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The EARN IT Act Raises Good Questions About End-to-End Encryption
Critics are right that the draft legislation from Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal could affect the deployment of end-to-end encryption. But the bill makes sense as social policy. -
The Coronavirus Shows Why the U.S. Must Make Pandemic Disease a National Security Priority
In responding to the coronavirus, the U.S. should apply lessons learned from past transnational threats—but unfortunately, in important respects, the federal government is moving in the wrong direction. -
Election Security After Iowa
The disaster of the Iowa caucuses is a vivid illustration of how public reaction to a mishap can be worse than the mishap itself. -
The Quarantine Power: A Primer in Light of the Coronavirus Situation
The U.S. government has begun invoking quarantine authority, so now is probably a good time for a review of the legal architectures that both authorize and constrain the quarantine power. -
Persistent Engagement and Cost Imposition: Distinguishing Between Cause and Effect
Cost imposition should be reconceptualized to align with the realities of cyber strategic competition. -
Coronavirus Death Toll Rises Above 200; Experts Expect It to Spread
Lawfare's biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news. -
Members of the House Are on Notice: No Tweeting Deepfakes
The House Ethics Committee has announced that members who share deepfakes or “other audio-visual distortions intended to mislead the public” could face sanctions. It’s a small but noteworthy step. -
Facebook's Oversight Board Bylaws: For Once, Moving Slowly
The new bylaws include a number of promising signs about Facebook’s commitment to the Oversight Board experiment. But the board’s original ambit of operations will be fairly limited. -
Is There a Targeted Troll Campaign Against Lisa Page? A Bot Sentinel Investigation
I am the founder and CEO of Bot Sentinel, a platform that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to classify inauthentic and problematic Twitter accounts. Even I was shocked by what we discove... -
U.S. and China Sign "Phase One" Trade Deal but Leave Key Issues Unresolved
Lawfare's biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news. -
Internet Freedom 10 Years In
Hillary Clinton gave her first speech on internet freedom 10 years ago today. How does it read after a decade of increasing skepticism about whether the internet is good for the world? -
NSA General Counsel Remarks to the American Bar Association