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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“Private blockchain” is just a confusing name for a shared database
Banks and financial institutions seem to be all over the blockchain. It seems they agree with the Bitcoin community that the technology behind Bitcoin can provi…
Understanding Cybersecurity Due Diligence
Rarely does a day go by in which some variety of cyber attack is not front-page news. From Ashley Madison and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to Sony, S…
Takedown Senders Must Consider Fair Use, Ninth Circuit Rules
A federal appeals court sided with EFF yesterday on several of the major questions at issue in the long-running Lenz v. Universal copyright case. Lenz—sometimes…
This book explains why Jeremy Corbyn now leads Labour. Its author died in 2011.
Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of Britain’s Labour Party — despite the opposition of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and most of Labour’s elite — is a major shock…
Facebook's new digital assistant 'M' will need to earn your trust
Facebook’s announcement that it is testing a digital assistant called “M”means that each of the “big five” technology companies is now in the digital assistant…
Tech companies may be our best hope for resisting government surveillance
Over the last year, the FBI has had harsh words for Apple, accusing the tech giant of endangering human lives and aiding criminals by turning on encryption by d…
Classical Greece was incredibly politically innovative. Why did it rise — and then fall?
Josiah Ober is the Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. He is also the author of a new book from Princeton University…
Taking Trust Seriously in Privacy Law
Neil M. Richards Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law Woodrow Hartzog Samford University - Cumberland School of Law; Stanford Law School Cent…
The Difficulty With Metaphors and the Fourth Amendment
The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution seems straightforward on its face: At its core, it tells us that our “persons, houses, papers, and effects” are to b…
From Internet Connected Drink Mixer To Any Remote Configuration On The Internet: August's Stupid Patent Of The Month
Imagine if the inventor of the Segway claimed to own "any thing that moves in response to human commands." Or if the inventor of the telegraph applied…
Leave the cheaters in peace: If you poke around the Ashley Madison data, you're aiding and abetting the hackers
BY DANIELLE KEATS CITRON , MARAM SALAHELDIN When a person’s confidential data is exposed in violation of a legitimate expectation of privacy, it shouldn’t matt…
The rediscovery of this writer in the Renaissance opened the way to the modern world (and, more important, the invention of political science)
The work of the the Roman writer Lucretius was lost to the world for more than a thousand years. When his poem “De Rerum Natura” was rediscovered in the Renaiss…