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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Brief of Internet Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant
The district court held that New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 399-zzzzz (“ABA”), is preempted because Congress occupied the entire fiel…
Brief of Amici Curiae Internet Law Professors in Support of Appellee
ACA Connects, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rob Bonta, Defendant-AppelleePlaintiffs argue SB-822 is preempted because Congress occupied the entire field of…
Study on Dynamic Blocking Injunctions in the European Union (EUIPO)
(with Olexandr Bulayenko) On the basis of the analysis of norms, cases and practices in the EU and 12+1 selected Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Fran…
Setting the Record Straight: Carriers Can Help Veterans and Comply with California’s Net Neutrality Law
On Wednesday, Politico reported on a leaked email from the Department of Veterans Affairs, expressing concern that California’s net neutrality law could force s…
Taking Fundamental Rights Seriously in the Digital Service Act’s Platform Liability Regime
(with Christophe Geiger) This study highlights how the fundamental rights framework should inform the liability regime of platforms foreseen in secondary EU la…
The FTC Zoom Case: Does the FTC Need a New Approach?
It was inevitable. On Monday, Zoom joined an exclusive club of tech companies – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, Uber, Snap, and more. This club…
A Duty of Loyalty for Privacy Law
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When the Internet emerged in the mid-1990s, it was heralded as an unprecedented technology of human empowerment; a place whe…
Brief of Professors of Internet Law as Amici Curiae in Lawsuit over California Net Neutrality Law
On September 30, 2020, a group of seven Professors of Internet Law, led by Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Internet and So…
Are We Already Living in a Tech Dystopia?
People should no more believe in dystopia than utopia. The fact is that technology has changed the world for so many for so long for the better—from reduction o…
The fallacy behind private surveillance cameras in San Francisco
By Jennifer King and Jennifer King is director of Consumer Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School, jenking@law.stanford.edu. Jael…
Redesigning Data Privacy: Reimagining Notice & Consent for human technology interaction
The World Economic Forum partnered with the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and a community of policy-makers, researchers, civil society…
Schrems II Offers an Opportunity—If the U.S. Wants to Take It
The Schrems II judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will reshape the relationship between national security and global data flows. By i…