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The GLTR write-on competition runs from Friday, May 28 to Sunday, June 13. This competition is open for both returning Georgetown students and transfer students. We will have an additional write-on competition only for new transfer students from Monday, August 9 to Wednesday, August 25th. There is no cost to participate! Interested students should email gltr@georgetown.edu with their name and Georgetown email address or complete a brief form at https://bit.ly/GLTR2021 to be included in the write-on process.

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How We Talk About the Press

Erin C. Carroll

“I believe freedom begins with naming things.” Eve Ensler When the American Dialect Society made “fake news” its 2017 “Word of the Year,” the press release suggested two related reasons for the organization’s decision. The first was the term’s ubiquity. The second was its slipperiness. Beyond referring to propaganda, the term fake news had become […]

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Student Note: The Pernicious Problem of Platform-Enabled Voter Intimidation

Christopher Conrad

From Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era, voter intimidation typically took the form of flagrant, violent targeting of blacks and their political supporters. However, in recent decades, those attempting to suppress the vote have embraced more subtle, cynical, and creative methods. Increasingly, voters are being subjected to false information about voter requirements, aggressive questioning about […]

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Tailoring Election Regulation: The Platform is the Frame

Julie E. Cohen

According to conventional wisdom, legislative efforts to limit platform-based electoral manipulation—including especially laws that go beyond simply mandating additional disclosure about advertising expenditures—are most likely doomed to swift judicial invalidation for two reasons. First, although one might wonder whether the data-driven, algorithmic activities that enable and invite such manipulation ought to count as protected speech […]

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New FTC Leadership Signals Stronger Privacy Enforcement and Greater Racial Equity Priorities

Amy Olivero

On February 10, 2021, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter presented the keynote address at the Future of Privacy Forum’s 11th-annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers event. In her address, Slaughter discussed some of her top privacy-related priorities for the Commission. Her early signaling of privacy priorities from Washington adds to the sentiment […]

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With Great Power Comes Great Liability: Robinhood Faces Flurry of Lawsuits Over GameStop Trading Halt

Jay Schuffenhauer

The popular financial services app Robinhood ended 2020 on a high note. Armed with an influx of investor funding, Robinhood lifted its valuation to nearly $12 billion while simultaneously attracting millions of new and often young users to the platform. The company touts a mission to democratize finance for everyday people by providing financial literacy […]

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The Future of Section 230 as a New Administration Takes Office

Sam Pickerill

As President Trump feuded with social media giants Twitter and Facebook throughout 2020, Section 230 also had a rather tumultuous year. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields online intermediaries from liability for user-generated content, was thrust into a surprisingly prominent place on the legislative agenda. In the waning weeks of his presidency, Trump […]

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The FTC’s Relationship with Facebook: It’s Complicated

Ryan Abercrombie

In December 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in conjunction with attorneys general from 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, announced an antitrust suit against social media giant Facebook alleging illegal monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The FTC seeks a permanent injunction of anticompetitive conduct and possible divestiture of […]

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A Mass Exodus from WhatsApp to Signal and Other Privacy-focused Messaging Apps May have been Misinformed

Gabriel Khoury

On January 6th, WhatsApp notified users of updates to its terms and conditions which are mandatory “to continue using WhatsApp.” The first change is that WhatsApp will now temporarily store forwarded media on its servers in an encrypted format. Second, WhatsApp will store an undelivered message for only 30 days, then it will be deleted. […]

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What Is the Future of Crypto, Fintech Under Biden’s SEC?

Zev Beeber

New SEC Leadership On January 18th, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his plan to nominate Gary Gensler, a professor of blockchain technology, digital currencies, and financial technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The official nomination was sent to the Senate on February 3rd. If confirmed, […]

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