Hey Platforms: Add TAKE IT DOWN To Your Transparency Reports
Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) under the TAKE IT DOWN Act…
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Data Privacy and Foundation Models: Can We Have Both?
This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them. Key Takeaways * F…
AI, Art, & Crime
In early February, I was on a fascinating panel put on by Helen Maria Nugent at CCA about AI and Art: Contemplating an Algorithmic Future, as part of CCA’s Afte…
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The Surveillance State’s Legalism Isn’t About Morals, It’s About Manipulating the Rules
Cross-posted from Just Security. Margo Schlanger has written a great article forthcoming in the Harvard National Security Journal about intelligence legalism,…
Will the FCC ruin the Internet?
The results of the midterm election confirm Americans' widespread discontent with Washington gridlock on a range of issues.In the last few months, millions…
The FCC Floats a Net Neutrality Trial Balloon
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times have reported that controversial FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is floating a “trial balloon” for its net neutrality rule.…
Does the FCC really not get it about the Internet?
The key to an open Internet is nondiscrimination and in particular, a prohibition on discrimination or prioritization based on the identity of the user (sender/…
Comments on Mozilla's Proposal
By Barbara van Schewick and Alec Schierenbeck. The FCC is currently considering adopting network neutrality rules based on a hybrid proposal that is based on t…
Lohan, Noriega video game lawsuits are a troubling sign for the arts
Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and actress Lindsay Lohan have at least one thing in common: Both recently filed high-profile lawsuits against video…
A Horse of a Different Color
Cross-posted from Slate. In the early days of dot-com, the law found the Internet unsettling. That a buyer in one location could access the website of a seller…
Don’t Listen to Snapchat’s Excuses. Security Is Its Job
Cross-posted from Wired. If you’re a Snapchat user, you should know something: The “Snappening” is not your fault. On Sunday, the threat of what has been dubb…
Don’t Listen to Snapchat’s Excuses. Security Is Its Job
Cross-posted from Wired. If you’re a Snapchat user, you should know something: The “Snappening” is not your fault. On Sunday, the threat of what has been dubb…
Don’t Listen to Snapchat’s Excuses. Security Is Its Job
Cross-posted from Wired. If you’re a Snapchat user, you should know something: The “Snappening” is not your fault. On Sunday, the threat of what has been dubb…
Just Because a Hate Crime Occurs on the Internet Doesn’t Mean It’s Not a Hate Crime
Cross-posted from Time. Let's talk about nude photo leaks and other forms of online harassment as what they are: civil rights violations Over the past few…
A cop may be following you everywhere
Cross-posted from CNN. The crackdown on protesters after the police shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, highlighted that more and more, police…