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Follow Buddies and Block Buddies: A Simple Proposal to Improve Civility, Control, and Privacy on Twitter
The 2016 election has put squarely on the public agenda a series of questions related to the norms of social media, everything from the proliferation of fake news on Facebook to the trolling culture of T... -
Is a Peace Deal Possible if Israelis and Palestinians Simply Don’t Trust Each Other?
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in Markaz. -
UT-Austin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Intelligence Studies
The Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas-Austin will award a postdoctoral fellowship in intelligence studies to a promising young scholar for the 2017-2018 academic year. This unique ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President-elect Donald Trump continued to attack the intelligence community in tweets last night and early this morning, backing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s assertion that Russia was not involved ... -
Cybercrime Roundup: Avalanche
Department of Justice Dismantles International Criminal Cyber Infrastructure On December 5th, the Department of Justice, alongside numerous other domestic, foreign, and international agencies, announced... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Ringing In the New Year
We start 2017 the way we ended 2016, mocking the left/lib bias of stories about intercept law. Remember the European Court of Justice decision that undermined the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Act and s... -
A Warning About Tallinn 2.0 … Whatever It Says
The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare is the most comprehensive and thoughtful work to date on the applicability of existing international law to cyber warfare. -
The Week That Will Be
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the New Year’s shooting in an Istanbul nightclub, which killed at least 39 people, The New York Times reports. -
Russia’s Shaky Ceasefire in Syria, the Islamic State’s Deadly New Year’s Attacks, and Kerry’s Valedictory on the Peace Process
New Syria Ceasefire Holding for Now -
What Does It Mean to Be At War with “Radical Islam”? On the Attractions and Dangers of a Vague Term
Who is the enemy in American counterterrorism? Is it the Islamic State, the broader jihadist movement, or a set of ideas about the role of religious and politics, often labeled “radical Islam?” -
Hoover Book Soiree: Jameel Jaffer on "The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing, Secrecy, and the Law"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Monday, January 9, when Jack will interview Jameel Jaffer on his new book The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing...
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