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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Obama says that Europeans are using privacy rules to protect their firms against U.S. competition. Is he right?
In an interview with the tech site ReCode, President Obama has suggested that European distrust of U.S. tech firms has base motivations. In his description: We…
Why Greece’s finance minister denies that he’s a game theorist
Greek finance minister and academic game theorist Yanis Varoufakis has an op-ed in the New York Times today arguing that he does not really believe in game theo…
How The FAA's Proposed Drone Rules Will Affect What You Care About
The Federal Aviation Administration announced its proposal this morning for what rules should govern small unmanned aerial systems, meaning drones 55 pounds or…
Academia is not a meritocracy
Aaron Clauset, Sam Arbesman and Daniel Larremore have a new article in Science Advances crunching the data on academic career paths in computer science, busines…
The White House Gave the FCC Advice on Net Neutrality. That’s How It’s Supposed to Work.
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently announced support for strong net neutrality rules grounded in the FCC’s strongest legal…
Regulating revenge porn isn’t censorship
Revenge porn, also known as nonconsensual pornography or cyberexploitation, has been with us for a while, but only recently — with the hack of celebrities’ iClo…
Men, Fathers, and Work-Family Balance
University of Oregon Sociologist Scott Coltrane and colleagues correctly stated that there is a “mismatch between the workplace and workforce” in the United Sta…
The Decision That Could Finally Kill the Revenge-Porn Business
Co-authored by Danielle Citron and Woodrow Hartzog. Revenge-pornography websites are a reminder that preying on the vulnerable has long been big business. And…
The One Loophole to Rule Them All
For more than a year, alongside immigration and an oil pipeline, net neutrality has been one of the biggest policy debates in the nation, prompting thousands of…
A New Regulatory Agency for Autonomous Technology Is Needed First
We are not ready for driverless cars because our public officials lack the expertise to evaluate the safety of this new class of automobiles. When Congress ask…
China doubles down on counterproductive censorship
In a move unlikely to surprise those who access the Internet from mainland China, the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently blo…
Russia is hinting at a new Cold War over SWIFT. So what’s SWIFT?
In the last few days, the Russians have been making bellicose threats about what might happen if they are excluded from SWIFT. On Friday, the CEO of Russia’s se…