The World’s Most Popular Porn Site Is a Government Agent Now. Does It Matter?
On Monday, I published a two-part blog post about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement with Aylo, parent company of Pornhub. The FTC’s complaint allege…
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Promote the Progress, Legalize Learning
Learning—by brains or machines—is not a copyright-relevant act. This essay argues that treating training as presumptively infringing (rescued, sometimes, by fai…
The Evolution of Trust and Safety
This Article tells the inside story of the rise, spread, and evolution of trust and safety. We bring unique perspectives to this story. One of us (Citron) was o…
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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…
Deepfakes and the New Disinformation War
By Robert Chesney and Danielle Citron A picture may be worth a thousand words, but there is nothing that persuades quite like an audio or video recording of an…
Rudy Giuliani is Trump’s cybersecurity adviser. He might want a refresher
n 2017, Rudolph W. Giuliani was named as a cybersecurity adviser to President Trump. This was widely seen as a consolation prize. Giuliani had been in charge of…
Motion to Unseal Court Records Concerning US DOJ Motion to Compel Facebook
Motion to unseal the docket and court's legal reasoning in a sealed case wherein the Department of Justice allegedly sought to compel Facebook to comply wit…