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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Cyberattack Attribution and International Law
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing two men linked to China’s Ministry of State Security of a decade-long campaign…
Ninth Circuit Memorandum Affirming District Court
Unpublished memorandum disposition by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the district court's denial of the petition. * Publication Type:Litigat…
The Post-Pandemic World - Contact Tracing and Privacy
Full piece available here. The COVID-19 crisis has pushed some companies and countries to develop contact tracing apps to know if users have been in contact wi…
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Success Stories
The theory behind cybersecurity information sharing is clear and uncontroversial, even if the details of what to share, how best to do it and who to share with…
The Senate’s twin threats to online speech and security
This is a cruel summer. The COVID-19 toll increases daily. Millions are out of work and risk losing their homes. The senseless loss of Black lives continues des…
Covid-19 should spark a reexamination of trade secrets’ stranglehold on information
As the world struggles to confront the Covid-19 pandemic, how to handle access to trade secrets — information that is valuable because others do not know it — i…
Follow-up Comments on Telekom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Consultation Paper on "Traffic Management Practices (TMPs) and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net Neutrality"
On June 29, 2020, Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law and (by Courtesy) Electrical Engineering and Director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanfor…
The dangers of tech-driven solutions to COVID-19
Imagine a world in which governments and tech firms collaborate seamlessly and benevolently to fight the spread of COVID-19. Public-health officials use automat…
Amicus Brief of Cybersecurity Experts in Support of Malwarebytes' Cert Petition
Amicus brief in support of petitioner Malwarebytes' petition for certiorari in Malwarebytes v. Enigma Software, authored by Phil Malone of the Juelsgaard IP…
Security Experts' Letter on Transparency in Terrorist Content Regulation
This June 2020 letter from security researchers and practitioners urges that EU lawmakers finalizing the Terrorist Content Regulation preserve robust transparen…
It's all linked: How communication to the public affects internet architecture
The architecture of the Internet is changing. A novel expansive construction of communication and making available to the public has been shaking the Internet e…
Twitter started fact-checking Trump. Then Trump threatened to close it down
As Elizabeth Dwoskin reports for The Washington Post, Twitter has fact-checked President Trump for the first time. Trump had claimed on Twitter that mail-in bal…