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France Online Speech Regulation Follows Growing Trend

May 20, 2020

Georgetown University Professor Mark MacCarthy describes the new French laws pertaining to the regulation of harmful online speech, such as involving terrorism and child pornography, but urges regulators tread carefully in regulating "hate" speech, which is given broader protection by U.S. First Amendment law.
Slate: Employer Surveillance Technology Increases

May 13, 2020

In a Slate article, Natalie Chyi explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly increasing employer surveillance of employee health and productivity.
George: Coronavirus Crisis Accelerates the Shift to Stakeholder Capitalism

May 13, 2020

Writing in Fortune, Bill George argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift away from companies' singular emphasis on shareholders to stakeholder capitalism, in which businesses simultaneously expand their markets while creating value for their customers, employees, communities, and investors.
Biddlecomb: UK May be Heading Toward a Duty on Businesses to Prevent Breaches of Human Rights

May 13, 2020

Writing in The National Law Review, Robert Biddlecomb describes the possibility and nature of the UK adopting a legal mechanism that would hold businesses liable for preventing human rights violations.
Brotman: Americans Need to Discuss Digital Privacy

May 13, 2020

Writing in The HIll, Stuart Brotman explains that the increased use of, and dependence on, networks, websites, and apps to undertake daily activities while social distancing has made digital privacy a "kitchen table" issue, literally and figuratively.
Götzmann: Use of Human Rights Impact Assessments Face Challenges

May 01, 2020

Nora Götzmann, Senior Adviser in Human Rights and Business at The Danish Institute for Human Rights, details the challenges human rights activists face in securing transnational business participation in the performance of human rights impact assessments.
Goldsmith: Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal

April 28, 2020

Writing in The Atlantic, Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith explains how, to address serious and growing harms resulting from digital speech, governments and private platforms will continue to expand their definition of offensive content and regulate it more closely.
Costa: Contact-tracing Applications Create Privacy Nightmare

April 28, 2020

Writing in Malta Today, Massimo Costa explains the privacy concerns associated with new contact-tracing applications being implemented to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Privacy and the Pandemic: Time for a Digital Bill of Rights

April 22, 2020

Foreign Policy published an argument that democratic government efforts to implement digital tools and data collection strategies to fight the COVID-19 crisis must strike the right balance with personal liberty.
Apple-Google Virus Tracking Plan Carries Data Security Risks

April 22, 2020

According to Bloomberg Law, Apple and Google’s ambitious COVID-19 contact tracing plan creates a tempting target for cybercriminals looking for sensitive health data to find out who’s been infected with the coronavirus.