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Meta’s Oversight Board Recommends Major Advance in International Accountability
The Oversight Board’s recommendation that Meta create a protocol to preserve and share graphic conflict-related content signals that we may be teetering on the edge of a powerful…

Spyware Out of the Shadows: The Need for A New International Regulatory Approach
We urgently need a system where the developers of spyware tools are forced either to require their State customers to provide credible guarantees on future human rights compliance,…

Remote Sensing from Space: What Norms Govern?
"If recent excitement about spy balloons is any indication, it may be high time to prioritize a coherent international framework for remote sensing."

Montana is Trying to Ban TikTok. What Does the First Amendment Have to Say?
The current debate's failure to engage a complex reality serves neither the interests of national security nor freedom of expression.

Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom as a Driver for All Human Rights
Freedom of expression is protected in international law, because, without it, democracy and the rule of law wither away. A free press is a vital aspect.

Restricting Chinese Access to Chips is Only a Partial Solution
The U.S. goal should not simply be to restrict Chinese access to U.S. technology; rather, the United States should be focused on preventing an arms race that would be unnecessary…

How Does IHL apply to New Technologies in Outer Space?: Expert Q&A from Stockton Center’s Russia-Ukraine Conference
The real challenge in the space domain is avoiding escalation in the first instance, such as by reducing threats and developing transparency and confidence building measures.

A Right to Spy? The Legality and Morality of Espionage
The Chinese spy balloon incident raises deeper concerns about the legality and morality of espionage.

Mind the Gap: The UK is About to Set Problematic Precedents on Content Regulation
Potentially positive elements of the UK's Online Safety Bill "are overshadowed and at risk of being negated by some of the more politically-motivated, hyperbolic aspects. The House…

Starting Bell Rings for U.N. Counterterrorism Negotiations with Big Questions Unanswered
Yesterday, United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General António Guterres released the biannual report on the “Activities of the United Nations system in implementing the United Nations…

One Year Later, Lessons from Ukraine in Fighting Disinformation
Despite persistent Russian-backed manipulation, Ukraine and its allies are winning the information war in key respects.

Facebook Beware: The “Rest of World” is Hitting Back
A constitutional petition in Kenya asks its High Court to order Facebook to change its algorithm to demote inciteful, hateful and dangerous content.