AI & Emerging Technology
Just Security’s expert authors offer strategic analysis on AI, cyber, quantum and other emerging technologies, including the national security implications of AI, global governance frameworks, the evolving cyber risk landscape, and how technology use cases comport with legal and ethical considerations.
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Broadcasters and Trump’s False Information on Coronavirus: What Role for the FCC?
Should the regulator require disclosure when information aired is false or scientifically suspect? Maybe "no" is the best answer.
Zoom and the Problem of Cybersecurity Moral Hazard
When companies are insulated from paying the full costs associated with the use of their products, the problem of moral hazard can arise.
The Dancer: President Trump, the Anti-Lockdown Posture, and Dr. Fauci’s Ace Card
Philip Bobbitt argues that other presidents were also unprepared for pandemic, but Trump looks now like he may turn down an extremely perilous path.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 11-17)
US halt on WHO funding. Warnings on lifting coronavirus restrictions and on sweeping pandemic effects. Syria, Libya, Somalia, Colombia. And more in our weekly recap.
WhatsApp v. NSO Group: State Immunity and Cyber Spying
WhatsApp claims NSO implanted spyware on phones of human rights activists, lawyers, and religious figures. NSO says it can't be sued if it did so on behalf of (undisclosed) foreign…
Deepfakes 2.0: The New Era of “Truth Decay”
The first generation (Deepfakes 1.0) was largely used for entertainment purposes. The next generation (Deepfakes 2.0) is far more convincing and readily available.
Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Coronavirus Coverage: Can It Succeed? Should It?
There are reasons to be wary of lawsuits as a tactic for controlling the information that media outlets disseminate, even if it is to punish Fox News.
Can Governments Track the Pandemic and Still Protect Privacy?
A team of Europeans is creating a different contact-tracing tool that they say is designed to limit the collection and exposure of personal data.
Disrupt, Don’t Indict: Why the United States Should Stop Indicting Foreign State Actor Hackers
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of Nicolás Maduro, who the United States ceased to recognize as Venezuela’s president in early 2019, for narco-terrorism…
Biopharma: The Next National Security Frontier
In a post-COVID-19 world, biopharma companies may become far more integral to our nation’s safety.
How to Think About the Right to Privacy and Using Location Data to Fight COVID-19
"Government officials need to listen to stakeholders and technologists who are not trying to promote private companies’ interests in infection control programs."
Public Officials Can’t Block Critics from Official Social Media Accounts
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the Trump administration’s request for full court review of last year’s decision holding that the president…