Kendra K. Albert, an affiliate of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, urged audience members at a Harvard Law School event Tuesday to examine critically the use of legal terminology in casual settings outside the court of law.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
5 Tech Issues Lawyers Should Be Prepared to Discuss With Clients – Technologist, 12 October 2016
According to research from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, data protection like encryption won’t be enough to ensure that information is kept private.
Source: 5 Tech Issues Lawyers Should Be Prepared to Discuss With Clients – Technologist
What Surveillance Will Look Like in the Future – The Atlantic, November 2016 Issue
Will paranoia reduce misbehavior, or will humans be humans and maintain our blithe and blundering ways? “It’s hard to change our daily habits,” says Jonathan Zittrain, a co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Source: What Surveillance Will Look Like in the Future – The Atlantic
Addicted to Your iPhone? You’re Not Alone – The Atlantic, November 2016 Issue
Yet he’s amassed a network of volunteers keen to get involved, thanks in part to his frequent cameos on the thought-leader speaker circuit, including talks at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society; the O’Reilly Design Conference; an internal meeting of Facebook designers; and a TEDx event, whose video has been viewed more than 1 million times online.
Source: Addicted to Your iPhone? You’re Not Alone – The Atlantic
Cyberlaw wins two victories in local court – Harvard Law Today, 7 October 2016
Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, which provides pro-bono legal services to clients in matters involving the Internet, technology and intellectual property, filed friend-of-the-court briefs in both cases.
Source: Cyberlaw wins two victories in local court – Harvard Law Today
Susan Crawford makes the case for the Responsive Communities Initiative – Harvard Law Today, 7 October 2016
As part of Boston’s HUBweek, Harvard Law School Clinical Professor Susan Crawford addressed a gathering of more than 100 people at Harvard Law School in September and made the case for her new Responsive Communities Initiative, a three-pronged program aimed at addressing issues of social justice, civil liberties, and economic development involving high-speed Internet access and government use of data. The initiative is based at HLS and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Source: Susan Crawford makes the case for the Responsive Communities Initiative – Harvard Law Today
Talking to Jomny Sun: Here’s What Twitter’s Alien Philosopher King Is Doing Now | VICE | Canada, 7 October 2016
For any writer that kind of attention would be a huge success, but Sun’s talents go beyond the internet. The Twitter personality has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in architecture from Yale. He is currently a PhD candidate at MIT and a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center. He keeps busy.
Source: Talking to Jomny Sun: Here’s What Twitter’s Alien Philosopher King Is Doing Now | VICE | Canada
Amid privacy outcry, Yahoo denies surveillance allegations | world-news | Hindustan Times, 5 October 2016
Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society who has clashed with the NSA over surveillance, said he was not surprised by the latest claims.
Source: Amid privacy outcry, Yahoo denies surveillance allegations | world-news | Hindustan Times
Donald Trump: New York Times Could Face Legal Battle Over Tax Story, 3 October 2016
Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School and an expert in the First Amendment, told the Washington Post that a court could decide that if the public interest was so compelling, then newspapers or the public should try to compel the candidate to authorize the IRS to release his tax information lawfully.
Source: Donald Trump: New York Times Could Face Legal Battle Over Tax Story
Experts: No clear criminal case over Trump tax disclosure – Breitbart, 3 October 2016
Yet the Trump tax disclosure also comes at a time when waves of hacks and leaks are inuring people to the idea of invading privacy, notes Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard Law School professor whose specialties include privacy.
Source: Experts: No clear criminal case over Trump tax disclosure – Breitbart