Posted on October 26th, 2009 by Derek Bambauer
The net neutrality fight is on, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposal for new rules moved on to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Now, the two sides are digging in: AT&T, telcos, and unions on one side; Google and content providers on the other.
I tend to favor protecting end-to-end in the Internet context, but I’m [...]
1 Comment »
Filed under: Digital Media, Filtering, ISP, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Network Neutrality, Privacy, Software, Spam, VoIP, badware
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Derek Bambauer
My former ONI colleague Rafal Rohozinski, now of Information Warfare Monitor, has a great interview where he discusses methodology and findings for both projects. Well worth a read!
No Comments »
Filed under: Berkman, Digital Media, Filtering, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Media, NSA, Privacy, Security, badware, international, national security
Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by William McGeveran
From blog post to journal article! I am pleased to report that the new issue of the University of Illinois Law Review includes my article, Disclosure, Endorsement, and Identity in Social Marketing. The ideas for the article began in posts on this blog, starting here and continuing here.
Here’s the full abstract of the new article:
Social [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: Blogging, Digital Media, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Peer Production, Privacy, Scholarship, Social Networking, Trademarks
Posted on August 17th, 2009 by William McGeveran
Michael Zimmer has updated and re-posted his extremely helpful directions for adjusting Facebook privacy settings. Do yourself a favor, stop what you are doing, go read and follow his instructions.
No Comments »
Filed under: Anonymity, Intermediaries, Privacy, Social Networking
Posted on July 17th, 2009 by William McGeveran
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, a federal regulator responsible for overseeing compliance with that country’s broad data protection statute, has issued a long-awaited report on Facebook’s privacy practices. The investigation was triggered by a formal complaint filed by students at the University of Ontario’s cyberlaw clinic. The result is a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis that [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: Digital Media, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Privacy, Scholarship, Social Networking
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by William McGeveran
There is some back-and-forth between Michael Risch and me about section 230, building on my earlier post here, now posted on PrawfsBlawg.
No Comments »
Filed under: Blogging, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Privacy, Trademarks
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by William McGeveran
A federal judge has set aside last fall’s convictions of Lori Drew on misdemeanor criminal charges arising from the cyberbullying and resulting suicide of Missouri teenager Megan Meier. Given the awful consequences of the nasty hoax against Meier, it is hard to exactly celebrate. But I did sign an amicus brief arguing that the prosecution [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: Computer crime, Court Decisions, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Privacy, Social Networking, Virtual Worlds
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by William McGeveran
Most commentary about the Supreme Court today surely will focus on the controversial Ricci employment discrimination case and its impact on Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. But the Court also announced two important orders in Info/Law, both concerning decisions that it will not make. By refusing to grant cert. in these cases, the Court [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: Copyright, Court Decisions, First Amendment, Media, Privacy, Voting
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by William McGeveran
Cyberprof Michael Risch has posted some interesting thoughts on the emerging complexity of Section 230. We’ve talked about this provision on the blog many times before. And Mark Lemley wrote a good paper on it a while back. The provision pretty much immunizes web sites and other internet providers from liability for a host [...]
4 Comments »
Filed under: Anonymity, Digital Media, First Amendment, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Privacy, Social Networking, Trademarks
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Derek Bambauer
The Washington Post covers a letter by security researchers and academics urging Google to adopt encryption (HTTPS) as the default for all of its services. (Disclosure: I signed the letter.) The letter makes the case convincingly:
Google uses industry-standard Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) encryption technology to protect customers’ login information. However, encryption is not enabled [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: Computer crime, Digital Media, Encryption, ISP, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Law School, Media, Privacy, Security, badware