Throughout the Trump presidency, there have been calls for Twitter to act on the President’s tweets that were in apparent violation of its terms of service such as past tweets threatening nuclear war against North Korea and a photoshopped video showing him beating up CNN. Tweets by Trump and other world leaders led Twitter to…
The battle over Net Neutrality has been one that has spanned more than a decade and has frequently landed in the lap of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Rounds One and Two: Reversal by the D.C. Circuit In 2010, the DC Circuit reversed the Federal Communication Commission’s “Net Neutrality Principles” as lacking statutory authority. Comcast Corp.…
On May 23rd the Justice Department returned a superseding indictment against Julian Assange that not only includes and expands on the prior claim stemming from an attempt to hack into the Pentagon’s Secret Internet Protocol Network but adds sixteen additional charges stemming from obtaining and publishing classified information. Counts 5, 18: Attempted Unauthorized Obtaining and…
The Net-Net on Net Neutrality with Free Press’ Gaurav Laroia LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS WMR iTunes Podbay Spreaker Stitcher Gaurav Laroia, Policy Counsel with Free Press, joins us to discuss the latest developments and status in the ongoing political war over Net Neutrality. A Net Neutrality Timeline 2015: FCC Adopts Open Internet Order…
The California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 has had a lot of close calls. After passing the Senate and almost having been gutted in an Assembly Committee, the bill was resurrected and passed on the last day of the legislative session. A month later, it was signed by outgoing Governor Brown on…
There is a growing movement within the Trump administration to take on social media companies over perceived anti-conservative bias, which is triggering criticism from free speech advocates.;
Cyber Diplomacy Under Trump with Christopher Painter LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS WMR iTunes Podbay Spreaker Stitcher Chris Painter is a globally recognized leader and expert on cybersecurity, cyber policy, Cyber Diplomacy and combatting cybercrime. He has been on the vanguard of US and international cyber issues for over twenty-five years—first as a leading federal prosecutor of…
What the Kavanaugh Nomination Means for Tech with EFF’s Camille Fischer LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK The Senate will begin hearings on D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court immediately after Labor Day. The nomination is mired in controversy after Republicans insisted in 2016 that it was…
After President Trump nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy left by retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the paper of record for Silicon Valley – the San Jose Mercury News – declared: President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is a disaster for the technology industry and…
CBS’ 60 Minutes yesterday aired a segment on When Russian hackers targeted the U.S. election infrastructure, that focused on the actual penetration into the Illinois Board of Elections by Russian hackers. The segment included members of Congress expressing frustration with the Department of Homeland Security’s response to the hacking and preparations for 2018. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)…
In January, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) argued that Congress needed to act on his Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act to address websites like Backpage.com, which his subcommittee had documented had been promoting sex trafficking with minors. Courts across the country have consistently ruled that a federal law—and this is why Congress has such a key role…
In an era in which tech legislation can take years before passage, the “Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act” (“CLOUD Act”) was introduced on February 6th and signed into law on March 23rd — without any hearing or debate. The CLOUD Act seeks to streamline the process by which law enforcement seeks electronic information that…
The North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”), is a trilateral trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States that was signed in 1992 and came into force in 1994. Upon coming into office, President Trump has called for the renegotiation of the agreement and is threatening to withdraw altogether. The sixth of seven negotiation…
Attorney General Sessions just reversed almost a decade of federal policies that generally limited federal law enforcement for marijuana offenses consistent with state laws regarding medical and recreational marijuana. What will this mean for the growing U.S. cannabis industry and states that have legalized some form of Cannabis use? The Cole Memo In 1996, California became…
The Federal Communications Commission will vote on Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed Restoring Internet Freedom (RIF) Order which will repeal the Open Internet Order (Net Neutrality Rules) adopted by the FCC in 2015 and then some. You can watch the vote starting at 7:30 a.m. PST / 10:30 am EST here. It is important to remember that…
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