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The Limits of What Gov’t Can Do About Jan. 6th Committee’s Social Media and Extremism Findings

Professor Barrett writes that the First Amendment constrains the U.S. government policy options, and solutions to the problems identified need to be found elsewhere.
Semiconductor and circuit board with data flowing.

Investigating (Mis)conduct in War is Already Difficult: Will the use of Military AI Make it Harder?

While AI could strengthen some aspects of wartime investigations, it also presents significant challenges around assessing collected evidence.
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2023 Forward: Democracy, Russia-Ukraine War, Tech Policy, Climate Change

"In the final few days of 2022, we turn again to an expression of thanks – to our amazing colleagues who help produce Just Security, to our authors who fill the pages with their…
Large surveillance desk with someone watching a wall of monitors. (Photo: Getty Images)

UN Counterterrorism and Technology: What Role for Human Rights in Security?

A key UN committee opened its doors to civil society and experts, but the resulting Delhi Declaration contains little of that input thus far.
The Twitter account of Elon Musk is displayed on a smartphone with a Twitter logo in the background on November 21, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

More Turbulence Ahead for Twitter as the EU’s Digital Services Act Tests Musk’s Vision

Much depends on how social media platforms interpret their obligations under the new regulation, and how EU authorities enforce it.

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.
A sign hanging on a pole on Queen Street in the city center of Cardiff, United Kingdom, on August 25, 2022, warns that South Wales Police are using facial recognition. To the left of the sign, blurred in the distance, are people walking by. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Emerging Tech Has a Front-Row Seat at India-Hosted UN Counterterrorism Meeting. What About Human Rights?

Hype and untested promises have accelerated deployment of artificial intelligence, biometrics, and more, in the dubious name of security.
Indian Dalit rights activists, intellectuals, and journalists shout slogans against the police raid and illegal arrest of human right activists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) during a protest in New Delhi on August 29, 2018. A yellow banner reads, "Citizens protest against the police raids and illegal arrest of human rights activists." Indian police had arrested prominent lawyers and left-wing activists on August 28 for alleged links to Maoist rebels, drawing a rebuke from rights watchdogs who labelled the raids a "massive crackdown" on government critics. (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)

India’s Abuses at Home Raise Concerns About Its Global Counterterrorism Role

It is hosting a special meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, which it chairs, even amid internal repression.
Employees dressed in white sanitary gowns, head coverings and surgical masks sit at stations in a yellow-hued room, making chips at a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

New US Semiconductor Export Controls Signify Dramatic Shift in Tech Relations With China

The new rule aims to counter China’s development of advanced technologies that the Biden administration sees as harming national security.

A Different Kind of Russian Threat – Seeking to Install Its Candidate Atop Telecommunications Standards Body

The new secretary-general of the standard-setting body will have global impact on whether the digital sphere will be beneficial for all.
A multi-purpose weapon robot from US Darley Defense makes his way at the Eurosatory international land and airland defence and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Gendering the Legal Review of New Means and Methods of Warfare

Weapons' use and impact on civilians and combatants varies across genders - meaning States must undertake gender-sensitive reviews of new weapons.
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DHS IG Cuffari’s Actions Exhibit Clear Pattern: Unwillingness or Inability to Meet the Mission

President Biden may be tempted to let the inspector general community police their own, but that might tacitly approve inferior performance.
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