10 days ago and the horrific events in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend are just the…
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Charlottesville is reshaping the fight against online hate
"At the same time, many anti-racism groups see free speech arguments as a distraction. The Oakland-based Center for Media Justice applauded GoDaddy’s decis…
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Did the Department of Justice Request Detailed Information About All Visitors to an Anti-Trump Website?
"Albert Gidari, Director of Privacy for the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, told us he agrees with the EFF’s argument: Asking for…
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The Crypto-Circus comes to town -- again
As part of it's 50th anniversary celebrations, the Australian university where I did graduate work recently interviewed me on a range of cybersecurity topic…