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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Latest Snowden Documents Show NSA Tracks Americans’ Cell Location Data
Cross-posted from Just Security. By Jennifer Granick and Thomas Earnest Today’s Washington Post report that the National Security Agency (NSA) is gathering ne…
Flightless Drones
Cross-posted from Forbes. One big issue with regulating new technology is defining it. An early version of the Nevada driverless car law appeared, on my read,…
NSA SEXINT is the Abuse You’ve All Been Waiting For
Cross-posted from Just Security. In the latest news report based on documents revealed by Edward Snowden, we’ve learned that the NSA creates profiles of porn v…
The NSA, Tor, Vodafone and LIBE Committee Meet To Chat
Cross-posted from the Privacy Association. Imagine the NSA, European Parliament, Tor and Vodafone having a civilized conversation about privacy. Considering th…
Google's triumph advances transformative use of copyrighted work
Cross-posted from Al Jazeera America. On Nov. 14, a New York federal court judge ruled to uphold Google’s ambitious project to scan and digitize millions of bo…
WikiLeaks and the Control of Public Debate
Cross-posted from InfoJustice.org. "If you want to kill a trade agreement, or any effort to make new law or policy, keep it secret for an excessive amount…
Blame the NSA, not Facebook and Google: Column
Cross-posted from USA Today. Outrageous and possibly illegal. That's what Google's executive chairman called the latest chapter in the NSA saga – news…
Vint Cerf is Wrong. Privacy Is Not An Anomaly
Cross-posted from IAPP. Privacy may actually be an anomaly,” said Vint Cerf, one of the architects of the Internet, at an FTC workshop on the Internet of Thing…
New FISC Pen Register Opinion: It’s Just a Matter of Time Before Somebody Gets Hurt
Cross-posted from Just Security. Once again, the NSA has conducted illegal spying. New documents reveal the National Security Agency’s (NSA) systemic violation…
What You Don't Say About Data Can Still Hurt You
Cross-posted from Forbes. Written by Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger. Big data generates big myths. To help society set realistic expectations, the right ki…
Canada needs a sweeping strategy to fight cyberbullying
Cross-posted from The Globe and Mail. This is Bullying Awareness Week across the country, and many Canadians are calling for concrete solutions to address the…
Protecting Journalism in the Digital Era
Cross-posted from Stanford Lawyer. Imagine that you are participating in a protest on a university campus. The campus police ask everyone to leave. Some prot…