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Abstract Justice system agencies around the globe are rapidly adopting digital technologies to administer a justice system or service, create access to that system or service, or increase the agency of justice system-involved people through online support. However, in many places, procurement processes—how governments buy goods and services—are too narrow or outdated to competently vet […]

This project was inspired by El Salvador’s announcement of the first sovereign “bitcoin bond.” At the inception of this research, the bond was intended to be issued on March 20th of 2022. That timeline would have enabled this Note to analyze the success or failure of the first bond of its kind. The bond was […]

In January 2020, Google announced plans to discontinue support for the third-party cookie on their popular Chrome browser within the next two years. The third-party cookie is a widely-relied-upon tool that enables marketers to gather information about consumer behavior across the Internet. Google gave privacy justifications for this move, claiming that it wanted to “make […]

Starting on March 23, 2022, residents of Arizona could add a digital copy of their driver’s license or state identification (“ID”) to their Apple Wallet, allowing them to use their iPhones or Apple Watches to present valid government identification at airport security checkpoints. The state reported that over 11,000 people had requested digital copies of […]

The name “text-to-image AI-generator” may not turn heads, but the technology it describes does. Text-to-image AI-generators are artificially intelligent programs that create art. Programs like Stable Diffusion, Artbreeder, and DALL-E scrape the Internet for art, formulate datasets, and draw from those datasets when users prompt the program to “create” artwork. Think ChatGPT, but the programs […]

Bet, or be silent.  This was a common phrase used in Britain during the 18th century, implying that an opinion is more credible when an individual is willing to support it with a wager.  That wisdom can be applied to modern political prediction markets (PPMs). PPMs are markets that allow their participants to place bets […]

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company (the Company) has begun using facial recognition technology to identify and eject attorneys involved in adverse litigation from events held at its venues. While Madison Square Garden and other venues owned by the Company have used facial recognition technology (FRT) for security since 2018, the issue of these retaliatory ejections […]

This week, the Supreme Court heard Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could radically undermine one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct laws: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230). Reynaldo Gonzalez sued Google after his daughter died in a 2015 ISIS attack in Paris. He claims that Google promoted ISIS’ recruitment […]

In the wake of COVID-19, the use of telemedicine has grown rapidly. Telemedicine – “the practice of medicine using technology to deliver [health] care remotely” – has shifted the way patients and providers engage. Key to its rise has been a loosening of regulations resulting from the January 2020 declaration of a Public Health Emergency, […]

If you were building a house, you would likely put some thought into securing it, whether through cameras, alarms, or the family’s beloved German Shepherd. But what if I told you that in a matter of years, none of these security measures would be effective? That’s the case with our computer-stored data right now. Almost […]