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How Russia is Using Online Video Games to Promote the War in Ukraine

Russia's exploitation of online gaming demonstrates that virtual battlefields have a bearing on real ones.
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Weighing the Risks: Why a New Conversation is Needed on AI Safety

The rapid development of AI implies that different stakeholders must prepare to tackle existing and future risks simultaneously.
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To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics

Editor’s Note: This article was cross-posted with Tech Policy Press here.  Last Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled his SAFE Innovation Framework,…
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Digital Privacy Legislation is Civil Rights Legislation

Seven must-have provisions for a comprehensive federal consumer data privacy law - without such a law, America can’t have “liberty and justice for all.” 

Encryption Helps Ukrainians Resist Russia’s Invasion, but a European Plan Threatens the Underlying Trust Any Tech User Needs

The intended crime-fighting proposals could force encrypted-messaging services to abandon basic confidentiality or pull out of the market.
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Dawning Digital Data Access via New EU Law

The EU Digital Service Act offers hope for increased data access for researchers that can help counter disinformation.

KBR v. SFO: the United Kingdom’s Microsoft Ireland?

U.K. law enforcement agencies lack power to compel foreign companies to hand over overseas data. What does the decision mean for data sharing?

Don’t Blame Privacy for Big Tech’s Monopoly on Information

As the prospect of antitrust charges against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) looms larger, regulators should challenge the concentration of data within Big Tech…
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An Ongoing Problem: Germany’s Protection of Foreigners’ Communication Abroad

Will Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court press for further reforms or defer the matter to politics when it decides on the issue later this month?
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The UK-US CLOUD Act Agreement Is Finally Here, Containing New Safeguards

Editor’s note: This piece is cross-posted at Lawfare.  On Oct. 7, the United Kingdom and the United States released the text of the long-awaited data-sharing agreement—the…
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How Data Privacy Laws Can Fight Fake News

Governments from Russia to Iran have exploited social media’s connectivity, openness, and polarization to influence elections, sow discord, and drown out dissent. While responses…

A Possible US-EU Agreement on Law Enforcement Access to Data?

[Cross-posted on Lawfare] Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to fly to Sofia, Bulgaria for a May 22 meeting with senior European law enforcement officials.  In the wake…
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