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Give Me Liberty: Why We Need a Cybersecurity Bill of Rights and What It Could Include

Aaron C. Mandelbaum

In his June 8, 1789 speech in Congress advocating for the adoption of a bill of rights to add to the Constitution, James Madison identified “the great object” of such an addendum as the opportunity “to limit and qualify the powers of government, by excepting out of the grant of power those cases in which […]

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The Impact of Public-Private Data Sharing on Law Enforcement

Nathaniel Kim

The first panel of The Georgetown Law Technology Review’s 2022 symposium, “The Impact of Public-Private Data Sharing on Law Enforcement,” addressed an increasingly relevant question in today’s information economy: what should be done about U.S. law enforcement agencies that skirt government surveillance rules by accessing personal data through third-party brokers? Professor Sarah Lamdan from the […]

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Impact-Based Informed Consent: What Privacy Laws Can Learn From the Ethics of Human Subjects Research

April Falcon Doss

In the past twenty years, the rapid growth of data-intensive technologies such as smart devices and social media platforms has resulted in the collection and use of ever-expanding volumes and varieties of personal information. Despite this fundamental reshaping of our relationship with technology, the legal framework for consent that underpins much of this data use […]

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Meet the new ‘verse, same as the old ‘verse: Moderating the “metaverse”

Ryan Hsu

In late October 2021, Facebook’s rebranding to Meta signaled Mark Zuckerberg’s intent to focus on the “metaverse” as the future of the social media giant. But an old problem still looms large for Meta: content moderation. There are no good solutions to moderating the “metaverse,” as being too light on moderation will drive away users […]

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Data Governance: Sharing Is Caring

Alejandro Solano Meardi

During the Georgetown Law Technology Review’s 2022 Biennial Symposium, a distinguished panel of speakers evaluated data governance and the issues arising from differential access to data. The speakers focused on reform in three major areas: (a) the need for discussion among stakeholders; (b) increasing oversight in data governance; and (c) implementing legislation aimed at increasing […]

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Web3: A Tool to Enhance Democracy, Equity, or Neither?

Alyssa Domino

Proponents of Web3 claim that it is inherently democratic. But this proclamation seems hasty. Web3 looks a lot like previously developed tools that, while heralded as silver bullets to improve democracy, come up short of this goal in practice. Instead, tools like Web3 tend to merely decrease equity in our society. First, what is Web3? […]

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Virginia’s Facial Recognition Technology Bill Gives Local Law Enforcement Too Much Leeway

Dacey Gilligan

In March, the Virginia State Legislature approved a bill permitting the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by local and college campus police departments. If passed, the bill will repeal a temporary ban on such use instituted in 2021. Although data shows that the public is becoming more accepting of the use of FRT by […]

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Joe Rogan vs. Neil Young: A Tale of Misinformation, Content Moderation, and the First Amendment

Caroline Kraczon

“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” artist Neil Young stated in a letter he posted on his website and later deleted. Young asked Spotify to remove his music in protest of the website streaming Joe Rogan’s podcast. Spotify removed Young’s music on January 26 and released a statement saying, “We want all the […]

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Miami’s Cryptocurrency—”MiamiCoin” is a Moment, Not a Movement

Julia Logue

Last August, Miami became the first city to mint its own cryptocurrency—MiamiCoin—which Mayor Francis Suarez says may one day take the place of taxes. So far, MiamiCoin has made the city nearly $20 million, leading New York City, Philadelphia and Austin to quickly follow suit. Like BitCoin and other cryptocurrencies, MiamiCoin operates through blockchain technology. […]

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