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June 8, 2023

Cybersecurity
There Are Four Lights: the EARN IT Act Is Back and Still Mathematically Incoherent

The EARN IT Act is back for a third time. The current version purports to both maintain privacy and protect children, but this is a false dichotomy; the act would expand state power and decrease user…

A surveillance camera is seen near a Chinese flag in Shanghai, China.

February 20, 2015

Cuba
The CODELs That Bowed to Castro

Recently I wrote here about how Secretary of State Kerry absorbed the shouting and screaming of the Iranian negotiator in the nuclear talks, apparently without any objection. But it seems Kerry is no…

January 22, 2016

United States
Cyber Week in Review: January 22, 2016

Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: 1. Australian PM Turnbull and President Obama talk cyber. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turn…

Cyber Net Politics CFR

October 30, 2017

Digital Policy
Bringing Transparency and Accountability to Online Political Ads

The internet makes it easy for political ad buyers to obfuscate their donors and handlers. Despite the challenges, there are significant steps that Congress and social media platforms can take to imp…

Twitter Russia

September 29, 2017

Digital Policy
Cyber Week in Review: September 29, 2017

This week: Russia's absence in Germany's election, Twitter under fire, China's cybersecurity law at the WTO, and Brazil's fight with Amazon over .amazon.

German election