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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Here’s What the Burr-Feinstein Anti-Crypto Bill Gets Wrong
The latest Crypto War is being fought on multiple fronts: behind closed doors, in thecourts, and now in Congress. On April 13, Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dia…
A Financial Times columnist says that taxes have nothing to do with fairness. Here’s why he’s wrong.
One of the people to suffer fallout from the Panama Papers leak is David Cameron, Britain’s prime minister. After a few days of equivocation, he was forced to a…
How Governments Can Clear the Road for Self-Driving Cars
So you've decided that your state should have self-driving cars. How, then, do you catch the attention of the Googles, Volvos and Navyas of the world that a…
A massive leak just revealed how the super-rich hide their money. Here’s what you need to know.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has started to release information based on a massive leak of information from a secretive Panamanian…
U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Comments in Response to Notice of Inquiry
Authored by Annemarie Bridy and Daphne Keller Abstract: These comments were prepared and submitted in response to the U.S. Copyright Office's December 31,…
How RightsCon brings press freedom, technology and social change together
This week in San Francisco, CPJ's Technology and Advocacy teams will participate in RightsCon 2016, an annual conference focusing on human rights and techno…
Businesses and Cyber Peace: We Need You!
Abstract: Rarely does a day seem to go by without another front page story about a firm being breached by cyber attackers. Even experts in the field are far fr…
This is the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising. What was the Easter Rising?
Today, Irish people are commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising, the failed rebellion that led a few years later to Irish independence. Here’s what you need to kno…
Here’s why economists should be more humble, even when they have great ideas
Dani Rodrik is the Ford Foundation professor of political economy at the John F. Kennedy School. His recent book, “Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the…
Surveillance Oversight Should Be President-Proof, But We’re Still a Long Way Off
Last week, at an event co-hosted by Just Security and NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, the NSA’s Civil Liberties and Privacy Director Rebecca Richards dropped…
Digital Piracy Debunked: a Short Note on Digital Threats and Intermediary Liability
In the last two decades, the industry has deployed endlessly the rhetoric of the “digital threat” in order to demand harsher measures against digital piracy. Re…
Here’s why Europe can’t police terrorism very well
The terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels highlight an important dilemma for the European Union. Over the past two decades, the E.U. has made it much easier f…