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Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Executive Order Targets Twitter, Capitalizing on Right-Wing Grievance

Even if it doesn't lead to action, the threat of regulatory pressure aims to bully social media companies into continuing their hands-off approach to Trump.
Members of the Bavarian police and the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, intercept a vehicle and pin a man to the ground at a checkpoint during a demonstration as part of the GETEX anti-terror exercises during a media event on March 9, 2017 in Murnau, Germany.

The Terrorist as a “Potentially Dangerous Person”: The German Counterterrorism Regime

The attack on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in December 2016 was arguably Germany’s 9/11. While German anti-terrorism law previously was influenced “only” by international…
Fictitious malicious coding in a 1970 dot matrix font on a computer screen.

What the Pandemic Tells Us About the State of U.S. Cybersecurity

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission sees lessons on risk assessment, resilience, public-private collaboration, and more.
3D rendering of people icons and threads connecting them.

The Republic of Facebook

This board, for content moderation, may be part of the answer to problems of online speech and censorship. But U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye explains that it is only one part.
Protesters demonstrate against Facebook policies in Algeria in front of Facebook's headquarters in Paris on November 14, 2019.

The Facebook Oversight Board: An Experiment in Self-Regulation

It's not a "Supreme Court," as Mark Zuckerberg suggested, but it might be the most interesting development in social media self-regulation in a decade.
A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility during a Defense Department flight experiment, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020.

Let’s Make a Deal: How to Mitigate the Risk of Hypersonic Weapons

Despite the destructive capability of hypersonic weapons, international arms control law currently does little to regulate their development, testing, or production.
Government Technology Agency (GovTech) staff demonstrate Singapore's new contact-tracing smarthphone app called TraceTogether, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore on March 20, 2020.

As the U.S. Risks Reopening for Business, Technology Alone Won’t Stop the Coronavirus

Bluetooth contact-tracing apps could be a tool for returning to some version of normal, but only within limits and with robust safeguards,
Associate Professor Carol Dysinger, right, of New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts conducts her weekly remote learning class for the graduate schools filmmaking students April 9, 2020 at her apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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.

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…
An AFP journalist views an example of a "deepfake" video manipulated using artificial intelligence.

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.
In this photograph, what appears to be a big explosion is an electromagnetic railgun is fired at 10.64 megajoules with a muzzle velocity of 2,520 meters per second at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. January 31, 2008.

The Complex Policy Questions Raised by Nuclear Energy’s Role in the Future of Warfare

Military planners are eyeing a new generation of energy-dense nuclear reactors to power future high-energy weapons, despite potential policy and legal challenges to doing so.
A collage of a racially diverse group of people's faces. One face has a grid laid over it to symbolize facial recognition technology.

Law Enforcement’s Facial Recognition Law-lessness: Comparing European and US Approaches

"There’s a grave threat to individual liberty, privacy, and racial justice. A balance needs to be struck. But it will not be struck by continuing to act lawlessly, which is to…
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