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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Exigent Circumstances: iOS 12’s USB Restricted Mode and Warrantless iPhone Access
Apple recently confirmed the introduction of a new feature called “USB Restricted Mode” in the latest version of the iPhone’s mobile operating system, iOS 12. I…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating that friends had posted messages on his w…
Amazon Needs to Stop Providing Facial Recognition Tech for the Government
Imagine a technology that is potently, uniquely dangerous — something so inherently toxic that it deserves to be completely rejected, banned, and stigmatized. S…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Cross-posted from Scientific American. Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating t…
Internet Platforms: Observations on Speech, Danger, and Money
Policymakers increasingly ask Internet platforms like Facebook to “take responsibility” for material posted by their users. Mark Zuckerberg and other tech leade…
INTERMEDIÁRIOS DE INTERNET E LIBERDADE DE EXPRESSÃO: O MAPA DA BUSCA DE UM DELICADO EQUILÍBRIO REGULATÓRIO
(Google translated) Visit Dissenso.org for full post. On May 16, the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society has launched an important tool f…
User Agreements Are Betraying You
The user agreement has become a potent symbol of our asymmetric relationship with technology firms. For most of us, it’s our first interaction with a given comp…
Cybersecurity for the States: Lessons from Across America
Authors Natasha Cohen Cybersecurity Policy Fellow Brian Nussbaum Cybersecurity Policy Fellow Executive Summary This study examines states’ efforts to advanc…
The FBI blunder on phone encryption, explained
The FBI has been arguing for years that the approach of Apple and other companies that strongly encrypt phones is a big problem for law enforcement, which canno…
The exit polls say Ireland has voted to legalize abortion with a smashing majority
An Irish Times exit poll says Ireland has voted to repeal the constitutional provision banning abortion with a crushing majority. The poll says that 68 percent…
Here’s how Europe’s data privacy law could take down Facebook
On Friday, the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) privacy regulation goes into effect. Many articles have been written complaining that…
The Constitution requires a census and State of the Union. Steve Ballmer wants to bring them up to date.
Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft and the creator of USAFacts, an organization dedicated to making government data sources more publicly accessible a…