The CJEU’s new filtering case, the Terrorist Content Regulation, and the...
This blog post will briefly discuss the ruling’s relevance for future EU legislation, and in particular for the Terrorist Content Regulation. TL;DR: Glawischnig-Piesczek does not discuss when a...
View ArticleLosing Track of the Tracking Device Statute
You, a first-year law student taking your Crim Pro exam, quickly scan the first question: “Can a cell phone be a tracking device?” Your initial reaction – must be a trick question, right? Everybody...
View ArticleRobot v. Robot: Should AI Fight Fake News?
Tomorrow morning you get an audio message on your cell phone from The International New York Times: “Jerusalem: 1,400,000 New Coronavirus Cases!” Within minutes, there is a city-wide panic. You then...
View ArticleSummer Infosec Opportunities and Resources for Students
The COVID-19 epidemic shut down much of the country during the peak time for summer internship hiring. Many students who had already lined up their summer plans have now seen those programs cancelled...
View ArticleThe Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: April 14, 2020"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible...
View ArticleBlog: Could Covid-19 change privacy standards forever?
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: April 14, 2020"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, agreed there is a difference between...
View ArticleThe Next Frontier of Baseball Cheating: The Cloud
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: April 14, 2020“Any time you have a database online, and they are using a communication tool among their employees — whether it is manager,...
View ArticleAre Governments Sacrificing Privacy to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic?
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: April 14, 2020"“We can’t blindly trust a telecom operator using sensitive location data about millions of people without checking the math,”...
View ArticleEncrypted Messaging
Monday, January 27, 2020 - 9:00 am–10:15 amModerator: Jon Callas, Senior Technology Fellow, ACLUPanelists: Riana Pfefferkorn, Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity, Stanford Center for...
View ArticleFree Speech Project: Confronting Viral Disinformation
The Coronavirus is a fast-spreading global crisis. Misinformation and rumors about the pandemic are a serious problem that could impact response efforts around the world. What are Facebook and other...
View ArticleHow Much Privacy Should We Trade to Survive a Pandemic?
A number of countries, including South Korea, Italy, and Israel, have begun using digital tools to track the movement of people who are infected, identify those who may have been exposed to the...
View ArticleWill COVID-19 Claim Privacy Among its Victims?
For more information and to register please visit: https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/online-will-coronavirus-claim-privacy-among-its-victims/Read more about Will COVID-19 Claim Privacy...
View ArticleIs TikTok out of time? Experts mull implications of ban
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: July 14, 2020"“I am not aware of the app collecting more or qualitatively different data than other social media platforms. I do think TikTok...
View ArticleCybersecurity Information Sharing Success Stories
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Brian NussbaumPublication Date: July 15, 2020Publication Type: Other WritingThe theory behind cybersecurity information sharing is clear and...
View ArticleHealth Tech's big moment squandered
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: July 15, 2020"“I am a longtime (well, several month) critic of contact tracing apps because I don't think they will work, especially in an...
View ArticleThe FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global...
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: July 16, 2020"No one really knows just how often or widely the government has used the All Writs Act to force companies into surveillance, says...
View ArticleCDA 230 Reform Grows Up: The PACT Act Has Problems, But It’s Talking About...
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View ArticleNinth Circuit Memorandum Affirming District Court
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsPublication Date: July 22, 2020Publication Type: Litigation BriefUnpublished memorandum disposition by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the district...
View ArticleWe Won't Find Out How the DOJ Tried to Force Facebook to Change Its Encryption
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rebuffed my attempt to unseal information about the Department of Justice's unsuccessful secret effort to force Facebook to change the encryption of its Messenger...
View ArticleWhat Does Retribution Mean Now? Thoughts on COVID-19, Prison, and Schadenfreude
I want to share some musings I had about what criminal punishment means right now in America. I don’t really write about the basics of criminal law and procedure much – it’s not my focus, and I’m not...
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