Orin Kerr writes: I’m pleased to note the publication of my article, The Fourth Amendment and the Global Internet, 67 Stan. L. Rev. 285 (2015). Read more on WaPo The Volokh Conspiracy.
Category: Online
Chinese web users must supply genuine personal details, says watchdog
Out-Law.com reports: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has announced new rules requiring mainland Chinese internet users to register their real identities with website administrators for all online accounts, including blogs, instant messaging, microblogs and forums. ‘Improper’ online account names, including those with obscene, violent or criminal associations, will also be banned. Names that “undermine…
Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise
Glenn Greenwald reports: The U.S., U.K. and Canadian governments characterize hackers as a criminal menace, warn of the threats they allegedly pose to critical infrastructure, and aggressively prosecute them, but they are also secretly exploiting their information and expertise, according to top secret documents. In some cases, the surveillance agencies are obtaining the content of emails by monitoring hackers as they breach…
Robotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations — and ‘drunk droning’
Patt Morrison reports: Hard cases, said a long-ago Supreme Court justice, make bad law. The startling outliers shouldn’t be the yardstick for crafting routine criminal law. When a tipsy off-duty employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency lost control of his friend’s drone last month and smashed it onto the White House lawn, the cry went…