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Persistent Engagement Neglects Secrecy at Its Peril
Successfully prevailing against adversaries requires not only persistence but also the shrewd employment of secrecy. -
Huawei Faces Setbacks in U.S. Courts; Coronavirus Epidemic Expands Beyond Chinese Borders
Lawfare's biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news. -
Planning for Coronavirus
Efforts undertaken by the George W. Bush administration to prepare for an avian flu outbreak provide a model for how the Trump administration should respond to coronavirus. -
States and Cities Could Use Billions of Unspent DHS Grants to #Protect2020
Rather than waiting on Congress, states can use unspent funds for cybersecurity. -
If We Build It (They Will Break In)
As the debate over law enforcement access to encrypted communications continues, commentators and policymakers often overlook an instructive historical example. -
Random Toxicity? What’s Going on in @benjaminwittes’s Mentions
An attempt to understand the hostile, and strangely repetitive, responses to @benjaminwittes tweets and to demystify some bizarre pile-ons it and other accounts provoke. -
What Should We Do About Section 230?
Some tentative thoughts on whether the law can be improved. -
Our Robophobia
We are biased against robots, and it is killing us. -
Facebook’s White Paper on the Future of Online Content Regulation: Hard Questions for Lawmakers
The company’s new white paper is a thoughtful document that raises serious questions that regulators, and the rest of us interested in the future of online content regulation, need to reckon with. -
Department of Justice Announces Indictments Against PLA Officials
Lawfare's biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news. -
No Nation Can Fight Coronavirus on Its Own
Infectious diseases were the first global problem that nation-states realized they could not solve without international cooperation. The question is whether the countries will work together in combating... -
Congress, Not the Attorney General, Should Decide the Future of Encryption
If Congress wants to restrict end-to-end encryption, it should do so directly and not, as in the EARN IT Act, pass the buck to someone else.