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"“If half of the potential votes in Congress want to change this to push in the direction of more removals and the other half wants to change to push in the direction of fewer removals, that’s pretty hard to reconcile and keep the legislation,” said Daphne Keller, a lecturer at Stanford University’s law school.

Still, Keller said that the controversy around Trump’s order, which tech groups and Democrats slammed as an attack on free speech, could provide a spotlight for counter-proposals. Read more about Facebook Should Face Liability Over Ads, House Democrat Says

"DuckDuckGo has loudly criticised Google’s efforts. Weinberg and DuckDuckGo general counsel Megan Gray, who previously worked at the US Federal Trade Commission in consumer protection, argue that Google’s process is flawed. They say there should be more than four options shown to users, and that people should be given more information about the choice they’re making. If there was one fix? “Getting rid of the damn auction,” Gray says. “It should be a genuine choice – it shouldn't be pay to play. That would be the best outcome here.”" Read more about Google got rich from your data. DuckDuckGo is fighting back

"Israel has already announced plans to use tracking data in this way, prompting Al Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, to remark that "technology can save lives, but if the implementation unreasonably threatens privacy, more lives may be at risk."" Read more about Los Angeles is tracking every person who rides a rental scooter

"Law professor Danielle Citron of Boston University, who has studied stalkerware, applauded the settlement, which she said sets a mold that similar apps must fit to comply with the law. But she found one part of the agreement weak: Retina-X agreed to get a written statement from purchasers that they wouldn't use the app for illegal purposes.  Read more about Stalkerware sees all, and US laws haven't stopped its spread

"“Basically, anything that a provider has that it can decode, law enforcement is getting it,” Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for the ACLU’s speech, privacy, and technology project, told Recode." Read more about The police want your phone data. Here’s what they can get — and what they can’t.

""It's mostly just sound and fury, a way to give support to more legislative approaches which would be more effective," said Stanford Law School media expert Ryan Singel of the president's order to federal officials." Read more about Agencies Face Limited Options For Twitter Crackdowns

"Catherine Crump, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law, and director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, pointed out that while police have a right to monitor protest activity, a line must be drawn when that surveillance becomes oppressive. Read more about Police are using protests as an excuse to unleash new surveillance tech

""It sure looks like, in the face of pressure to follow the White House's preferred speech policies, Facebook chose appeasement and Twitter chose to fight," said Daphne Keller, a fellow at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society. "Why the difference? ... Maybe Facebook thinks it has more to lose by alienating Republicans.''" Read more about Trump's posts highlight differences between Twitter and Facebook

"The legal papers include an affidavit from Princeton University's privacy expert and computer scientist Jonathan Mayer, who argues that broadband providers often have more information about consumers than other types of online companies.

“A typical online service only observes how consumers interact with the service itself,” he writes. “ISPs, by comparison, have access to a wide breadth of information about what consumers do online -- with a perspective that spans websites, applications, and devices.” Read more about Maine Defends Broadband Privacy Law Against First Amendment Challenge