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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Real Family Values: Planning for a Future that Ensures Dignity for an Aging Population
In the coming years, our nation will face myriad challenges related to the care of the growing number of aging Americans. Elder care encompasses many things, fr…
The Iran deal reflects the U.S.’s overwhelming power over the world’s financial system
There is good reason to believe that Iran was prepared to reach a deal over its nuclear program because it was tired of dealing with U.S. sanctions. In Presiden…
The euro zone was supposed to strengthen European democracy. Instead, it’s undermining it.
Is the euro weakening democracy in Europe? After tense and bitter negotiations, Greece and the other euro zone countries (countries that share the common curre…
Hacking Team leak underscores complexity of regulating software
Among the 400 gigabytes of internal documents belonging to surveillance firm Hacking Team that were released online this week are details of the company's d…
Other Europeans say they can’t trust Greece. The problem goes both ways.
Yet again, Greece is in last ditch negotiations with other European states in the euro zone, the group of countries that share the common currency, over a propo…
Opinion: Vaccination of immigrants without consent in Dilley was flagrant abuse
On the evening of Friday July 3, we became aware of a particular incident of our government’s systematic mistreatment of hundreds of young, captive children and…
Copyright's Digital Deputies: DMCA-Plus Enforcement by Internet Intermediaries
Abstract: In the years since passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), the copyright industries have demanded that online intermediaries — both…
Preparedness Insanity: Why We Need To Think Differently About How To Measure Preparedness
By: Terry Hastings and Brian Nussbaum Since 9/11, there have been billions of federal grant dollars awarded to state and local governments and an ongoing quest…
Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
BY STEPHEN LAPORTE AND AERYN PALMER The ability to freely share information of all kinds, from text to images, is core to Wikimedia’s mission of making all kno…
Greece is less likely to get a deal after the referendum, but will get a better deal if it does get one
It now seems almost certain that Greece will vote no in the referendum in which Greek citizens were asked whether they wanted to accept a bailout that imposed h…
Sloppy Cyber Threat Sharing Is Surveillance by Another Name
Cross-posted from Just Security. This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines th…
Google's action on revenge porn opens the door on right to be forgotten in US
Co-authored by Evan Selinger. Google’s recent decision to delist “revenge porn” from its search results is a big deal, and not just for victims. Beyond opposin…