Microsoft says it will honor California’s digital privacy law throughout the U.S.
https://www.techspot.com/news/82723-microsoft-honor-california-digital-privacy-law-throughout-us.html Microsoft has announced that it will apply the “core rights” established under California’s new digital privacy bill to every citizen in the United States regardless of what state they reside in. It’s interesting to see the effect that a large market like California can have when it comes to privacy rights. Similarly to emissions […]
Will Facebook policing content chill freedom of expression?
According to this BBC news article, https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51184323, Facebook intends to create 1,000 new jobs in the UK with the aim of policing Facebook’s platforms (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp). Although I think it is noble that Facebook wants to remove problematic content for the safety of its users, it also makes me weary at the thought […]
Senate Impeachment Trial Rules – Mandatory Silence
Tying into our no cameras in the courtroom discussion this week…”all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States articles of impeachment.” Mandatory silence and the banning of electronic devices for the impeachment trial should be interesting in an […]
Just Wondering: U.S. Super Bowl Commercials on Canadian TV – Yes, No, or Who Cares?
During last weeks class we focussed on this rather odd issue in identifying some of the tensions prevailing in the regulation broadcasting and communications in Canada – particularly questions of giving Canadians content they may want. The question itself may be most useful as a kind of Rorschach test on which we can all project […]
News of the Week; January 15, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Don’t trust the US gov’t, states tell court in T-Mobile/Sprint merger case US may subsidize Huawei alternatives with proposed $1.25 billion fund PIRATE Act Passes Senate, and Now on to the President for Signature – Provides for Big Fines and Enforcement Sweeps in Big Markets Congress Adopts New Cable Operator Advertising and Billing Requirements […]
Cyber Mobs, Disinformation, and Death Videos (cw: violence)
Citation: Danielle K Citron, “Cyber Mobs, Disinformation, and Death Videos: The Internet As It Is (And As It Should Be)”, Book Review of *Sabrina* by Nick Drnaso, (2019) 118 Mich LR, online: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1645&context=faculty_scholarship Danielle Citron (https://www.daniellecitron.com/, https://twitter.com/daniellecitron) reviews this graphic novel and relates its themes to her research on the psychology of virality, online communication, […]
News of the Week; January 8, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Notice of Violation: Orcus Technologies: Investigation Into The Orcus Rat Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation – 2019 Year in Review Merger Lawsuit Docs Reveal T-Mobile Eyed Merging With Comcast FCC Seeks Comment on Designations of Huawei and ZTE as National Security Threats AT&T et al. fight against higher upload speeds in $20-billion FCC program There’s A […]
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