People used to joke about ‘Democrats in disarray.’ They’re not joking now.
The comedian Will Rogers famously joked: “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Until relatively recently, neither Republicans n…
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Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech
This essay closely examines the effect on free-expression rights when platforms such as Facebook or YouTube silence their users’ speech. The first part describe…
Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation
Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation to deny the Petition, plus supporting documents (supporting declaration of Jennifer Granick, admi…
The problem with Brexit is that there’s no obvious next step
No one was surprised that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal was rejected Tuesday by the House of Commons. What was surprising was that t…
Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can’t track your movements
Technology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protecttheir customers’ personal information, including an in-depth New York Times…
What Homeland Security Can Learn from Casinos
At first glance, the problems of homeland security and cybersecurity may seem an odd fit for the Center for Gaming Research and the Special Collections and Arch…
Renewed space rivalry between nations ignores a tradition of cooperatio
The annals of science fiction are full of visions of the future. Some are techno-utopian like “Star Trek” in which humanity has joined together in peace to expl…
Report and Recommendation to Deny Petition; Order Reassigning Case to a District Judge
Report and recommendation by Magistrate Judge Westmore recommending the denial of Petitioners Jennifer Granick and Riana Pfefferkorn's petition to unseal co…
It’s time to try something different on Internet privacy
Since the dawn of the Internet, American regulators and companies have pursued two goals to protect our privacy: that people should be in control of their data…
Decentralized Cyberattack Attribution
Abstract Attribution of state-sponsored cyberattacks can be difficult, but the significant uptick in public attributions in recent years has proven that attrib…
Britain has plunged into Brexit chaos. Here are the key facts.
Over the past few days, Britain has entered into a major political crisis. Negotiators for the Conservative Party government made a deal with European Union neg…
The U.S. often takes hostages in trade fights. They usually aren’t live human beings
The United States, like other countries, frequently uses the tactic of hostage taking in trade disputes. When it imposes punitive tariffs against another countr…