Privacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/18/phone-data-privacy-customs/ https://gizmodo.com/ncis-whistleblower-military-data-broker-cymru-wyden-1849564984 Copyright https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/09/a-3-month-check-in-on-the-copyright-claims-board-ccb.htm Social Media https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/florida-to-supreme-court-let-us-regulate-social-networks-as-common-carriers/
Category: Internet Governance
Links for Week of September 16, 2022
Social Media https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/meta-tiktok-youtube-and-twitter-senate-hearing/ Antitrust https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/14/california-amazon-antitrust-lawsuit/ Internet Governance https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/eu-cyber-resilience-act-draft/ Trademark https://mashable.com/article/apple-iphone-14-dynamic-island-trademark-jamaica
Links for Week of September 2, 2022
Privacy https://www.llrx.com/2022/08/new-us-data-privacy-bill-aims-to-give-you-more-control-over-information-collected-about-you/ Service of Process https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/crypto-firm-tries-to-seize-luxury-home-after-accidentally-sending-sisters-10m/ Copyright https://www.technollama.co.uk/do-bored-apes-have-a-copyright-problem Social Media https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/real-money-fake-musicians-a-million-dollar-instagram-verification-scheme/
Links for Week of August 26, 2022
Internet Governance https://knightfoundation.org/events/misc/lessons-from-the-first-internet-ages/ (New content is available, specifically reflections on the conference) Privacy https://iapp.org/news/a/california-attorney-general-announces-first-ccpa-enforcement-action/ Social Media https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/facebook-meta-is-building-a-customer-service-group-for-content-complaints
Links for Week of August 19, 2022
Internet Governance https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/deadly-swatting-increasing-on-twitch-alarmed-streamers-press-for-change/ Privacy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/ftc-sued-by-firm-allegedly-selling-sensitive-data-on-abortion-clinic-visits/#p3
Links for Week of August 12, 2022
Internet Governance https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/fcc-rejects-starlinks-886-million-grant-says-spacex-proposal-too-risky/#p3 Social Media https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/08/who-owns-a-disputed-social-media-account-jlm-v-gutman.htm Stored Communications Act https://evan.law/2022/08/08/can-a-company-snoop-on-its-employees-personal-email-account/ Antitrust https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/big-tech-just-got-one-step-closer-to-squashing-key-us-antitrust-bill/ Copyright https://gizmodo.com/cory-doctorow-copyright-laws-tech-antitrust-1849376858 Privacy https://iapp.org/news/a/ftc-commences-privacy-rulemaking-initiative/
Links for August 5, 2022
Here are the links of interest for the week of August 5, 2022: General https://www.theverge.com/23220147/work-from-home-lessons-wfh Internet https://decrypt.co/106590/multiple-wallets-including-sol-and-usdc-drained-in-unfolding-attack https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/starlink-still-trying-to-get-886m-in-fcc-funds-awarded-by-ajit-pai-in-2020/#p3 Copyright https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/music-labels-settle-copyright-dispute-with-bright-house-eve-trial-2022-08-02/ https://mashable.com/article/copyright-usage-protections
Links for week of July 29, 2022
Here are the links of interest for this week, broken down by general topic: Internet https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/russia-is-quietly-ramping-up-its-internet-censorship-machine/ Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/07/apples-lockdown-mode-2.html Trademark & Copyright https://scoutingwire.org/girl-scouts-of-the-united-states-of-america-gsusa-and-boy-scouts-of-america-bsa-have-entered-into-an-agreement-to-end-trademark-infringement-litigation/ https://circleid.com/posts/20220726-calculating-the-return-on-investment-of-online-brand-protection-projects https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/the-ninth-circuit-reaffirms-the-discovery-rule-for-the-copyright-acts-statute-of-limitations-starz-v-mgm-guest-blog-post.htm https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2022/07/the-copyright-claims-board-is-here-find-out-if-its-right-for-you/
Article defending the FCC’s position on Network Neutrality
Here’s a link to a CircleID post defending the FCC’s actions towards repealing Network Neutrality, by Anthony Rutkowski: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20171121_the_fcc_is_taking_the_right_step/ The article is worth reading, and points out the way Network Neutrality was put into place was an act of folly: Nonetheless, the unfortunate attempt to assert Title II jurisdiction over “any person engaged in the…
FCC to vote on repealing Net Neutrality
Per Reuters, the FCC plans to vote on December 14th on plans to remove the Net Neutrality rules implemented by the FCC in 2014. Here’s a link to the news article. Personally, I fail to see how this is a good idea. At the same time, all it would do is remove protections which weren’t…